Sharon Gless

Actor May 31 (age 82) Los Angeles, California, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

Sharon Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress known for her iconic TV roles, including Sgt. Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey, Debbie Novotny in Queer as Folk, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards for her performances. Gless began her career as a secretary before transitioning to acting and has also appeared in stage productions like Misery and The Vagina Monologues.

Known For

Film

Queer As Folk

Debbie Novotny

Film

The Exorcist

Chris MacNeil

Film

Burn Notice

Madeline Westen

Film

Inequality for All

Christine Cagney (archive footage)

Film

Fast Charlie

Mavis

Film

Airport 1975

Sharon

Film

The Star Chamber

Emily Hardin

Film

Cagney & Lacey

Christine Cagney

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (38)

Fast Charlie

as Mavis

Show Her the Money

as Herself

United We Fan

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Betty White: First Lady of Television

2018

as Self

7.3

Inequality for All

2013

as Christine Cagney (archive footage)

Once Fallen

as Sue

Hannah Free

as Older Hannah

From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff

as Self

Bring Him Home

Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial

1999

as Narrator

The Girl Next Door

1998

as Dr. Gayle Bennett

5.0

Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions

1996

as Christine Cagney

10.0

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

1995

as Christine Cagney

6.7

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again

1995

as Christine Cagney

7.0

Cagney & Lacey: The Return

1994

as Christine Cagney

6.6

Separated by Murder

1994

as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely

Honor Thy Mother

as Bonnie Von Stein

The Outside Woman

as Joyce Mattox

Letting Go

as Kate

The Sky's No Limit

as Joanna Douglas

The Star Chamber

as Emily Hardin

Hobson's Choice

as Maggie Hobson

The Magic Statue

1982

as Penny Alston

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

as Barbara Miller

Hardhat & Legs

as Patricia Botsford

The Scarlett O'Hara War

1980

as Carole Lombard

6.1

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

1980

as Karen Goldner

7.3

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

1980

as Kaye Foster

5.1

The Immigrants

1978

as Jean Seldon Lavetta

2.0

The Crash of Flight 401

1978

as Lesley Fuller

7.5

The Islander

1978

as Shauna Cooke

The Flying Misfits

1976

as Nurse 1st Lt.

6.8

Switch

1975

as Maggie Philbin

Airport 1975

1974

as Sharon

5.8

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

as Jennifer

Bonnie's Kids

as Sharon - Waitress

All My Darling Daughters

1972

as Jennifer

6.0

Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida's Gay Mecca

Television (41)

Station 19

as Dottie

The Gifted

as Ellen Strucker

The Exorcist

as Chris MacNeil

Rizzoli & Isles

as Inmate

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Burn Notice

as Madeline Westen

The State Within

as Lynne Warner

Nip/Tuck

as Colleen Rose

Queer As Folk

as Debbie Novotny

Judging Amy

as Dr. Sally Godwin

So Graham Norton

as Self - Guest

The View

as Self - Guest

Promised Land

Touched by an Angel

as Ziggy

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

as Rosie O'Neill

Cagney & Lacey

as Christine Cagney

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Caroline Coates

6.7

The Last Convertible

1979

as Kay Haddon

House Calls

as Jane Jeffries

Turnabout

Centennial

as Sidney Endermann

The Immigrants

as Jean Seldon Lavetta

Baa Baa Black Sheep

as Nurse 1st Lt.

Switch

as Maggie Philbin

The Rockford Files

as Susan Jameson

Kojak

as Nancy Parks

Toma

Chase

as Sally

Faraday and Company

as Holly Barrett

Emergency!

as Sheila

The Bob Newhart Show

The Sixth Sense

Cool Million

as Sandy Sherwood

McCloud

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Kathleen Faverty

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Lynn Baker

Adam-12

as Lynn Carmichael

Ironside

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Karen Goldner

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee