Sharon Gless Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Between 2000 and 2005, Gless appeared as Hal Sparks's mother, Debbie Novotny, in her biggest and most critically acclaimed role since Cagney & Lacey in the acclaimed Showtime cable television series "Queer as Folk." In 2000, she was on an episode of "Touched by an Angel" entitled "The Perfect Game". On May 26, 2005, Gless was one of the mourners at Eddie Albert's funeral, along with ex-"Switch" co-stars Robert Wagner and Charlie Callas. In 2006, Gless starred in the BBC television series "The State Within". The following year she co-starred in the USA
Tyne Daly protagonist, played by Cynthia Nixon. In January 2008, she played the role of Mother in the world premiere production of Edward Albee's "Me, Myself & I" at the McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey. In 2009, she appeared in the original cast of "Love, Loss, and What I Wore". She debuted the role of Judy Steinberg in "It Shoulda Been You", at the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey, which ran from October 4 to November 6, 2011. The musical ran on Broadway in 2015. She starred as Maria Callas in "Master Class" at the Manhattan Theater Club on Broadway,