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Gail Strickland
0.7 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gail Strickland (born May 18, 1947) is an American character actress. Strickland was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a tire shop. She had featured roles in 1970s films such as Bound for Glory, The Drowning Pool and Norma Rae. In a memorable Drowning Pool scene, Strickland and Paul Newman are trapped in a room filling with water from floor to ceiling, stripped to their underwear, with no apparent escape. Strickland appeared on the U.S. Navy series JAG first season episode "War Crimes". She played Ambassador Bartlett, the U.S. ambassador to Peru. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Night Court as the public defender. She guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Paradise" as the character Alixus. In 1994-1995, she appeared as Ms. Landis of Doubleday in the Seinfeld Season 6 episodes "The Chaperone" and "The Switch". Strickland played nurse practitioner Marilyn McGrath in the 1988 TV series HeartBeat. This was one of the earliest portrayals of a lesbian character on American network television. She also had a memorable appearance on the television series M*A*S*H as Captain Helen Whitfield, a nurse in an ongoing battle with alcoholism. She appeared in 11 episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman from 1993-94 as the character Olive Davis. She played Esther MacInerney, the wife of A.J. MacInerney (Martin Sheen), Chief of Staff for President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas), in the 1995 blockbuster movie The American President, which also starred Annette Bening, Michael J. Fox, and Richard Dreyfuss. Strickland was a cast member in the brief run of the 2002 CBS television series First Monday, playing a Supreme Court justice. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gail Strickland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
4.8
Victoria Eastman
My Apocalypse
2008
6.0
Deborah Szwark
First Monday
2002
6.5
Evelyn Lombard
Providence
1999
🎬
0.0
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
7.0
Nurse Melinda Moscone
Profiler
1996
7.3
Grace Carter-Welman
The Pretender
1996
6.5
Esther MacInerney
The American President
1995
6.4
The Mrs.
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
7.3
Bartlett
JAG
1995
8.5
Ruth
A Mother's Prayer
1995
Credits
My Apocalypse
as Victoria Eastman
2008
4.8
First Monday
as Deborah Szwark
2002
6.0
Providence
as Evelyn Lombard
1999
6.5
🎬
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
1998
0.0
Profiler
as Nurse Melinda Moscone
1996
7.0
The Pretender
as Grace Carter-Welman
1996
7.3
The American President
as Esther MacInerney
1995
6.5
How to Make an American Quilt
as The Mrs.
1995
6.4
JAG
as Bartlett
1995
7.3
A Mother's Prayer
as Ruth
1995
8.5
ER
as Renee Spielman
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
as Shirley Fleming
1994
7.2
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Pam
1994
6.6
Last Time Out
as Becky Davis
1994
0.0
Remember
as Amanda
1993
0.0
Three of Hearts
as Yvonne
1993
4.8
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Dr. Janet Monroe
1993
6.9
Silent Cries
as Roberta Hampton
1993
1.0
Spies
as Mrs. Mills
1993
0.0
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Alixus
1993
7.9
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Olive Davis
1993
7.6
Melrose Place
as Katherine Andrews
1992
5.9
The Burden of Proof
as Fiona Cawley
1992
3.4
Civil Wars
as Lisa Wharton
1991
3.3
The Man in the Moon
as Marie Foster
1991
7.3
Law & Order
as Ellen Gorham
1990
7.4
Seinfeld
as Jocelyn Landis
1989
8.3
Murphy Brown
as Support Group Counselor
1988
6.4
HeartBeat
as Marilyn McGrath
1988
2.3
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
4.0
What a Country!
as Principal Joan Courtney
1986
5.0
The Insiders
1985
5.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
Protocol
as Mrs. St. John
1984
5.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Kate Hollander
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Edith Peabody
1984
7.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Oxford Blues
as Las Vegas Lady
1984
5.5
Night Court
as Sheila Gardiner
1984
7.3
Uncommon Valor
as Helen Rhodes
1983
6.2
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
1983
6.4
Lies
as Jessica Brenner
1983
4.6
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Nancy Gilliam
1983
4.9
🎬
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
as Abbie
1982
9.0
Family Ties
as Dorothy Canell
1982
7.2
Amy and the Angel
as Mrs. Watson
1982
5.5
🎬
The Six of Us
1982
0.0
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
as Anna Roosevelt
1982
6.0
My Body, My Child
as Adele
1982
9.0
Cagney & Lacey
1982
7.0
Fame
1982
6.8
Darkroom
1981
7.2
Walking Tall
1981
5.7
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Hill Street Blues
as Gail Kennedy
1981
7.6
A Matter of Life and Death
as Mary Coggins
1981
0.0
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Jean Christensen
1980
5.5
King Crab
as Vicky
1980
0.0
The Gathering, Part II
as Peggy
1979
2.0
Letters from Frank
as Marlene
1979
0.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Norma Rae
as Bonnie Mae
1979
7.2
Who'll Stop the Rain
as Charmian
1978
6.5
Dallas
as Veronica Robinson
1978
6.8
Ski Lift to Death
as Vicki Gordon
1978
0.0
The President's Mistress
as Gwen Bowers
1978
6.7
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
as Dorothy
1978
9.0
The Gathering
as Peggy
1977
3.7
One on One
as B.J. Rudolph
1977
5.6
The Baron
as Samantha - Wasp Lady
1977
4.5
Bound for Glory
as Pauline
1976
6.9
Bittersweet Love
as Roz
1976
3.0
Alice
1976
7.1
The Dark Side of Innocence
as Heather
1976
0.0
The Drowning Pool
as Mavis
1975
6.3
My Father's House
as Paula
1975
0.0
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
as Gail Stevens
1975
0.0
Harry O
as Laura Mayo
1974
4.6
Kojak
as Monica
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Susan Taylor
1973
6.9
M*A*S*H
as Capt. Helen Whitfield
1972
7.9
The Bob Newhart Show
as Courtney Simpson
1972
7.5
The Rookies
1972
6.8
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Sister Ann Hutchins
1970
7.6
Hawaii Five-O
as Elena Lewis
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Forbes
1968
7.1