American actress Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who
became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with
Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title
role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” died on November 11th in Palm
Springs, California. She was 84. Born in New York City AS Sally Kirkland Jr. on
October 31, 1941, Kirkland’s mother was a fashion editor at Vogue and Life
magazine who encouraged her daughter to start modeling at age 5. Kirkland
graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and studied with Philip
Burton, Richard Burton’s mentor, and Lee Strasberg, the master of the Method
school of acting. An early breakout was appearing in Andy Warhol's “13 Most
Beautiful Women” in 1964. She appeared naked as a kidnapped rape victim in
Terrence McNally’s off-Broadway “Sweet Eros.” Kirkland acted in such films as
“The Way We Were” with Barbra Streisand, “Revenge” with Kevin Costner, “Cold
Feet” with Keith Carradine and Tom Waits, Ron Howard's “EDtv,” Oliver Stone's “JFK,”
“Heatwave” with Cicely Tyson, “High Stakes” with Kathy Bates, “Bruce Almighty”
with Jim Carrey and the 1991 TV movie “The Haunted,” about a family dealing
with paranormal activity. She had a cameo in Mel Brooks' “Blazing Saddles.”
Sally appeared in one Euro-western “Blue” in 1968 as Sarah Lambert.
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