Kathleen Quinlan
Acting • Born 1954-11-19
Biography
Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13, along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades. She made her feature film debut in Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number (1972) follwed by George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) and made her definite breakthrough in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) as Deborah Blake.
Filmography
112 credits
Apollo 13
Movie • 1995
Marilyn Lovell
Breakdown
Movie • 1997
Amy Taylor
Made of Honor
Movie • 2008
Joan
Lifeguard
Movie • 1976
Wendy
Picture Windows: Lightning
Movie • 1995
Hooker
Event Horizon
Movie • 1997
Peters
Airport '77
Movie • 1977
Julie
Hanky Panky
Movie • 1982
Janet Dunn
A Civil Action
Movie • 1998
Anne Anderson
Prison Break: The Final Break
Movie • 2009
Christina Rose Scofield
Warning Sign
Movie • 1985
Joanie Morse
The Hills Have Eyes
Movie • 2006
Ethel
The Last Winter
Movie • 1984
Joyce
Zeus & Roxanne
Movie • 1997
Mary Beth Dunhill
Harm's Way
Movie • 2008
Bea
Sunset
Movie • 1988
Nancy Shoemaker
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie • 1977
Deborah Blake
My Giant
Movie • 1998
Serena Kamin
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
Movie • 2024
The Dead Will Tell
Movie • 2004
Beth Hytner
Last Light
Movie • 1993
Kathy Rubicek
Clara's Heart
Movie • 1988
Leona Hart
Elektra Luxx
Movie • 2011
Rebecca Linbrook
The Riverman
Movie • 2004
Sande Keppel
Wild Thing
Movie • 1987
Jane
Trapped
Movie • 1989
Mary Ann Marshall
An American Story
Movie • 1992
Hope Tyler
Where Have All the People Gone
Movie • 1974
Deborah Anders
Strays
Movie • 1991
Lindsey Jarrett
The Promise
Movie • 1979
Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Movie • 1996
Self
The Runner Stumbles
Movie • 1979
Sister Rita
Humble Pie
Movie • 2007
Agnes Orbison
Perfect Romance
Movie • 2004
Tess Kelley
Independence Day
Movie • 1983
Mary Ann Taylor
Perfect Alibi
Movie • 1995
Melanie Bauers
Blackout
Movie • 1985
Chris Graham
Life's an Itch
Movie • 2012
Audrey
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Movie • 1983
Helen Foley
After
Movie • 2014
Nora Valentino
Cinema Verite
Movie • 2011
Mary Every
Little Ladies of the Night
Movie • 1977
Karen Brodwick
Lucas Tanner
Movie • 1974
Joyce Howell
Children of the Night
Movie • 1985
Lois Lee
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Movie • 1975
Edith Evans
Breach
Movie • 2007
Bonnie Hanssen
Horns
Movie • 2013
Lydia Perrish
Sunday Lovers
Movie • 1980
Laurie (segment "Skippy")
The Doors
Movie • 1991
Patricia Kennealy
Can Ellen Be Saved?
Movie • 1974
Melissa
Stolen Babies
Movie • 1993
Bekka
The Operation
Movie • 1990
Ginnie
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Movie • 2003
American Graffiti
Movie • 1973
Peg
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
Movie • 2011
Mary Bernstein
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie • 2010
(archive footage)
Trial by Jury
Movie • 1994
Wanda
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
Movie • 1987
Sarah McAllister
The Battle of Shaker Heights
Movie • 2003
Eve
When She Says No
Movie • 1984
Rose Michaels
The Missing Are Deadly
Movie • 1975
Elizabeth Blue
Movie • 2017
Carol
She's in the Army Now
Movie • 1981
Pvt. Cass Donner
Chimera Strain
Movie • 2018
Masterson
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
Movie • 2008
Carol
The Man Outside
Movie • 1987
Grace Freemont
Blessings
Movie • 2003
Meredith Blessing
ADDicted
Movie • 2017
Kate Dawson
Saving My Baby
Movie • 2019
Virginia
In the Lake of the Woods
Movie • 1996
Kathy Waylan
The Abduction of Saint Anne
Movie • 1975
Anne Benedict
How Not to Propose
Movie • 2015
Susan
The River Why
Movie • 2010
Ma
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Movie • 1998
Self
The Devil Has a Name
Movie • 2019
Nancy
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
Movie • 2004
Judge Scorsi
The Stairs
Movie • 2021
Grandma Bernice
Walking with Herb
Movie • 2021
Sheila Amable-Amo
The Doors: The Road of Excess
Movie • 1997
Self
Parallel
Movie • 2018
Marissa
Nightmare in Blood
Movie • 1978
Lawn Dogs
Movie • 1997
CLare
Holiday Hearts
Movie
Barbara Morgenstern
Okay
Movie • 2026
Loretta
House
TV • 2004
Arlene McNeil
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Barbara Tallman
Kojak
TV • 1973
Janet Conforti
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Ironside
TV • 1967
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Switch
TV • 1975
Robin Morgan
Family Law
TV • 1999
Lynn Holt
Lucas Tanner
TV • 1974
Where Are They Now?
TV • 1999
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Three for the Road
TV • 1975
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Dr. Kate Delieb
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Karen Wilson
Mayans M.C.
TV • 2018
Mrs. Buksar
Stargate Universe
TV • 2009
Senator Michaels
Blue
TV • 2012
Jessica
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
TV • 1999
Nanaline Duke
How to Get Away with Murder
TV • 2014
Britt
Prison Break
TV • 2005
Christina Rose Scofield
Glee
TV • 2009
Dr. Shane
Marvel's Runaways
TV • 2017
Susan Ellerh
The Event
TV • 2010
Erika Jarvis
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Ann Foley
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Joe Forrester
TV • 1975
Bethany