Sharon Gless

Biography

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

The Graham Norton Show

Self

The View

Self

The View

Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

Queer As Folk

Debbie Novotny

Rizzoli & Isles

Inmate

Burn Notice

Madeline Westen

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Kathleen Faverty

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Fast Charlie	Mavis
2023	Show Her the Money	Herself
2018	United We Fan	Self (archive footage)
2018	Betty White: First Lady of Television	Self
2013	Inequality for All	Christine Cagney (archive footage)
2010	Once Fallen	Sue
2009	Hannah Free	Older Hannah
2002	From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff	Self
2000	Bring Him Home
1999	Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial	Narrator
1998	The Girl Next Door	Dr. Gayle Bennett
1996	Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions	Christine Cagney
1995	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Christine Cagney
1995	Cagney & Lacey: Together Again	Christine Cagney
1994	Separated by Murder	Betty Gay Wilson / Holly Faye Walker / Peggy Joy Lowe / Lily Mae Stokely
1994	Cagney & Lacey: The Return	Christine Cagney
1992	Honor Thy Mother	Bonnie Von Stein
1989	The Outside Woman	Joyce Mattox
1985	Letting Go	Kate
1984	The Sky's No Limit	Joanna Douglas
1983	The Star Chamber	Emily Hardin
1983	Hobson's Choice	Maggie Hobson
1982	The Magic Statue	Penny Alston
1981	The Miracle of Kathy Miller	Barbara Miller
1980	Hardhat & Legs	Patricia Botsford
1980	Revenge of the Stepford Wives	Kaye Foster
1980	The Scarlett O'Hara War	Carole Lombard
1980	The Kids Who Knew Too Much	Karen Goldner
1978	The Islander	Shauna Cooke
1978	The Immigrants	Jean Seldon Lavetta
1978	The Crash of Flight 401	Lesley Fuller
1976	The Flying Misfits	Nurse 1st Lt.
1975	Switch [Pilot]	Maggie Philbin
1974	Airport 1975	Sharon
1973	My Darling Daughters' Anniversary	Jennifer
1973	Bonnie's Kids	Sharon - Waitress
1972	All My Darling Daughters	Jennifer

Year	TV Show	Role
2018	Station 19	Dottie
2017	The Gifted	Ellen Strucker
2016	The Exorcist	Chris MacNeil
2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Inmate
2007	Burn Notice	Madeline Westen
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2006	The State Within	Lynne Warner
2003	Nip/Tuck	Colleen Rose
2000	Queer As Folk	Debbie Novotny
1999	Judging Amy	Dr. Sally Godwin
1998	So Graham Norton	Self - Guest
1997	The View	Self
1997	The View	Self - Guest
1996	Promised Land
1994	Touched by an Angel	Ziggy
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self
1990	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Rosie O'Neill
1982	Cagney & Lacey	Christine Cagney
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Caroline Coates
1979	Turnabout
1979	The Last Convertible	Kay Haddon
1979	House Calls	Jane Jeffries
1978	Centennial	Sidney Endermann
1976	Baa Baa Black Sheep	Nurse 1st Lt.
1975	Switch	Maggie Philbin
1974	The Rockford Files	Susan Jameson
1974	The Rockford Files	Lori Jenivan
1973	Kojak	Nancy Parks
1973	Toma
1973	Faraday and Company	Holly Barrett
1973	Chase	Sally
1972	The Bob Newhart Show
1972	The Sixth Sense
1972	Emergency!	Sculptor
1972	Emergency!	Sheila
1972	Cool Million	Sandy Sherwood
1970	McCloud
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Kathleen Faverty
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Lynn Baker
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Dr. Susan Carr
1968	Adam-12	Lynn Carmichael
1967	Ironside
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Karen Goldner
1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee