Gail Strickland
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-05-18 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Gail Strickland
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2008)
My Apocalypse
as Victoria Eastman
(1998)
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
(1995)
The American President
as Esther MacInerney
(1995)
How to Make an American Quilt
as The Mrs.
(1995)
A Mother's Prayer
as Ruth
(1994)
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Pam
(1994)
Last Time Out
as Becky Davis
(1993)
Three of Hearts
as Yvonne
(1993)
Silent Cries
as Roberta Hampton
(1993)
Spies
as Mrs. Mills
(1993)
Remember
as Amanda
(1991)
The Man in the Moon
as Marie Foster
(1986)
(1984)
Protocol
as Mrs. St. John
(1984)
Oxford Blues
as Las Vegas Lady
(1983)
Uncommon Valor
as Helen Rhodes
(1983)
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
as Nancy Gilliam
(1983)
Lies
as Jessica Brenner
(1982)
Amy and the Angel
as Mrs. Watson
(1982)
(1982)
My Body, My Child
as Adele
(1982)
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
as Anna Roosevelt
(1981)
A Matter of Life and Death
as Mary Coggins
(1980)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Jean Christensen
(1980)
King Crab
as Vicky
(1979)
Norma Rae
as Bonnie Mae
(1979)
The Gathering, Part II
as Peggy
(1979)
Letters from Frank
as Marlene
(1978)
Who'll Stop the Rain
as Charmian
(1978)
The President's Mistress
as Gwen Bowers
(1978)
Ski Lift to Death
as Vicki Gordon
(1978)
(1977)
One on One
as B.J. Rudolph
(1977)
The Gathering
as Peggy
(1977)
The Baron
as Samantha - Wasp Lady
(1976)
Bound for Glory
as Pauline
(1976)
Bittersweet Love
as Roz
(1976)
The Dark Side of Innocence
as Heather
(1975)
The Drowning Pool
as Mavis
(1975)
My Father's House
as Paula
(1975)
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
as Gail Stevens