Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination in Anna,' dies at age 84

"Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie Anna, has died. She was 84. Her representative, Michael Greene, said Kirkland died Tuesday morning at a Palm Springs hospice. Friends established a GoFundMe account this fall for her medical care. They said she had fractured four bones in her neck, right wrist and left hip. While recovering, she also developed infections, requiring hospitalization and rehab."

"Kirkland acted in such films as The Way We Were with Barbra Streisand, Revenge with Kevin Costner, Cold Feet with Keith Carradine and Tom Waits, Ron Howard's EDtv, Oliver Stone's JFK, Heatwave with Cicely Tyson, High Stakes with Kathy Bates, Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey and the 1991 TV movie The Haunted, about a family dealing with paranormal activity. She had a cameo in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles."

"Her biggest role was in 1987's Anna as a fading Czech movie star remaking her life in the United States and mentoring to a younger actor, Paulina Porizkova. Kirkland won a Golden Globe and earned an Oscar nomination along with Cher in Moonstruck, Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, Holly Hunter in Broadcast News and Meryl Streep in Ironweed."

Sally Kirkland died at 84 in a Palm Springs hospice after fracturing bones in her neck, right wrist and left hip and developing infections during recovery. Friends created a GoFundMe for her medical care. Kirkland began as a model and became a regular on stage, film and television. Major film credits include The Sting, The Way We Were, Revenge, EDtv, JFK, Bruce Almighty and a cameo in Blazing Saddles. Her biggest role was the title character in 1987's Anna, which earned a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Television work included Criminal Minds, Roseanne and series roles on Valley of the Dolls and Charlie's Angels. Kirkland was born in New York City; her mother was a fashion editor at Vogue and Life who encouraged modeling from age five.

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