Name
Gail Strickland
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-05-18 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Biography
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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.
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- 1978 A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Dorothy
- 1982 Amy and the Angel as Mrs. Watson
- 1993 Three of Hearts as Yvonne
- 1984 Oxford Blues as Las Vegas Lady
- 1978 Who'll Stop the Rain as Charmian
- 1995 The American President as Esther MacInerney
- 1975 The Drowning Pool as Mavis Kilbourne
- 1995 How to Make an American Quilt as The Mrs.
- 1983 Uncommon Valor as Helen Rhodes
- 1995 A Mother's Prayer as Ruth
- 1979 Norma Rae as Bonnie Mae
- 1976 Bound for Glory as Pauline
- 1979 The Gathering, Part II as Peggy
- 1984 Protocol as Mrs. St. John
- 1983 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land as Nancy Gilliam
- 1991 The Man in the Moon as Marie Foster
- 1980 King Crab as Vicky
- 1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
- 1993 Silent Cries as Roberta Hampton
- 1977 The Gathering as Peggy
- 1976 Bittersweet Love as Roz
- 1982 Eleanor, First Lady of the World as Anna Roosevelt
- 1975 Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Gail Stevens
- 1976 The Dark Side of Innocence as Heather
- 1993 Remember as Amanda
- 1994 Last Time Out as Becky Davis
- 2008 My Apocalypse as Victoria Eastman
- 1983 Lies as Jessica Brenner
- 1977 The Baron as Samantha - Wasp Lady
- 1982 My Body, My Child as Adele
- 1977 One on One as B.J. Rudolph
- 1978 Ski Lift to Death as Vicki Gordon
- 1982 Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice as Abbie
- 1980 Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Jean Christensen
- 1978 The President's Mistress as Gwen Bowers
- 1994 When a Man Loves a Woman as Pam
- 1998 Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
- 1975 My Father's House as Paula
- 1993 Spies as Mrs. Mills
- 1979 Letters from Frank as Marlene
- 1981 A Matter of Life and Death as Mary Coggins
- 1982 The Six of Us
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Kate Hollander
- 1976 Alice ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Family Ties ( 1 episode ) as Dorothy Canell
- 1989 Seinfeld ( 2 episodes ) as Jocelyn Landis
- 1972 M*A*S*H ( 1 episode ) as Capt. Helen Whitfield
- 1972 The Rookies ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Providence ( 1 episode ) as Evelyn Lombard
- 1996 The Pretender ( 1 episode ) as Grace Carter-Welman
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Elena Lewis
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Billie Hardwood
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Janet Monroe
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Monica
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 3 episodes )
- 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( 11 episodes ) as Olive Davis
- 1992 Melrose Place ( 6 episodes ) as Katherine Andrews
- 2002 First Monday ( 13 episodes ) as Deborah Szwark
- 1978 Dallas ( 3 episodes ) as Veronica Robinson
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Shirley Fleming
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Renee Spielman
- 1985 The Insiders ( 13 episodes )
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1986 What a Country! ( 24 episodes ) as Principal Joan Courtney
- 1988 HeartBeat ( 18 episodes ) as Marilyn McGrath
- 1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1 episode ) as Sister Ann Hutchins
- 1981 Walking Tall ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Edith Peabody
- 1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Sheila Gardiner
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Support Group Counselor
- 1992 The Burden of Proof ( 2 episodes ) as Fiona Cawley
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Forbes
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Ellen Gorham
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Alixus
- 1991 Civil Wars ( 1 episode ) as Lisa Wharton
- 1995 JAG ( 1 episode ) as Bartlett
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Susan Taylor
- 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick ( 1 episode ) as Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 1 episode ) as Gail Kennedy
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode ) as Laura Mayo
- 1972 The Bob Newhart Show ( 2 episodes ) as Courtney Simpson
- 1996 Profiler ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Melinda Moscone
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Helen
