# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sharon-gless
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:22.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sharon-gless"
name: "Sharon Gless"
slug: "sharon-gless"
description: "Sharon Marguerite Gless is an American actress known for her television roles. She portrayed Maggie Philbin on Switch (1975–1978), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series Cagney & Lacey (1982–1988), and the title role in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990–1992). She also played Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series Queer as Folk (2000–2005) and Madeline Westen on Burn Notice (2007–2013)."
tagline: "American actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sharon_Gless_1998a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3053830227743271
  historical:           22.21001866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0002102"
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    url:       "http://www.sharongless.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump