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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2023Show Her the Money — Herself
• 2018Betty White: First Lady of Television — Self
• 2018United We Fan — Self (archive footage)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2004The Best of So Graham Norton — Self (archive footage)
• 2002From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee