Gail Strickland
Acting • Born 1945-05-18
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
87 credits
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Movie • 1978
Dorothy
Amy and the Angel
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Watson
Three of Hearts
Movie • 1993
Yvonne
Oxford Blues
Movie • 1984
Las Vegas Lady
Who'll Stop the Rain
Movie • 1978
Charmian
The American President
Movie • 1995
Esther MacInerney
The Drowning Pool
Movie • 1975
Mavis
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie • 1995
The Mrs.
Uncommon Valor
Movie • 1983
Helen Rhodes
A Mother's Prayer
Movie • 1995
Ruth
Norma Rae
Movie • 1979
Bonnie Mae
Bound for Glory
Movie • 1976
Pauline
The Gathering, Part II
Movie • 1979
Peggy
Protocol
Movie • 1984
Mrs. St. John
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Movie • 1983
Nancy Gilliam
The Man in the Moon
Movie • 1991
Marie Foster
King Crab
Movie • 1980
Vicky
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Movie • 1986
Silent Cries
Movie • 1993
Roberta Hampton
The Gathering
Movie • 1977
Peggy
Bittersweet Love
Movie • 1976
Roz
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Movie • 1982
Anna Roosevelt
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Movie • 1975
Gail Stevens
The Dark Side of Innocence
Movie • 1976
Heather
Remember
Movie • 1993
Amanda
Last Time Out
Movie • 1994
Becky Davis
My Apocalypse
Movie • 2008
Victoria Eastman
Lies
Movie • 1983
Jessica Brenner
The Baron
Movie • 1977
Samantha - Wasp Lady
My Body, My Child
Movie • 1982
Adele
One on One
Movie • 1977
B.J. Rudolph
Ski Lift to Death
Movie • 1978
Vicki Gordon
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Movie • 1982
Abbie
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Movie • 1980
Jean Christensen
The President's Mistress
Movie • 1978
Gwen Bowers
When a Man Loves a Woman
Movie • 1994
Pam
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Movie • 1998
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
My Father's House
Movie • 1975
Paula
Spies
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Mills
Letters from Frank
Movie • 1979
Marlene
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie • 1981
Mary Coggins
The Six of Us
Movie • 1982
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Kate Hollander
Alice
TV • 1976
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Dorothy Canell
Seinfeld
TV • 1989
Jocelyn Landis
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Capt. Helen Whitfield
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Fame
TV • 1982
Providence
TV • 1999
Evelyn Lombard
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Grace Carter-Welman
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Elena Lewis
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Dr. Janet Monroe
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Kojak
TV • 1973
Monica
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Olive Davis
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Katherine Andrews
First Monday
TV • 2002
Deborah Szwark
Darkroom
TV • 1981
Dallas
TV • 1978
Veronica Robinson
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Shirley Fleming
ER
TV • 1994
Renee Spielman
The Insiders
TV • 1985
Police Story
TV • 1973
What a Country!
TV • 1986
Principal Joan Courtney
HeartBeat
TV • 1988
Marilyn McGrath
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Sister Ann Hutchins
Walking Tall
TV • 1981
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Edith Peabody
Night Court
TV • 1984
Sheila Gardiner
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Support Group Counselor
The Burden of Proof
TV • 1992
Fiona Cawley
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Forbes
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ellen Gorham
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Alixus
Civil Wars
TV • 1991
Lisa Wharton
JAG
TV • 1995
Bartlett
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Susan Taylor
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Gail Kennedy
Harry O
TV • 1974
Laura Mayo
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Courtney Simpson
Profiler
TV • 1996
Nurse Melinda Moscone