Sharon Gless

May 31, 1943 (82 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Sharon Gless 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

Ironside

Rizzoli & Isles

Inmate

Adam-12

Lynn Carmichael

Emergency!

Sculptor

Station 19

Dottie

Nip/Tuck

Colleen Rose

The Rockford Files

Susan Jameson

Judging Amy

Dr. Sally Godwin

Burn Notice

Madeline Westen

Touched by an Angel

Ziggy

Credits

Fast Charlie 2023

Mavis

★ 6.2
Show Her the Money 2023

Herself

★ 10
Betty White: First Lady of Television 2018

Self

★ 7.5
United We Fan 2018

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Station 19 2018

Dottie

★ 8.2
The Gifted 2017

Ellen Strucker

★ 7.6
The Exorcist 2016

Chris MacNeil

★ 7.3
Inequality for All 2013

Christine Cagney (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Once Fallen 2010

Sue

★ 5.3
Rizzoli & Isles 2010

Inmate

★ 7.9
Hannah Free 2009

Older Hannah

★ 4.2
Burn Notice 2007

Madeline Westen

★ 7.5
The State Within 2006

Lynne Warner

★ 7.6
Nip/Tuck 2003

Colleen Rose

★ 7.2
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff 2002

Self

★ 7
Queer As Folk 2000

Debbie Novotny

★ 8.2
Bring Him Home 2000

★ 6.5
Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial 1999

Narrator

★ NR
Judging Amy 1999

Dr. Sally Godwin

★ 7.5
The Girl Next Door 1998

Dr. Gayle Bennett

★ 5
Promised Land 1996

★ 6.1
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions 1996

Christine Cagney

★ 10
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling 1995

Christine Cagney

★ 6.7
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again 1995

Christine Cagney

★ 7
Cagney & Lacey: The Return 1994

Christine Cagney

★ 6.6
Touched by an Angel 1994

Ziggy

★ 7.2
Separated by Murder 1994

Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely

★ 4
Intimate Portrait 1993

Self

★ 4.5
Honor Thy Mother 1992

Bonnie Von Stein

★ 6
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 1990

Rosie O'Neill

★ 5.3
The Outside Woman 1989

Joyce Mattox

★ 10
Letting Go 1985

Kate

★ 7.3
The Sky's No Limit 1984

Joanna Douglas

★ 1
Hobson's Choice 1983

Maggie Hobson

★ NR
The Star Chamber 1983

Emily Hardin

★ 6
The Magic Statue 1982

Penny Alston

★ NR
Cagney & Lacey 1982

Christine Cagney

★ 7
The Miracle of Kathy Miller 1981

Barbara Miller

★ 8.5
Revenge of the Stepford Wives 1980

Kaye Foster

★ 5.1
The Scarlett O'Hara War 1980

Carole Lombard

★ 6.1
The Kids Who Knew Too Much 1980

Karen Goldner

★ 7.3
Hardhat & Legs 1980

Patricia Botsford

★ 4.5
House Calls 1979

Jane Jeffries

★ 5
The Last Convertible 1979

Kay Haddon

★ NR
Tales of the Unexpected 1979

Caroline Coates

★ 6.7
Turnabout 1979

★ 5.5
The Immigrants 1978

Jean Seldon Lavetta

★ 2
The Crash of Flight 401 1978

Lesley Fuller

★ 7.5
Centennial 1978

Sidney Endermann

★ 7.7
The Islander 1978

Shauna Cooke

★ NR
The Flying Misfits 1976

Nurse 1st Lt.

★ 6.8
Baa Baa Black Sheep 1976

Nurse 1st Lt.

★ 7.6
Switch 1975

Maggie Philbin

★ NR
Airport 1975 1974

Sharon

★ 5.7
The Rockford Files 1974

Susan Jameson

★ 7.6
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary 1973

Jennifer

★ 6
Kojak 1973

Nancy Parks

★ 7
Faraday and Company 1973

Holly Barrett

★ NR
Chase 1973

Sally

★ 5
Toma 1973

★ 7.8
Bonnie's Kids 1973

Sharon - Waitress

★ 5.5
All My Darling Daughters 1972

Jennifer

★ 6
Cool Million 1972

Sandy Sherwood

★ 5
The Bob Newhart Show 1972

★ 7.5
Emergency! 1972

Sculptor

★ 7.8
The Sixth Sense 1972

★ 5.9
McCloud 1970

★ 7.1
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969

Kathleen Faverty

★ 6.5
Adam-12 1968

Lynn Carmichael

★ 6.9
Ironside 1967

★ 6.8
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954

Karen Goldner

★ 7.8