Person Details

Birthday: 1947-05-18 00:12:24

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 34

TV Involvements: 16


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gail Strickland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Ellen Gorham
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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8
JAG
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7

JAG

(1995) Bartlett
Dallas
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7

Dallas

(1978) Veronica Robinson
Murder, She Wrote
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8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Edith Peabody
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Dr. Renee Spielman
Hawaii Five-O
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7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Forbes
Walker, Texas Ranger
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7

Walker, Texas Ranger

(1993) Dr. Janet Monroe

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2008 Victoria Eastman
2002 Justice Deborah Szwark
1999 Evelyn Lombard
1998 Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
1996 Grace Carter-Welman
1995 Esther MacInerney
Bartlett
Ruth
1994 Dr. Renee Spielman
N/A
Pam
Becky Davis
1993 Amanda
Yvonne
Dr. Janet Monroe
Roberta Hampton
Mrs. Mills
Alixus
N/A
1992 N/A
Fiona Cawley
1991 Marie Foster
1990 Ellen Gorham
1989 Jocelyn Landis
1988 N/A
Marilyn McGrath
1986 N/A
N/A
1985 N/A
N/A
1984 Mrs. St. John
Edith Peabody
Kate Hollander
N/A
Las Vegas Lady
Sheila Gardiner
1983 Helen Rhodes
N/A
Jessica Brenner
Nancy Gilliam
1982 Abbie
Mrs. Watson
Dorothy Canell
Anna Roosevelt
Adele
N/A
N/A
1981 N/A
N/A
N/A
Mary Coggins
1980 Jean Christensen
Vicky
1979 Peggy
Marlene
N/A
Bonnie Mae
1978 Charmian
Veronica Robinson
Vicki Gordon
Gwen Bowers
Dorothy
1977 Peggy
B.J. Rudolph
Samantha - Wasp Lady
1976 Pauline
Roz
N/A
Heather
1975 Mavis
Gail Stevens
Paula
1974 N/A
1973 Monica
N/A
1972 Capt. Helen Whitfield
N/A
N/A
1968 Forbes
Elena Lewis
Year Character Movie/Tv

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