Sharon Gless
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — May 31 1943
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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.
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Rizzoli & Isles
Inmate
Ironside
Judging Amy
Dr. Sally Godwin
Emergency!
Sculptor
Nip/Tuck
Colleen Rose
Adam-12
Lynn Carmichael
The Rockford Files
Susan Jameson
Station 19
Dottie
Touched by an Angel
Ziggy
Burn Notice
Madeline Westen
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Kathleen Faverty
Intimate Portrait
Self
Tales of the Unexpected
Caroline Coates
Queer As Folk
Debbie Novotny
Cagney & Lacey
Christine Cagney
The Gifted
Ellen Strucker
Kojak
Nancy Parks
McCloud
The Bob Newhart Show
Switch
Maggie Philbin
Promised Land
The Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Nurse 1st Lt.
Centennial
Sidney Endermann
The Sixth Sense
The Wonderful World of Disney
Karen Goldner
Toma
The State Within
Lynne Warner
Fast Charlie
Mavis
Cool Million
Sandy Sherwood
Airport 1975
Sharon
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Rosie O'Neill
Chase
Sally
House Calls
Jane Jeffries
The Last Convertible
Kay Haddon
The Flying Misfits
Nurse 1st Lt.
United We Fan
Self (archive footage)
The Star Chamber
Emily Hardin
Turnabout
Faraday and Company
Holly Barrett
The Crash of Flight 401
Lesley Fuller
The Immigrants
Jean Seldon Lavetta
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Christine Cagney
The Islander
Shauna Cooke
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
The Girl Next Door
Dr. Gayle Bennett
Switch
Maggie Philbin
Once Fallen
Sue
The Magic Statue
Penny Alston
Bonnie's Kids
Sharon - Waitress
Letting Go
Kate
The Outside Woman
Joyce Mattox
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Christine Cagney
Honor Thy Mother
Bonnie Von Stein
Show Her the Money
Herself
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Christine Cagney
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Kaye Foster
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Barbara Miller
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Christine Cagney
Hobson's Choice
Maggie Hobson
Hardhat & Legs
Patricia Botsford
Inequality for All
Christine Cagney (archive footage)
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Carole Lombard
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Karen Goldner
Bring Him Home
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Jennifer
All My Darling Daughters
Jennifer
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
Separated by Murder
Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
The Sky's No Limit
Joanna Douglas
Hannah Free
Older Hannah
Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
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