Name
Kathleen Quinlan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-11-19 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Pasadena, California, USA
Biography
Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13, along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades.
She made her feature film debut in Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number (1972) follwed by George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) and made her definite breakthrough in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) as Deborah Blake.
Known For
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- 1997 Breakdown as Amy Taylor
- 2008 Made of Honor as Joan
- 1976 Lifeguard as Wendy
- 1995 Picture Windows: Lightning as Hooker
- 1997 Event Horizon as Peters
- 1977 Airport '77 as Julie
- 1982 Hanky Panky as Janet Dunn
- 1998 A Civil Action as Anne Anderson
- 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break as Christina Rose Scofield
- 1985 Warning Sign as Joanie Morse
- 2006 The Hills Have Eyes as Ethel
- 1984 The Last Winter as Joyce
- 1997 Zeus & Roxanne as Mary Beth Dunhill
- 2008 Harm's Way as Bea
- 1988 Sunset as Nancy Shoemaker
- 1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Deborah Blake
- 1998 My Giant as Serena Kamin
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
- 2004 The Dead Will Tell as Beth Hytner
- 1993 Last Light as Kathy Rubicek
- 1988 Clara's Heart as Leona Hart
- 2011 Elektra Luxx as Rebecca Linbrook
- 2004 The Riverman as Sande Keppel
- 1987 Wild Thing as Jane
- 1989 Trapped as Mary Ann Marshall
- 1992 An American Story as Hope Tyler
- 1974 Where Have All the People Gone as Deborah Anders
- 1991 Strays as Lindsey Jarrett
- 1979 The Promise as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
- 1996 Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
- 1979 The Runner Stumbles as Sister Rita
- 2007 Humble Pie as Agnes Orbison
- 2004 Perfect Romance as Tess Kelley
- 1995 Perfect Alibi as Melanie Bauers
- 1983 Independence Day as Mary Ann Taylor
- 1985 Blackout as Chris Graham
- 2012 Life's an Itch as Audrey
- 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie as Helen Foley
- 2014 After as Nora Valentino
- 2011 Cinema Verite as Mary Every
- 1977 Little Ladies of the Night as Karen Brodwick
- 1974 Lucas Tanner as Joyce Howell
- 1985 Children of the Night as Lois Lee
- 1975 The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Edith Evans
- 2007 Breach as Bonnie Hanssen
- 2013 Horns as Lydia Perrish
- 1980 Sunday Lovers as Laurie (segment "Skippy")
- 1991 The Doors as Patricia Kennealy
- 1974 Can Ellen Be Saved? as Melissa
- 1993 Stolen Babies as Bekka
- 1990 The Operation as Ginnie
- 2003 Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
- 1973 American Graffiti as Peg
- 2011 Eagles in the Chicken Coop as Mary Bernstein
- 2010 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
- 1994 Trial by Jury as Wanda
- 1987 Dreams Lost, Dreams Found as Sarah McAllister
- 2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights as Eve
- 1984 When She Says No as Rose Michaels
- 1975 The Missing Are Deadly
- 2017 Elizabeth Blue as Carol
- 1981 She's in the Army Now as Pvt. Cass Donner
- 2018 Chimera Strain as Masterson
- 2008 The Dissection of Thanksgiving as Carol
- 1987 The Man Outside as Grace Freemont
- 2003 Blessings as Meredith Blessing
- 2017 ADDicted as Kate Dawson
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- 1996 In the Lake of the Woods as Kathy Waylan
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- 2015 How Not to Propose as Susan
- 2010 The River Why as Ma
- 1998 The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self
- 2019 The Devil Has a Name as Nancy
- 2004 El padrino: The Latin Godfather as Judge Scorsi
- 2021 The Stairs as Grandma Bernice
- 2021 Walking with Herb as Sheila Amable-Amo
- 1997 The Doors: The Road of Excess as Self
- 2018 Parallel as Marissa
- 1978 Nightmare in Blood
- 1997 Lawn Dogs as Clare Stockard
- Soon Holiday Hearts as Barbara Morgenstern
- 2026 Okay as Loretta
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Arlene McNeil
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Barbara Tallman
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Janet Conforti
- 1972 Emergency! ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 0 episode )
- 1972 The Waltons ( 2 episodes )
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Robin Morgan
- 1999 Family Law ( 68 episodes ) as Lynn Holt
- 1974 Lucas Tanner ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Where Are They Now? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Three for the Road ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Diagnosis: Murder ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Kate Delieb
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Karen Wilson
- 2018 Mayans M.C. ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Buksar
- 2009 Stargate Universe ( 1 episode ) as Senator Michaels
- 2012 Blue ( 7 episodes ) as Jessica
- 1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke ( 4 episodes ) as Nanaline Duke
- 2014 How to Get Away with Murder ( 1 episode ) as Britt
- 2005 Prison Break ( 6 episodes ) as Christina Rose Scofield
- 2009 Glee ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Shane
- 2017 Marvel's Runaways ( 3 episodes ) as Susan Ellerh
- 2010 The Event ( 1 episode ) as Erika Jarvis
- 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Ann Foley
- 1998 Hollywood Squares ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 1975 Joe Forrester ( 1 episode ) as Bethany
- 1991 The Hidden Room ( 1 episode ) as Julia
