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Sharon Gless

Television Actress / Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 05/31/1943 (80) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress known for her television roles. She portrayed Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88), and played the title role in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–92). She was Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer as Folk (2000–2005) and Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007–2013). A 10-time Emmy Award nominee and seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won a Golden Globe in 1986 and Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for Cagney & Lacey, and a second Golden Globe in 1991 for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Hannah and Rachel grew up as little girls in the same small Midwest town, where traditional gender expectations eventually challenge their deep love for one another. ...

Hannah Free

Certification unknown

2009 | 2.0/5 | 1h 26min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of ...

Cagney & Lacey

Certification unknown

1982 | 3.5/5 | 45min per episode
Crime, Drama
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Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contempor ...

Queer As Folk

TV-MA

2000 | 4.1/5 | 45min per episode
Drama
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A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations. ...

Burn Notice

TV-PG

2007 | 3.7/5 | 45min per episode
Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Sharon Gless

2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Sharon Gless as Actress(34)

2023 Fast Charlie
as Self (archive footage)2018 United We Fan
as herself2018 Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Christine Cagney (archive footage)2013 Inequality for All
as Sue2010 Once Fallen
as Older Hannah2009 Hannah Free
as herself2002 From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
as Narrator1999 Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
as Dr. Gayle Bennett1998 The Girl Next Door
as Christine Cagney1996 Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
as Christine Cagney1995 Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
as Christine Cagney1995 Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely1994 Separated by Murder
as Christine Cagney1994 Cagney & Lacey: The Return
as Bonnie Von Stein1992 Honor Thy Mother
as Joyce Mattox1989 The Outside Woman
as Kate1985 Letting Go
as Joanna Douglas1984 The Sky's No Limit
as Emily Hardin1983 The Star Chamber
as Maggie Hobson1983 Hobson's Choice
as Barbara Miller1981 The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Karen Goldner1980 The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Kaye Foster1980 Revenge of the Stepford Wives
as Carole Lombard1980 The Scarlett O'Hara War
as Patricia Botsford1980 Hardhat & Legs
as Lesley Fuller1978 The Crash of Flight 401
as Jean Seldon Lavetta1978 The Immigrants
as Shauna Cooke1978 The Islander
as Nurse 1st Lt.1976 The Flying Misfits
as Maggie Philbin1975 Switch [Pilot]
as Sharon1974 Airport 1975
as Jennifer1973 My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
as Sharon - Waitress1973 Bonnie's Kids
as Jennifer1972 All My Darling Daughters

TV Shows/Series with Sharon Gless as Actress(34)

as Dottie2018 Station 19
as Ellen Strucker2017 The Gifted
as Chris MacNeil2016 The Exorcist
as Madeline Westen2007 Burn Notice
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Lynne Warner2006 The State Within
2003 Nip/Tuck
as Debbie Novotny2000 Queer As Folk
as Dr. Sally Godwin1999 Judging Amy
as Self - Guest1998 So Graham Norton
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
1996 Promised Land
as herself1993 Intimate Portrait
as Rosie O'Neill1990 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Christine Cagney1982 Cagney & Lacey
as Caroline Coates1979 Tales of the Unexpected
as Kay Haddon1979 The Last Convertible
1979 Turnabout
as Sidney Endermann1978 Centennial
as Nurse 1st Lt.1976 Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Maggie Philbin1975 Switch
as Susan Jameson1974 The Rockford Files
as Lori Jenivan1974 The Rockford Files
as Holly Barrett1973 Faraday and Company
1973 Toma
as Nancy Parks1973 Kojak
1972 Cool Million
1972 The Sixth Sense
1972 Emergency!
1972 The Bob Newhart Show
1970 McCloud
as Kathleen Faverty1969 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1967 Ironside

Additional Information

Full Name: Sharon Gless
Born: Monday, 05/31 1943 (May) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 80 years + 325 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Barney Rosenzweig
Other names for Sharon Gless (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sharon Marguerite Gless"
Sharon Gless frequently works together with these people:
Stephen J. Cannell (11x, Crew)
Byron Morrow (10x, Actor)
Walter Brooke (10x, Actor)
Joan Collins (8x, Actress)
George Wyner (8x, Actor)
Bruce Kirby (8x, Actor)
Robert Webber (8x, Actor)
Mills Watson (8x, Actor)
Nancy Malone (8x, Actress)
Joe E. Tata (8x, Actor)
Val Bisoglio (8x, Actor)
Tyne Daly (6x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:306163, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024