Acting
Gail Strickland
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.
Filmography
My Apocalypse
Film · 2008
First Monday
Series · 2002
Providence
Series · 1999
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Film · 1998
The Pretender
Series · 1996
Profiler
Series · 1996
The American President
Film · 1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Film · 1995
A Mother's Prayer
Film · 1995
JAG
Series · 1995
Last Time Out
Film · 1994
When a Man Loves a Woman
Film · 1994
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Three of Hearts
Film · 1993
Silent Cries
Film · 1993
Remember
Film · 1993
Spies
Film · 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Series · 1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Series · 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series · 1993
Melrose Place
Series · 1992
The Burden of Proof
Series · 1992
The Man in the Moon
Film · 1991
Civil Wars
Series · 1991
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Seinfeld
Series · 1989
HeartBeat
Series · 1988
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Film · 1986
What a Country!
Series · 1986
Spenser: For Hire
Series · 1985
The Insiders
Series · 1985
Oxford Blues
Film · 1984
Protocol
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Highway to Heaven
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Night Court
Series · 1984
Uncommon Valor
Film · 1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Film · 1983
Lies
Film · 1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
Series · 1983
Amy and the Angel
Film · 1982
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Film · 1982
My Body, My Child
Film · 1982
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Film · 1982
The Six of Us
Film · 1982
Family Ties
Series · 1982
Fame
Series · 1982
Cagney & Lacey
Series · 1982
A Matter of Life and Death
Film · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Walking Tall
Series · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Darkroom
Series · 1981
King Crab
Film · 1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Film · 1980
Norma Rae
Film · 1979
The Gathering, Part II
Film · 1979
Letters from Frank
Film · 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Series · 1979
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Film · 1978
Who'll Stop the Rain
Film · 1978
Ski Lift to Death
Film · 1978
The President's Mistress
Film · 1978
Dallas
Series · 1978
The Gathering
Film · 1977
The Baron
Film · 1977
One on One
Film · 1977
Bound for Glory
Film · 1976
Bittersweet Love
Film · 1976
The Dark Side of Innocence
Film · 1976
Alice
Series · 1976
The Drowning Pool
Film · 1975
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Film · 1975
My Father's House
Film · 1975
Harry O
Series · 1974
Kojak
Series · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
The Bob Newhart Show
Series · 1972
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Series · 1970
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969