Sally Kirkland

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BIRTHDAY

October 31, 1944

New York City, New York, United States

RECENT CREDITS

Head Case (TV) Apr. 3, 2009

What's Up Scarlet? (FILM) Sep. 14, 2007

Hollywood Dreams (FILM) May. 18, 2007

Off the Black (FILM) Dec. 8, 2006

Coffee Date (FILM) Nov. 10, 2006

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BIOGRAPHY

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This onetime associate of Andy Warhol gained a degree of notoriety in the 1960s for her nude stage appearances and other experimental theatrics. By the 70s, Sally Kirkland had become a prolific character actor, appearing in small roles in numerous mainstream films. Examples include "The Sting", "Cinderella Liberty" and "The Way We Were" (all 1973), "A Star Is Born" (1976) and "Private Benjamin" (1980). She gained considerable acclaim and attention with her Oscar-nominated performance as an aging European actress who befriends a young aspiring fellow countrywoman (Paulina Porizkova) in "Anna" (1987). One might have expected her to move into more mainstream features, but Kirkland has continued to pursue offbeat roles in smaller films.

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Kirk Douglas shines at his 'Diamonds' premiere

Dec. 10, 1999

LOS ANGELES -- Nothing shimmered at the Dec. 5 premiere for "Diamonds" in Westwood more than the grace of star Kirk Douglas, who returns to the screen for the first time since his stroke in 1996. The actor, who turns 83 today, plays a former boxer who takes his son (Dan Aykroyd) and grandson (Corbin Allred) on a road trip to recover 13 diamonds he stole and hid in Reno. The roa...

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