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Sharon Gless

Full / Real Name: Sharon Marguerite Gless
Born: 31 May 1943 (82 years old)
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Sharon Gless is an American actress best known for her roles as Eddie Albert's and Robert Wagner's young secretary Maggie Philbin on the 1970s series, Switch, Christine Cagney on Cagney & Lacey in the 1980s, and as Debbie Novotny on Queer as Folk (2000-2005).

In 1991, Sharon married Barney Rosenzweig, the producer of Cagney & Lacey.

Gless narrated a 1998 documentary about Ayn Rand titled A Sense of Life, a film by Michael Paxton. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.

In 2006 she starred in the BBC television series, The State Within.

From 2007-2013 she played the role of Madeline Westen, the mother of Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan), in the television action series Burn Notice.


Television Roles

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Character

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Madeline Westen

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Det. Sgt. Christine Cagney

Dr. Sally Godwin

Nancy Parks

Colleen Rose

Inmate

Lynne Warner

Ziggy


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