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Gail Strickland
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Gail Strickland
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-05-18,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

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

9.5

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

Amy and the Angel

6.667

Amy and the Angel
1982-09-22

Three of Hearts

4.9

Three of Hearts
1993-04-30

5.573

Oxford Blues
1984-08-24

Who'll Stop the Rain

6.479

Who'll Stop the Rain
1978-08-02

The American President

6.539

The American President
1995-11-17

The Drowning Pool

6.3

The Drowning Pool
1975-07-18

How to Make an American Quilt

6.394

How to Make an American Quilt
1995-10-06

6.3

Uncommon Valor
1983-12-16

A Mother's Prayer

8.583

A Mother's Prayer
1995-05-25

7.214

Norma Rae
1979-03-02

Bound for Glory

6.929

Bound for Glory
1976-12-05

The Gathering, Part II

6

The Gathering, Part II
1979-12-17

5.457

Protocol
1984-12-21

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

5

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

The Man in the Moon

7.37

The Man in the Moon
1991-09-30

9

King Crab
1980-06-15

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star

4.6

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

5

Silent Cries
1993-03-08

5

The Gathering
1977-12-04

Bittersweet Love

4

Bittersweet Love
1976-10-01

Eleanor, First Lady of the World

7

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

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

8

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975-03-23

The Dark Side of Innocence

9

The Dark Side of Innocence
1976-05-20

9

Remember
1993-10-24

10

Last Time Out
1994-01-01

5.5

My Apocalypse
2008-03-21

4.889

Lies
1983-06-01

5.6

The Baron
1977-01-01

My Body, My Child

9

My Body, My Child
1982-04-11

5.87

One on One
1977-06-28

Ski Lift to Death

7.5

Ski Lift to Death
1978-03-03

Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice

8.5

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

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

5.917

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

The President's Mistress

6.8

The President's Mistress
1978-02-10

When a Man Loves a Woman

6.613

When a Man Loves a Woman
1994-04-29

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

8

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

My Father's House

9

My Father's House
1975-06-01

10

Spies
1993-03-07

Letters from Frank

8

Letters from Frank
1979-11-22

A Matter of Life and Death

8

A Matter of Life and Death
1981-01-13

10

The Six of Us
1982-06-13

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.1

Alice
1976-08-31

7.2

Family Ties
1982-09-22

8.261

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

7.933

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

6.857

The Rookies
1972-09-11

Spenser: For Hire

6.9

Spenser: For Hire
1985-09-20

Trapper John, M.D.

6.568

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

6.813

Fame
1982-01-07

6.68

Providence
1999-01-08

7.4

The Pretender
1996-09-19

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Highway to Heaven

7.408

Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19

Walker, Texas Ranger

7.014

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21

Hill Street Blues

7.63

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

7.146

Kojak
1973-10-24

6.971

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

7.6

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993-01-01

5.9

Melrose Place
1992-07-08

6.5

First Monday
2002-01-15

7.2

Darkroom
1981-11-27

6.849

Dallas
1978-04-02

7.25

Chicago Hope
1994-09-18

7.83

ER
1994-09-19

6

The Insiders
1985-09-25

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

What a Country!

7.5

What a Country!
1986-09-27

3.75

HeartBeat
1988-03-23

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.649

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19

6.75

Walking Tall
1981-01-17

Murder, She Wrote

7.534

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.3

Night Court
1984-01-04

6.4

Murphy Brown
1988-11-14

The Burden of Proof

3.875

The Burden of Proof
1992-02-09

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.311

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-01-03

4.5

Civil Wars
1991-11-20

7.291

JAG
1995-09-23

6.966

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

Hardcastle and McCormick

6.476

Hardcastle and McCormick
1983-09-18

Hill Street Blues

7.63

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

5.167

Harry O
1974-09-12

The Bob Newhart Show

7.532

The Bob Newhart Show
1972-09-16

6.993

Profiler
1996-09-21