Acting · Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Born May 18, 1945
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.
MovieMy Apocalypse
2008
as Victoria Eastman
TVFirst Monday
2002
as Deborah Szwark
TVProvidence
1999
as Evelyn Lombard
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998
as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
TVProfiler
1996
as Nurse Melinda Moscone
TVThe Pretender
1996
as Grace Carter-Welman
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1995
as Esther MacInerney
MovieHow to Make an American Quilt
1995
as The Mrs.
TVJAG
1995
as Bartlett
MovieA Mother's Prayer
1995
as Ruth
TVER
1994
as Renee Spielman
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Shirley Fleming
MovieWhen a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Pam
MovieLast Time Out
1994
as Becky Davis
MovieRemember
1993
as Amanda
MovieThree of Hearts
1993
as Yvonne
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Dr. Janet Monroe
MovieSilent Cries
1993
as Roberta Hampton
MovieSpies
1993
as Mrs. Mills
TVStar Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Alixus
TVDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Olive Davis
TVMelrose Place
1992
as Katherine Andrews
TVThe Burden of Proof
1992
as Fiona Cawley
TVCivil Wars
1991
as Lisa Wharton
MovieThe Man in the Moon
1991
as Marie Foster
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Ellen Gorham
TVSeinfeld
1989
as Jocelyn Landis
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Support Group Counselor
TVHeartBeat
1988
as Marilyn McGrath
MovieHyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
TVWhat a Country!
1986
as Principal Joan Courtney
TVThe Insiders
1985
TVSpenser: For Hire
1985
MovieProtocol
1984
as Mrs. St. John
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Kate Hollander
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1984
as Billie Hardwood
MovieOxford Blues
1984
as Las Vegas Lady
TVNight Court
1984
as Sheila Gardiner
MovieUncommon Valor
1983
as Helen Rhodes
TVHardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
MovieLies
1983
as Jessica Brenner
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1983
as Nancy Gilliam
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
as Abbie
MovieAmy and the Angel
1982
as Mrs. Watson
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1982
as Dorothy Canell
The Six of Us
1982
MovieEleanor, First Lady of the World
1982
as Anna Roosevelt
MovieMy Body, My Child
1982
as Adele
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
TVFame
1982
TVDarkroom
1981
as Helen
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1981
TVHill Street Blues
1981
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1981
as Mary Coggins
MovieRape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980
as Jean Christensen
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1980
as Vicky
MovieThe Gathering, Part II
1979
as Peggy
MovieLetters from Frank
1979
as Marlene
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
MovieNorma Rae
1979
as Bonnie Mae
MovieWho'll Stop the Rain
1978
as Charmian
TVDallas
1978
as Veronica Robinson
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1978
as Vicki Gordon
MovieThe President's Mistress
1978
as Gwen Bowers
MovieA Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
1978
as Dorothy
MovieThe Gathering
1977
as Peggy
MovieOne on One
1977
as B.J. Rudolph
MovieThe Baron
1977
as Samantha - Wasp Lady
MovieBound for Glory
1976
as Pauline
MovieBittersweet Love
1976
as Roz
TVAlice
1976
MovieThe Dark Side of Innocence
1976
as Heather
MovieThe Drowning Pool
1975
as Mavis
MovieMy Father's House
1975
as Paula
MovieEllery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975
as Gail Stevens
TVHarry O
1974
as Laura Mayo
TVKojak
1973
as Monica
TVPolice Story
1973
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Susan Taylor
TVM*A*S*H
1972
as Capt. Helen Whitfield
TVThe Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Courtney Simpson
TVThe Rookies
1972
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Sister Ann Hutchins
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Elena Lewis
