Sally Kirkland Net Worth

Sally Kirkland's Quotes

• I grew up in a house on 89th Street that was always full of these gorgeous models: Verushka, Ali MacGraw, Lauren Hutton, no matter what I did, I would be the ugly duckling. As a little girl, I figured I'd have to be the most famous actress in the world...
• [observation, 1969] When we come to the day when no one in this country feels funny about taking off his clothes, then we've come to a healthy time.

Interesting Facts about Sally Kirkland

1. Goddaughter of Shelley Winters.
2. She was the first actress to appear nude in a legitimate stage play, in the 1968 Off-Broadway premiere of "Sweet Eros" by Terrence McNally.
3. Daughter and namesake of fashion editor Sally Kirkland. Her mother was fashion editor at first Vogue and later Life magazines. She was the only fashion editor at Life Magazine during its history (1944 - 1969). She is legendary for putting Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Faye Dunaway and Jacqueline Kennedy on the magazine's cover, making them fashion icons.
4. In a TV interview, she reported that she used money from her role in Edtv (1999) to have her breast implants removed.
5. Began her career off-Broadway circa 1962.
6. Has received humanitarian awards including Blue Cross and the Crippled Children's Society.
7. An ordained minister in the Church of The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness, she teaches classes that combine drama, yoga and meditation.
8. Lifetime member of The Actor's Studio.
9. Famously appeared fully nude, whilst riding bareback astride a large hog to illustrate Tom O'Horgan's 1969 film Futz (1969) on the cover of Al Goldstein's Screw magazine.
10. Friend of actress Lana Clarkson.
11. Dianne Wiest was cast in the role and received an Academy Award nomination for her work in the film. She later did work with director Howard in the film "EdTV" (1999), playing the mother of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
12. Strong supporter of gay and lesbian rights and AIDS awareness. She has taught various workshops for gay communities and campaigned for various AIDS organizations and was a caretaker of AIDs patients, as well as Cancer patients throughout the 80s.
13. Teaching Acting in West Hollywood, California and writing her memoirs. [July 2008]
14. Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1961.