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Gail Strickland
Actor
Born May 18, 1947 (75 years)
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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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Filmography
| 2002 | First Monday (TV Series) · as Justice Deborah Szwark |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Evelyn Lombard |
| 1998 | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story · as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney |
| 1997 | Michael Hayes (TV Series) · as Rose |
| 1996 | The Pretender (TV Series) · as Grace Carter-Welman |
| 1996 | Profiler (TV Series) · as Nurse Melinda Moscone |
| 1995 | The American President · as Esther MacInerney |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as The Mrs. |
| 1995 | A Mother's Prayer · as Ruth |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Bartlett |
| 1994 | When a Man Loves a Woman · as Pam |
| 1994 | Last Time Out · as Becky Davis |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Dr. Renee Spielman |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Three of Hearts · as Yvonne |
| 1993 | Silent Cries · as Roberta Hampton |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) · as Alixus |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | Remember · as Amanda |
| 1992 | Melrose Place (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | The Man in the Moon · as Marie Foster |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Ellen Gorham |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Jocelyn Landis |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues · as Las Vegas Lady |
| 1984 | Protocol · as Mrs. St. John |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Public Defender Sheila Gardiner |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Edith Peabody |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor · as Helen Rhodes |
| 1983 | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land · as Nancy Gilliam |
| 1983 | Lies · as Jessica Brenner |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Eleanor, First Lady of the World · as Anna Roosevelt |
| 1982 | Family Ties (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1982 | Fame (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | Darkroom (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1979 | Norma Rae · as Bonnie Mae |
| 1979 | The Gathering, Part II · as Peggy |
| 1978 | Who'll Stop the Rain · as Charmian |
| 1978 | The President's Mistress · as Gwen Bowers |
| 1978 | Ski Lift to Death · as Vicki Gordon |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Veronica Robinson |
| 1977 | One on One · as B.J. Rudolph |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | The Gathering · as Peggy |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Liz Harrison |
| 1976 | Bound for Glory · as Pauline |
| 1976 | Bittersweet Love · as Roz |
| 1976 | Alice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool · as Mavis |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) · as Gail Stevens |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Monica |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Susan Taylor |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Sister Ann Hutchins |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Forbes |
| 1966 | Dark Shadows (TV Series) · as Dorcas Trilling |