1947-05-18 ( 77 years old ) in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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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.
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Movies
My Apocalypse
2008-03-21
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998-10-12
The American President
1995-11-17
How to Make an American Quilt
1995-10-06
A Mother's Prayer
1995-05-25
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994-04-29
Last Time Out
1994-01-01
Remember
1993-10-24
Three of Hearts
1993-04-30
Silent Cries
1993-03-08
Spies
1993-03-07
The Man in the Moon
1991-09-30
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986-12-01
Protocol
1984-12-21
Oxford Blues
1984-08-24
Uncommon Valor
1983-12-16
Lies
1983-06-01
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983-02-27
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982-09-29
Amy and the Angel
1982-09-22
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
1982-05-12
My Body, My Child
1982-04-11
A Matter of Life and Death
1981-01-13
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
1980-10-30
King Crab
1980-06-15
The Gathering, Part II
1979-12-17
Letters from Frank
1979-11-22
Norma Rae
1979-03-02
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978-08-02
Ski Lift to Death
1978-03-03
The President's Mistress
1978-02-10
The Gathering
1977-12-04
One on One
1977-06-28
The Baron
1977-01-01
Bound for Glory
1976-12-05
Bittersweet Love
1976-10-01
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976-05-20
The Drowning Pool
1975-07-18
My Father's House
1975-06-01
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975-03-23
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