Sharon Gless Net Worth

Sharon Gless's Quotes

• Do you know I was put on Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as a regular for a year because I was to be a love interest of James Brolin, and they said that there was absolutely no chemistry between James Brolin and me and I got fired. He was waiting for Barbra Streisand, I guess. I don't know.

Interesting Facts about Sharon Gless

1. Aunt of Bridget Gless.
2. A female fan was sentenced to six years for breaking into her home with a rifle in 1990.
3. Gless performed to positive reviews on the London stage in "Misery", a 1992 stage version of the horror film, playing Kathy Bates' role, and in 1996, starred with Tom Conti in Neil Simon's "Chapter Two".
4. Gless, who was best known for her role as Chris Cagney on the police series Cagney & Lacey (1981), married the producer of the series, Barney Rosenzweig, in 1991. A year earlier, Rosenzweig had divorced his wife of 11 years, Barbara Corday, who was the creator/writer of Cagney & Lacey (1981).
5. Her grandfather, Neil S. McCarthy was an entertainment lawyer whose clients included Paramount Pictures, Howard Hughes, Louis B. Mayer (personally), and Cecil B. DeMille.
6. By 1982, she was the last remaining performer to be working under a standard studio contract, having been signed to a 10-year contract in 1974.
7. Cousin of Elizabeth Baur.
8. Best known by the public for her starring roles as Sergeant Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey (1981), as Debby Novotny on Queer as Folk (2000), and as Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007).
9. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 29, 1995.
10. She has twice played a strong, domineering, and slightly wacky mother to a man named "Michael". First in Queer as Folk (2000) and second in Burn Notice (2007). When rattled or lecturing either of the Michael characters, she pronounces "Michael" in the same way, with an over-emphasis on the first syllable of "MI-chael".
11. Before she starred on television, she worked with the greatest actors in the business from: Dennis Weaver, Raymond Burr, Julie London, Robert Young, Arthur Hill, James Garner and Telly Savalas.
12. Despite being good friends with Eddie Albert, and even after the cancelation of Switch (1975), she did not attend his funeral, when the actor passed away on May 26, 2005. At that time, Gless was on vacation.
13. Her acting mentor was Eddie Albert.
14. Her acting mentor and series' lead, Eddie Albert, died on May 26, 2005 at age 99.
15. As an actress, she was highly influenced by Eddie Albert.
16. Has highly praised Eddie Albert for her stardom in acting.
17. Academy Award-nominated actor Eddie Albert took her under her wing, when she was 32, their friendship lasted 30 years, until Albert's death in 2005.
18. Beginning as a 10-year-old girl, Gless had a lot of experience, into becoming a lifelong fan of Eddie Albert's, and she was heavily involved in either her future acting mentor's films and/or television series. The movies she watched, at the time that featured Albert, were (Roman Holiday (1953) and Oklahoma! (1955)), then, as a youth, she went back to being an Eddie Albert fan, a second time by watching, the popular sitcom, Green Acres (1965). When she was all grown up, her dream came true, when she co-starred opposite Albert in the popular crime drama/detective series Switch (1975), as Albert's cute/young secretary.
19. She got the role as Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975), after being terminated from her role on Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969).
20. Credits Eddie Albert as her favorite acting mentor/best friend.