Sally Kirkland, an icy blonde actress known for her roles in “The Sting” and “Anna,” which earned her an Oscar nod, has died. She was 84.
Kirkland, a onetime member of Andy Warhol’s factory, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, in hospice in Palm Springs, California, her representative, Michael Greene, told Variety and the Associated Press. According to a GoFundMe page raising money for her medical care, Kirkland suffered a fall in October, which resulted in injuries to both her ribs and foot. She was then transferred to a care facility for 24/7 help.
The same GoFundMe says Kirkland lost the bulk of the wealth she had earned during her career heyday due to “bad advice from a financial advisor-business manager in 2007.”
“Sally transcended time and space in her career. She could master any role from her Academy Award performance in ‘Anna’ to even later in her career where she played the TV-obsessed mother in ‘Neo Ned’ opposite Jeremy Renner,” Valerie McCaffrey, a representative for Kirkland, wrote in an email to USA TODAY. “She also embraced indie films and loved acting more than life. Her passion for the art of acting was contagious to all who worked with her and regardless of the role, she gave it 1000 per cent.”
“Ironically, her movie ‘Sallywood’ comes out November 14th,” McCaffrey wrote, describing the film as an adaptation of a true story in which “a writer moves to Hollywood and meets his idol Sally Kirkland and begins a journey trying to resurrect her fading career.”
Kirkland, a prolific actress who appeared in hundreds of titles over the course of her career, earned critical acclaim in 1987 for her performance in “Anna,” playing a Czech actress on the precipice of career decline who mentors a younger star. An independent movie without much buzz, “Anna” was ultimately propelled to Hollywood heights by a homegrown campaign, nabbing Kirkland an Oscar best actress nomination and the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a motion picture drama.
Over a six-decade stint in Hollywood, there was seldom a star Kirkland didn’t brush shoulders with. She appeared alongside Robert Redford and Paul Newman in “The Sting” and Barbara Streisand in “The Way We Were.” She also joined Kathy Bates for “High Stakes” and Jim Carrey for “Bruce Almighty.”
Wide-ranging in her abilities, Kirkland also established a strong presence on television with guest spots on “The Nanny,” “Roseanne” and “Murder She Wrote.”
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