Kirkland was a student of Lee Strasberg[?] and a member of the Andy Warhol coterie. She began acting Off-Broadway in 1962, and has been said to have been the first actress to appear nude in legitimate theater, in a 1968 production of Sweet Eros[?].
After several small roles in such films as The Sting, The Way We Were, A Star Is Born and Private Benjamin, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1987 for Anna[?].
Kirkland was unable to follow up the nomination with much success, however, although she did appear on television frequently, including the series Valley of the Dolls[?] and the soap opera Days of Our Lives. She also had a small role in Edtv[?].
She is a minister in the Church of The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness[?], and teaches drama, yoga and meditation.
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