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26. Bring Him Home
YEAR: 2001
LENGTH: 90 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless
SYNOPSIS: A young boy loses his dog. His grandfather
helps to find the dog. Sharon in the role of Mary Daley, the gradfather's girlfriend.
25. The Girl Next Door
YEAR: 1998
LENGTH: 90 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Tracey Gold, Tom Irwin, Michael Dorn,
Danny Gilmore, Gillian Ferrabee
SYNOPSIS: A young woman kills the wife of her lover.
Sharon Gless plays the role of police cop Gayle Bennett.
24. Separated By Murder
YEAR: 1994
LENGTH: 92 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Steve Railsback, Mark Johnson, Jim Ostrnader, Bob Penny, Ed Bruce
SYNOPSIS: Sharon Gless in a double role as the twins Holly and Lilly. The story of a killed husband and three suspects.
23. Honor Thy Mother
YEAR: 1992
LENGTH: 90 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, David Greene
SYNOPSIS: The story of a killed man, his survived wife
and their son. Sharon Gless in the role of the mother Bonnie Von Stein.
22. Tales of the Unexpected
YEAR: 1991
LENGTH: 101 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Samantha Eggar, Sondra Locke,
Charles Hallahan, Arthur Hill, Charles Dance
SYNOPSIS: Composed of four sections dealing with a
soured marriage, a fountain of youth, a dead parrot's giant
egg, and a man with a secret.
21. Letting Go
YEAR: 1985
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, John Ritter, Kit McDonough, Peter
Dvorsky, Joe Cortese, Max Gail.
SYNOPSIS: Two witty people, whose lives are shattered
when he loses his wife and she's dumped by her lover, discover
each other in a self-help group. Sharon plays the role of Kate.
20. Hobson's Choice
YEAR: 1983
LENGTH: 95, or 104 minutes, depending on the source
you consult.
CAST: Sharon Gless, Jack Warden, Bert Remsen, Robert
Englund, Lilian Gish, Richard Thomas.
SYNOPSIS: A nicely astringentremake of the Charles
Laughton classic film. In this version, Sharon Gless is cast as Maggie Hobson, a
woman who turns her mousy husband into a confident, caring man,
despite her father's objections.
19. The Star Chamber
YEAR: 1983
LENGTH: 109 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Michael Douglas, Hal Holnrook,
Yaphet Kotto, James B. Siking, Joe Regalbuto
SYNOPSIS: Young judge, frustrated by having to turn
rapists and murderers free because of legal technicalities,
is drawn into a secret judicial society. Sharon Gless in the role of Emily Hardin, the wife of judge Hardin.
18. Sky's No Limit
YEAR: 1983
LENGTH: 100 or 104 minutes, depending on the
information source
CAST: Sharon Gless, Dee Stone, Anne Archer,
David Ackroyd, Barnard Hughes.
SYNOPSIS: Three women compete with each other
to become the first female astronaut in U.S. history. Sharon is cast as Joanna Douglas.
17. Miracle of Kathy Miller
YEAR: 1981
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Helen Hunt, Bill Beyers, Michael
Greene, John deLancie (Q)
SYNOPSIS: Based on the true story of Kathy Miller,
who was an athlete who was hit by a car when she was
13-years-old and ended up in a coma, then after awakening
found out she had suffered massive brain damage and had one
leg mutiliated from the accident. She and her parents fight
back, and eventually the girl rebuilds her body and her
strength to enter marathon races. Sharon plays Barbara Miller.
16. Kids Who Knew Too Much
YEAR: 1980
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Dana Hill, Jackie Coogan, Larry Cedar,
Dana Hill.
SYNOPSIS: Sharon Gless plays a reporter namend Karen Goldner investigating a
murder and ends up becoming involved with some kids at the same
time.
15. Palms
YEAR: 1980
LENGTH: 75 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Steve Ryan
SYNOPSIS: Two police detectives fall in love while
trying to destroy a drug ring.
14. Hardhat And Legs
YEAR: 1980
LENGTH: 96 or 104 minutes, depending on the source
you consult.
CAST: Sharon Gless, Bobby Short, Ray Serra, Jacqueline
Brookes, Kevin James Dobson, W.T. Martin.
SYNOPSIS: Cheerful, fun-loving New York tale by old
pros Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon. Gless is the blueblood
blonde Patricia with great legs.
13. Revenge of the Stepford Wives
YEAR: 1980
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Robert Guest, Julie Kavner,
Audra Lindley, Don Johnson, MasonAdams, Arthur Hill,
Ellen Weston, Millie Slavin.
SYNOPSIS: Mediocre sequel to 1975 theatrical
feature finds an eager-beaver lady journalist coming
to town and stumbling onlo the sinister secret behind
the robotlike behavior of all the women. Sharon Gless in the role of the journalist.
12. The Scarlett O'Hara War
YEAR: 1980
LENGTH: 105 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Tony Curtis, Morgan Brittany,
Harold Gould, Clive Revill, Bill Macy, George Furth.
SYNOPSIS: "...this polished production revolves
about the legendary search for the actress to play Margaret
Mitchell's unsinkable heroine. A juicy melodrama entertainingly
crammed with equal parts history, gossip, and star turns. Sharon Gless as Carole Lombard.
11. Magic Statue
YEAR: 1979
LENGTH: 95 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, John Schuck
SYNOPSIS: A husband and wife exchange personalities
with the expected resulting confusion and problems.
10. Crash
YEAR: 1978
LENGTH: 100 minutes, or 104 minutes, depending
on the source of information you consult.
CAST: Sharon Gless, William Shatner, George Maharis,
Eddie Albert, Brooke Bundy, Adrienne Barbeau.
SYNOPSIS: Another plane-crash story based on a real
incident. Sharon Gless in the role of Lesley Fuller.
9. Immigrants
YEAR: 1978
LENGTH: 200 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Stephen Macht, Aimee Eccles,
Susan Strasberg, Richard Anderson, John Saxon, Pernell
Roberts, Ina Balin, Lloyd Bochner.
SYNOPSIS: Another Howard Fast novel becomes grist
for the TV-movie mill in this overlong, rags-to-riches
story about an Italian boy who, not content to put his
imprint on the shipping world, yearns for the respectability
of San Francisco's high society. Sharon Gless is cast as Jean Seldon Lavetta.
8. Islander
YEAR: 1978
LENGTH: 100 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Bernadette Peters, Robert Vaughn,
Dennis Weaver.
SYNOPSIS: A mainland lawyer retires to Hawaii to become
the owner of a hotel. The lawyer ends up acting like a
detective. Sharon Gless playes the role of Shauna Cooke.
7. Richie Brockleman, Private Eye
YEAR: 1976
LENGTH: 78 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Dennis Dugan, Suzanne Pleshette,
Norman Fell
SYNOPSIS: A female amnesiac hires a young detective
to find out just who she is. Sharon in the role of the young Darcy Davenport.
6. Airport 1975
YEAR: 1974
LENGTH: 137 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Karen Black, George Kennedy,
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Helen Reddy, Sid Caesar, Charleton
Heston, Susan Clark, Gloria Swanson, Linda Blair, Dana
Andrews, Myrna Loy, Nancy Olson, Roy Thinnes, Martha Scott.
SYNOPSIS: Heston plays an airline troubleshooter
who has to transfer from a helicopeter to the cockpit
of a disabled 747 which is being flown by a stewardness.
5. Say Hello to a Dead Man
YEAR: 1974
LENGTH: 73 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Dan Dailey, James Naughton
SYNOPSIS: This was the pilot episode for what became
Faraday and Company. A man unjustly imprisoned is released
and has to adjust to a changed world, and the fact that he
has a kid he didn't know about. The son joins his father to
find the person who killed his partner years earlier.
4. Wheelbarrel Full of Trouble
YEAR: 1973
LENGTH: 76 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Don Dailey, James Naughton
SYNOPSIS: A detective drama where the question is:
why is one old, junk car worth so incredibly much to one
man?
3. My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
YEAR: 1973
LENGTH: 73 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Robert Young, Raymond Massey,
Ruth Hussey
SYNOPSIS: Sequel to All My Darling Daughters. Sharon in the role of Jennifer.
2. All My Darling Daughters
YEAR: 1972
LENGTH: 72 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Robert Young, Raymond Massee,
Eve Arden.
SYNOPSIS: Enjoyable family fare finds Robert
Young playing the kindly father, watching his four
daughters marry in a single ceremony. Sharon as daugther Jennifer.
1. Night Slaves
YEAR: 1970
LENGTH: 73 minutes
CAST: Sharon Gless, Lee Grant,Leslie Nielson,
James Franciscus
SYNOPSIS: Aliens hypnotize town residents into
helping them repair their spacecraft. Leonard Maltin
refers to its "indifferent script and direction.
PICTURES: See Sharon in some of her movies
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