Acting

Sharon Gless

Born 1943-05-31 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Credits

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Fast Charlie
as Mavis
2023
Show Her the Money
as Herself
2023
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
2018
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Station 19
as Dottie
2018
The Gifted
as Ellen Strucker
2017
The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil
2016
Inequality for All
as Christine Cagney (archive footage)
2013
Once Fallen
as Sue
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Inmate
2010
Hannah Free
as Older Hannah
2009
Burn Notice
as Madeline Westen
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
The State Within
as Lynne Warner
2006
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Nip/Tuck
as Colleen Rose
2003
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
2002
Queer as Folk
as Debbie Novotny
2000
Bring Him Home
2000
Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
as Narrator
1999
Judging Amy
as Dr. Sally Godwin
1999
The Girl Next Door
as Dr. Gayle Bennett
1998
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1998
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
Promised Land
1996
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
as Christine Cagney
1996
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Christine Cagney
1995
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Christine Cagney
1995
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Christine Cagney
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Ziggy
1994
Separated by Murder
as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
Honor Thy Mother
as Bonnie Von Stein
1992
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Rosie O'Neill
1990
The Outside Woman
as Joyce Mattox
1989
Letting Go
as Kate
1985
The Sky's No Limit
as Joanna Douglas
1984
Hobson's Choice
as Maggie Hobson
1983
The Star Chamber
as Emily Hardin
1983
The Magic Statue
as Penny Alston
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as Christine Cagney
1982
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Barbara Miller
1981
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Kaye Foster
1980
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Carole Lombard
1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Karen Goldner
1980
Hardhat & Legs
as Patricia Botsford
1980
House Calls
as Jane Jeffries
1979
The Last Convertible
as Kay Haddon
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Caroline Coates
1979
Turnabout
1979
The Immigrants
as Jean Seldon Lavetta
1978
The Crash of Flight 401
as Lesley Fuller
1978
Centennial
as Sidney Endermann
1978
The Islander
as Shauna Cooke
1978
The Flying Misfits
as Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
Switch
as Maggie Philbin
1975
Switch
as Maggie Philbin
1975
Airport 1975
as Sharon
1974
The Rockford Files
as Susan Jameson
1974
The Rockford Files
as Lori Jenivan
1974
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Jennifer
1973
Kojak
as Nancy Parks
1973
Toma
1973
Faraday and Company
as Holly Barrett
1973
Chase
as Sally
1973
Bonnie's Kids
as Sharon - Waitress
1973
All My Darling Daughters
as Jennifer
1972
Cool Million
as Sandy Sherwood
1972
The Bob Newhart Show
as Rosalie Shaeffer
1972
Emergency!
as Sculptor
1972
Emergency!
as Sheila
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
McCloud
1970
McCloud
as Sgt. Maggie Clinger
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Kathleen Faverty
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lynn Baker
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Susan Carr
1969
Adam-12
as Lynn Carmichael
1968
Ironside
1967