Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless at the 1991 Emmy Awards

Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress .

life and career

Gless became known worldwide through the role of the police officer Christine Cagney in the crime series Cagney & Lacey . Sharon Gless has received two Emmy and one Golden Globe awards for her performance on the series . She also got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995 at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard .

After the end of the series, things got quieter around Sharon Gless, who was mainly seen in TV specials on Cagney & Lacey in the following years . She made the headlines unintentionally when she was threatened by a stalker in 1990 .

In 2000 she finally made a successful television comeback when she got a leading role in the series Queer as Folk as Deborah "Debbie" Novotny , which she played until 2005. Then she got a recurring role in the series Nip / Tuck - Beauty Has Its Price . From 2007 to 2013 she played the role of Madeline West in Burn Notice . In the tenth episode of the third season she was there with her then-actress Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey) to see.

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Sharon Gless has been married to Barney Rosenzweig, former producer of the series Cagney & Lacey , since 1991 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1972, 1975: Notruf California ( Emergency!, TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1974, 1976: Detective Rockford - a call is enough ( The Rockford Files , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1975–1978: The two with the shoot ( Switch , TV series, 71 episodes)
• 1980: The Scarlett O'Hara War (The Scarlett O'Hara War)
• 1980: Love after work (Hardhat and Legs)
• 1982–1988: Cagney & Lacey (TV series, 119 episodes)
• 1983: A judge sees red ( The Star Chamber )
• 1991–1992: The Trials of Rosie O'Neill ( The Trials of Rosie O'Neill )
• 1994: Cagney & Lacey: Deadly Caviar ( Cagney & Lacey: The Return )
• 1995: Cagney & Lacey: The Dead in the Park ( Cagney & Lacey: Together Again )
• 1995: Cagney & Lacey: Who sits in the glass house ( Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling )
• 1996: Cagney & Lacey: And Nothing But The Truth ( Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions )
• 1997: A Wink des Himmels ( Promised Land , TV series, episodes 1x23–1x24)
• 1998: The Girl Next Door ( The Girl Next Door )
• 2000: A Touch of Heaven ( Touched by an Angel , TV series, episode 6x14)
• 2000–2005: Queer as Folk (TV series, 79 episodes)
• 2003: Judging Amy ( Judging Amy , TV series, Episode 4x15)
• 2006: Die Schattenmacht - The State Within ( The State Within , miniseries, 6 episodes)
• 2007–2008: Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck , TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2007-2013: Burn Notice (TV series, 111 episodes)
• 2009: Hannah Free
• 2016: Rizzoli & Isles (TV series, episode 7x08)

Awards

Emmy

• 1986: Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1987: Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 2008: Nomination in the category guest actress in a drama series as Colleen Rose in Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price

Golden Globe Award

• 1985: Nomination for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1986: Golden Globe for Best Series Lead Actress - Drama as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1987: Nomination for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1988: Nomination for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1989: Nomination for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Christine Cagney in Cagney & Lacey
• 1991: Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Rosie O'Neill in The Cases of Rosie O'Neill
• 1992: Nomination for Best Actress in a Series - Drama as Rosie O'Neill in The Cases of Rosie O'Neill

Web links

Commons : Sharon Gless  - Collection of Images

• Official website (English)
• Sharon Gless in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Sharon Gless in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} entry at filmreference.com
2. ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .