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Gail Strickland
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-05-18,Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

Three of Hearts

4.557

Three of Hearts
1993-04-30

5.6

Oxford Blues
1984-08-24

Who'll Stop the Rain

6.465

Who'll Stop the Rain
1978-08-02

The American President

6.538

The American President
1995-11-17

The Drowning Pool

6.315

The Drowning Pool
1975-07-18

6.22

Uncommon Valor
1983-12-16

7.158

Norma Rae
1979-03-02

Bound for Glory

6.8

Bound for Glory
1976-12-05

5.494

Protocol
1984-12-21

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

4.724

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983-02-27

The Man in the Moon

7.295

The Man in the Moon
1991-09-30

1

Silent Cries
1993-03-08

7

The Gathering
1977-12-04

Bittersweet Love

3.7

Bittersweet Love
1976-10-01

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

0

Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982-05-12

5.2

Lies
1983-06-01

4.7

The Baron
1977-01-01

My Body, My Child

9

My Body, My Child
1982-04-11

5.658

One on One
1977-06-28

Ski Lift to Death

0

Ski Lift to Death
1978-03-03

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

0

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982-09-29

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

6.833

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980-10-30

The President's Mistress

6.7

The President's Mistress
1978-02-10

When a Man Loves a Woman

6.475

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994-04-29

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

0

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998-10-12

My Father's House

0

My Father's House
1975-01-01

0

Spies
1993-03-07

Letters from Frank

0

Letters from Frank
1979-11-22

A Matter of Life and Death

0

A Matter of Life and Death
1981-01-13

A Mother's Prayer

8.5

A Mother's Prayer
1995-05-25

The Gathering, Part II

0

The Gathering, Part II
1979-12-17

0

King Crab
1980-06-15

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

4.5

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986-12-01

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

0

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975-03-23

0

Remember
1993-10-24

The Dark Side of Innocence

0

The Dark Side of Innocence
1976-05-20

0

Last Time Out
1994-01-01

4.8

My Apocalypse
2008-03-21

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

9

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978-01-15

Amy and the Angel

6

Amy and the Angel
1982-09-22

How to Make an American Quilt

6.398

How to Make an American Quilt
1995-10-06

Murder, She Wrote

7.587

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

8.289

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

6.724

Fame
1982-01-07

The Bob Newhart Show

7.387

The Bob Newhart Show
1972-09-16

6.96

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Hill Street Blues

7.574

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

7.616

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993-01-01

5.766

Melrose Place
1992-07-08

7.805

ER
1994-09-19

7.5

Darkroom
1981-11-27

6.863

Alice
1976-08-31

7.247

Family Ties
1982-09-22

7.9

M*A*S*H
1972-09-17

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

Spenser: For Hire

6.7

Spenser: For Hire
1985-09-20

Trapper John, M.D.

6.289

Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.4

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18

6.5

Providence
1999-01-08

7.362

The Pretender
1996-09-19

Highway to Heaven

7.326

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

6.895

Kojak
1973-10-24

Walker, Texas Ranger

6.951

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21

6.906

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

6

First Monday
2002-01-15

7.2

Chicago Hope
1994-09-18

5

The Insiders
1985-09-25

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

4.6

Harry O
1974-09-12

What a Country!

5

What a Country!
1986-09-27

5.7

Walking Tall
1981-01-17

3

HeartBeat
1988-03-23

The Burden of Proof

3.25

The Burden of Proof
1992-02-09

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03

7.266

JAG
1995-09-23

6.6

Dallas
1978-04-02

Murder, She Wrote

7.587

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.339

Night Court
1984-01-04

6.96

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.5

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19

6.5

Murphy Brown
1988-11-14

2

Civil Wars
1991-11-20