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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 MAS*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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Filmography (Movies)
My Apocalypse
Character:Victoria Eastman
Release Date:21/03/2008
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Character:Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Release Date:12/10/1998
The American President
Character:Esther MacInerney
Release Date:17/11/1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Character:The Mrs.
Release Date:06/10/1995
A Mother's Prayer
Character:Ruth
Release Date:25/05/1995
When a Man Loves a Woman
Character:Pam
Release Date:29/04/1994
Last Time Out
Character:Becky Davis
Release Date:01/01/1994
Remember
Character:Amanda
Release Date:24/10/1993
Three of Hearts
Character:Yvonne
Release Date:30/04/1993
Silent Cries
Character:Roberta Hampton
Release Date:08/03/1993
Spies
Character:Mrs. Mills
Release Date:07/03/1993
The Man in the Moon
Character:Marie Foster
Release Date:30/09/1991
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1986
Protocol
Character:Mrs. St. John
Release Date:21/12/1984
Oxford Blues
Character:Las Vegas Lady
Release Date:24/08/1984
Uncommon Valor
Character:Helen Rhodes
Release Date:16/12/1983
Lies
Character:Jessica Brenner
Release Date:01/06/1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Character:Nancy Gilliam
Release Date:27/02/1983
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Character:Abbie
Release Date:29/09/1982
Amy and the Angel
Character:Mrs. Watson
Release Date:22/09/1982
The Six of Us
Character:
Release Date:13/06/1982
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Character:Anna Roosevelt
Release Date:12/05/1982
My Body, My Child
Character:Adele
Release Date:11/04/1982
A Matter of Life and Death
Character:Mary Coggins
Release Date:13/01/1981
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Character:Jean Christensen
Release Date:30/10/1980
King Crab
Character:Vicky
Release Date:15/06/1980
The Gathering, Part II
Character:Peggy
Release Date:17/12/1979
Letters from Frank
Character:Marlene
Release Date:22/11/1979
Norma Rae
Character:Bonnie Mae
Release Date:02/03/1979
Who'll Stop the Rain
Character:Charmian
Release Date:02/08/1978
Ski Lift to Death
Character:Vicki Gordon
Release Date:03/03/1978
The President's Mistress
Character:Gwen Bowers
Release Date:10/02/1978
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Character:Dorothy
Release Date:15/01/1978
The Gathering
Character:Peggy
Release Date:04/12/1977
One on One
Character:B.J. Rudolph
Release Date:28/06/1977
The Baron
Character:Samantha - Wasp Lady
Release Date:01/01/1977
Bound for Glory
Character:Pauline
Release Date:05/12/1976
Bittersweet Love
Character:Roz
Release Date:01/10/1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
Character:Heather
Release Date:20/05/1976
The Drowning Pool
Character:Mavis
Release Date:18/07/1975
My Father's House
Character:Paula
Release Date:01/06/1975
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Character:Gail Stevens
Release Date:23/03/1975
Television Appearances
First Monday
Character:Deborah Szwark
Providence
Character:Evelyn Lombard
Profiler
Character:Nurse Melinda Moscone
The Pretender
Character:Grace Carter-Welman
JAG
Character:Bartlett
ER
Character:Renee Spielman
Chicago Hope
Character:Shirley Fleming
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Dr. Janet Monroe
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character:Alixus
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Character:Olive Davis
Melrose Place
Character:Katherine Andrews
The Burden of Proof
Character:Fiona Cawley
Civil Wars
Character:Lisa Wharton
Law & Order
Character:Ellen Gorham
Seinfeld
Character:Jocelyn Landis
Murphy Brown
Character:Support Group Counselor
HeartBeat
Character:Marilyn McGrath
What a Country!
Character:Principal Joan Courtney
The Insiders
Character:
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Kate Hollander
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Edith Peabody
Highway to Heaven
Character:
Night Court
Character:Sheila Gardiner
Hardcastle and McCormick
Character:Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
Family Ties
Character:Dorothy Canell
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
Fame
Character:
Darkroom
Character:
Walking Tall
Character:
Hill Street Blues
Character:
Hill Street Blues
Character:Gail Kennedy
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:
Dallas
Character:Veronica Robinson
Alice
Character:
Harry O
Character:Laura Mayo
Kojak
Character:Monica
Police Story
Character:
Barnaby Jones
Character:Susan Taylor
M*A*S*H
Character:Capt. Helen Whitfield
The Bob Newhart Show
Character:Courtney Simpson
The Rookies
Character:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character:Sister Ann Hutchins
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Elena Lewis
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Forbes
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