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Gail Strickland

Gail Strickland

Actor · Born 1945-05-18 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Seinfeld (1989) — Jocelyn Landis
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Alixus
  3. ER (1994) — Renee Spielman
  4. The American President (1995) — Esther MacInerney
  5. M*A*S*H (1972) — Capt. Helen Whitfield
  6. Law & Order (1990) — Ellen Gorham
  7. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) — Dr. Janet Monroe
  8. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) — Olive Davis
  9. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Kate Hollander
  10. JAG (1995) — Bartlett
  11. When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) — Pam
  12. The Man in the Moon (1991) — Marie Foster
  13. Family Ties (1982) — Dorothy Canell
  14. Dallas (1978) — Veronica Robinson
  15. Uncommon Valor (1983) — Helen Rhodes
  16. The Pretender (1996) — Grace Carter-Welman
  17. Norma Rae (1979) — Bonnie Mae
  18. Highway to Heaven (1984) — Billie Hardwood
  19. How to Make an American Quilt (1995) — The Mrs.
  20. Melrose Place (1992) — Katherine Andrews
  21. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Elena Lewis
  22. Kojak (1973) — Monica
  23. Night Court (1984) — Sheila Gardiner
  24. The Drowning Pool (1975) — Mavis
  25. Hill Street Blues (1981)
  26. Protocol (1984) — Mrs. St. John
  27. Murphy Brown (1988) — Support Group Counselor
  28. The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) — Sister Ann Hutchins
  29. Bound for Glory (1976) — Pauline
  30. Chicago Hope (1994) — Shirley Fleming
  31. Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) — Charmian
  32. Profiler (1996) — Nurse Melinda Moscone
  33. Cagney & Lacey (1982)
  34. Fame (1982)
  35. The Bob Newhart Show (1972) — Courtney Simpson
  36. Alice (1976)
  37. Oxford Blues (1984) — Las Vegas Lady
  38. Three of Hearts (1993) — Yvonne
  39. Hardcastle and McCormick (1983) — Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
  40. Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) — Nancy Gilliam