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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 31, 1943
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Sharon Marguerite Gless
Sharon Gless
0.8 Popularity
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
6.2
Mavis
Fast Charlie
2023
10.0
Herself
Show Her the Money
2023
7.3
Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television
2018
6.0
Self (archive footage)
United We Fan
2018
8.2
Dottie
Station 19
2018
7.6
Ellen Strucker
The Gifted
2017
7.3
Chris MacNeil
The Exorcist
2016
7.5
Christine Cagney (archive footage)
Inequality for All
2013
5.2
Sue
Once Fallen
2010
7.9
Inmate
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Credits
Fast Charlie
as Mavis
2023
6.2
Show Her the Money
as Herself
2023
10.0
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
2018
7.3
United We Fan
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.0
Station 19
as Dottie
2018
8.2
The Gifted
as Ellen Strucker
2017
7.6
The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil
2016
7.3
Inequality for All
as Christine Cagney (archive footage)
2013
7.5
Once Fallen
as Sue
2010
5.2
Rizzoli & Isles
as Inmate
2010
7.9
Hannah Free
as Older Hannah
2009
3.8
Burn Notice
as Madeline Westen
2007
7.5
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The State Within
as Lynne Warner
2006
7.4
Nip/Tuck
as Colleen Rose
2003
7.2
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Self
2002
7.0
Queer As Folk
as Debbie Novotny
2000
8.3
Bring Him Home
2000
6.5
🎬
Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
as Narrator
1999
0.0
Judging Amy
as Dr. Sally Godwin
1999
7.5
The Girl Next Door
as Dr. Gayle Bennett
1998
5.0
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
1998
6.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Promised Land
1996
6.1
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
as Christine Cagney
1996
10.0
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Christine Cagney
1995
6.7
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Christine Cagney
1995
7.0
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Christine Cagney
1994
6.6
Touched by an Angel
as Ziggy
1994
7.2
🎬
Separated by Murder
as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
1994
3.3
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Honor Thy Mother
as Bonnie Von Stein
1992
6.0
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Rosie O'Neill
1990
5.2
The Outside Woman
as Joyce Mattox
1989
10.0
Letting Go
as Kate
1985
7.0
The Sky's No Limit
as Joanna Douglas
1984
1.0
Hobson's Choice
as Maggie Hobson
1983
0.0
The Star Chamber
as Emily Hardin
1983
6.0
The Magic Statue
as Penny Alston
1982
0.0
Cagney & Lacey
as Christine Cagney
1982
7.0
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Barbara Miller
1981
8.5
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Kaye Foster
1980
5.1
The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Carole Lombard
1980
6.1
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Karen Goldner
1980
7.3
Hardhat & Legs
as Patricia Botsford
1980
4.5
House Calls
as Jane Jeffries
1979
5.0
The Last Convertible
as Kay Haddon
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Caroline Coates
1979
6.7
🎬
Turnabout
1979
5.5
The Immigrants
as Jean Seldon Lavetta
1978
2.0
The Crash of Flight 401
as Lesley Fuller
1978
7.5
Centennial
as Sidney Endermann
1978
7.7
The Islander
as Shauna Cooke
1978
0.0
Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
7.6
The Flying Misfits
as Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
6.8
Switch
as Maggie Philbin
1975
6.7
Switch
as Maggie Philbin
1975
0.0
Airport 1975
as Sharon
1974
5.7
The Rockford Files
as Susan Jameson
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Lori Jenivan
1974
7.6
🎬
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Jennifer
1973
6.0
Kojak
as Nancy Parks
1973
7.0
Faraday and Company
as Holly Barrett
1973
0.0
🎬
Chase
as Sally
1973
5.0
Toma
1973
7.8
Bonnie's Kids
as Sharon - Waitress
1973
5.4
All My Darling Daughters
as Jennifer
1972
6.0
Cool Million
as Sandy Sherwood
1972
5.0
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
Emergency!
as Sculptor
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Sheila
1972
7.8
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
McCloud
1970
7.1
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Kathleen Faverty
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Lynn Baker
1969
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Susan Carr
1969
6.5
Adam-12
as Lynn Carmichael
1968
7.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Karen Goldner
1954
7.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2