Gail Strickland
Age: N/A | From: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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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
(1990) Ellen Gorham
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(1993) Alixus
JAG
(1995) Bartlett
Dallas
(1978) Veronica Robinson
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Edith Peabody
ER
(1994) Dr. Renee Spielman
Hawaii Five-O
(1968) Forbes
Walker, Texas Ranger
(1993) Dr. Janet MonroeActing
| 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 | |
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| 1985 | N/A | |
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| 1984 | Mrs. St. John | |
| Kate Hollander | ||
| Edith Peabody | ||
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| Las Vegas Lady | ||
| Sheila Gardiner | ||
| 1983 | Helen Rhodes | |
| N/A | ||
| Jessica Brenner | ||
| Nancy Gilliam | ||
| 1982 | Abbie | |
| Dorothy Canell | ||
| Mrs. Watson | ||
| Anna Roosevelt | ||
| Adele | ||
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| 1981 | N/A | |
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| Mary Coggins | ||
| 1980 | Jean Christensen | |
| Vicky | ||
| 1979 | Peggy | |
| Marlene | ||
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| Bonnie Mae | ||
| 1978 | Charmian | |
| Veronica Robinson | ||
| Vicki Gordon | ||
| Gwen Bowers | ||
| Dorothy | ||
| 1977 | Peggy | |
| B.J. Rudolph | ||
| Samantha - Wasp Lady | ||
| 1976 | Pauline | |
| Roz | ||
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| Heather | ||
| 1975 | Mavis | |
| Gail Stevens | ||
| Paula | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Monica | |
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| 1972 | Capt. Helen Whitfield | |
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| 1968 | Elena Lewis | |
| Forbes | ||
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