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