Gail Strickland
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
Credits
- 2008 · My Apocalypse as Victoria Eastman
- 2002 · First Monday as Justice Deborah Szwark
- 1999 · Providence as Evelyn Lombard
- 1998 · Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
- 1996 · The Pretender as Grace Carter-Welman
- 1995 · The American President as Esther MacInerney
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as The Mrs.
- 1995 · JAG as Bartlett
- 1995 · A Mother's Prayer as Ruth
- 1994 · ER as Renee Spielman
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · When a Man Loves a Woman as Pam
- 1994 · Last Time Out as Becky Davis
- 1993 · Remember as Amanda
- 1993 · Three of Hearts as Yvonne
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Dr. Janet Monroe
- 1993 · Silent Cries as Roberta Hampton
- 1993 · Spies as Mrs. Mills
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Alixus
- 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as
- 1992 · Melrose Place as Katherine Andrews
- 1992 · The Burden of Proof as Fiona Cawley
- 1991 · Civil Wars as Lisa Wharton
- 1991 · The Man in the Moon as Marie Foster
- 1990 · Law & Order as Ellen Gorham
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Jocelyn Landis
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Support Group Counselor
- 1988 · HeartBeat as Marilyn McGrath
- 1986 · Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star as
- 1986 · What a Country! as Principal Joan Courtney
- 1985 · The Insiders as
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as
- 1984 · Protocol as Mrs. St. John
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Kate Hollander
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Edith Peabody
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
- 1984 · Oxford Blues as Las Vegas Lady
- 1984 · Night Court as Sheila Gardiner
- 1983 · Uncommon Valor as Helen Rhodes
- 1983 · Hardcastle and McCormick as
- 1983 · Lies as Jessica Brenner
- 1983 · Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land as Nancy Gilliam
- 1982 · Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice as Abbie
- 1982 · Family Ties as Dorothy Canell
- 1982 · Amy and the Angel as Mrs. Watson
- 1982 · Eleanor, First Lady of the World as Anna Roosevelt
- 1982 · My Body, My Child as Adele
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1982 · Fame as
- 1981 · Darkroom as
- 1981 · Walking Tall as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mary Coggins
- 1980 · Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case as Jean Christensen
- 1980 · King Crab as Vicky
- 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as Peggy
- 1979 · Letters from Frank as Marlene
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as
- 1979 · Norma Rae as Bonnie Mae
- 1978 · Who'll Stop the Rain as Charmian
- 1978 · Dallas as Veronica Robinson
- 1978 · Ski Lift to Death as Vicki Gordon
- 1978 · The President's Mistress as Gwen Bowers
- 1978 · A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story as Dorothy
- 1977 · The Gathering as Peggy
- 1977 · One on One as B.J. Rudolph
- 1977 · The Baron as Samantha - Wasp Lady
- 1976 · Bound for Glory as Pauline
- 1976 · Bittersweet Love as Roz
- 1976 · Alice as
- 1976 · The Dark Side of Innocence as Heather
- 1975 · The Drowning Pool as Mavis
- 1975 · My Father's House as Paula
- 1975 · Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects as Gail Stevens
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1973 · Kojak as Monica
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Susan Taylor
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Capt. Helen Whitfield
- 1972 · The Bob Newhart Show as
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Sister Ann Hutchins
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Elena Lewis
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Forbes