Cast & creator
Sharon Gless
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The View, Rizzoli & Isles
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.
Also known as: Sharon Marguerite Gless
38
film credits
45
television credits
83
1944–2023 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Rizzoli & Isles
Inmate
2010
Nip/Tuck
Colleen Rose
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Touched by an Angel
Ziggy
1994
Adam-12
Lynn Carmichael
1968
Ironside
1967
Judging Amy
Dr. Sally Godwin
1999
Station 19
Dottie
2018
The Rockford Files
Susan Jameson
1974The Rockford Files
Lori Jenivan
1974
Emergency!
Sculptor
1972Emergency!
Sheila
1972
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Burn Notice
Madeline Westen
2007
Cagney & Lacey
Christine Cagney
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
Caroline Coates
1979
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Kathleen Faverty
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lynn Baker
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Susan Carr
1969
The Bob Newhart Show
Rosalie Shaeffer
1972
McCloud
1970McCloud
Sgt. Maggie Clinger
1970
The Gifted
Ellen Strucker
2017
Queer as Folk
Debbie Novotny
2000
Kojak
Nancy Parks
1973
Switch
Maggie Philbin
1975
Promised Land
1996
So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
Karen Goldner
1954
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
The Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
2016
The Sixth Sense
1972
Toma
1973
Centennial
Sidney Endermann
1978
Fast Charlie
Mavis
2023
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Rosie O'Neill
1990
Chase
Sally
1973
The State Within
Lynne Warner
2006
Cool Million
Sandy Sherwood
1972
Faraday and Company
Holly Barrett
1973
The Last Convertible
Kay Haddon
1979
House Calls
Jane Jeffries
1979
Airport 1975
Sharon
1974
The Immigrants
Jean Seldon Lavetta
1978Turnabout
1979
The Star Chamber
Emily Hardin
1983
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Girl Next Door
Dr. Gayle Bennett
1998
All My Darling Daughters
Jennifer
1972
Inequality for All
Christine Cagney (archive footage)
2013
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Self
2018
The Crash of Flight 401
Lesley Fuller
1978
Once Fallen
Sue
2010
Cagney & Lacey: The Return
Christine Cagney
1994
The Scarlett O'Hara War
Carole Lombard
1980
Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
Christine Cagney
1995
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Karen Goldner
1980
Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
Christine Cagney
1995
The Flying Misfits
Nurse 1st Lt.
1976
Hannah Free
Older Hannah
2009
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Kaye Foster
1980
Letting Go
Kate
1985
United We Fan
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Sky's No Limit
Joanna Douglas
1984
From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff
Self
2002
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
Barbara Miller
1981
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Jennifer
1973
Show Her the Money
Herself
2023
Honor Thy Mother
Bonnie Von Stein
1992
Bring Him Home
2000
Bonnie's Kids
Sharon - Waitress
1973
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Christine Cagney
1996
Switch
Maggie Philbin
1975
Hobson's Choice
Maggie Hobson
1983
Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida's Gay Mecca
The Islander
Shauna Cooke
1978
The Magic Statue
Penny Alston
1982Separated by Murder
Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
1994Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial
Narrator
1999
The Outside Woman
Joyce Mattox
1989
Hardhat & Legs
Patricia Botsford
1980