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