Gail Strickland
Acting
Born: May 18, 1945 (age 81) · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Seinfeld
1989
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
ER
1994
The American President
1995
M*A*S*H
1972
Law & Order
1990
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Murder, She Wrote
1984
JAG
1995
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
The Man in the Moon
1991
Photos (4)
Movies (39)
The Man in the Moon
Marie Foster
Uncommon Valor
Helen Rhodes
The American President
Esther MacInerney
When a Man Loves a Woman
Pam
How to Make an American Quilt
The Mrs.
The Drowning Pool
Mavis
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Nancy Gilliam
Who'll Stop the Rain
Charmian
Norma Rae
Bonnie Mae
Oxford Blues
Las Vegas Lady
Bound for Glory
Pauline
Three of Hearts
Yvonne
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Dorothy
A Matter of Life and Death
Mary Coggins
My Father's House
Paula
The Gathering, Part II
Peggy
A Mother's Prayer
Ruth
My Body, My Child
Adele
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Gail Stevens
The Dark Side of Innocence
Heather
Amy and the Angel
Mrs. Watson
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Anna Roosevelt
The Gathering
Peggy
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Jean Christensen
Protocol
Mrs. St. John
The President's Mistress
Gwen Bowers
One on One
B.J. Rudolph
Ski Lift to Death
Vicki Gordon
Letters from Frank
Marlene
Spies
Mrs. Mills
Lies
Jessica Brenner
Silent Cries
Roberta Hampton
The Baron
Samantha - Wasp Lady
Bittersweet Love
Roz
King Crab
Vicky
Remember
Amanda
My Apocalypse
Victoria Eastman
Last Time Out
Becky Davis
TV Shows (45)
Law & Order
Ellen Gorham · 1 eps
JAG
Bartlett · 1 eps
Seinfeld
Jocelyn Landis · 2 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Kate Hollander · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Edith Peabody · 1 eps
ER
Renee Spielman · 1 eps
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Alixus · 1 eps
Melrose Place
Katherine Andrews · 6 eps
Chicago Hope
Shirley Fleming · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
Capt. Helen Whitfield · 1 eps
Dallas
Veronica Robinson · 3 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Elena Lewis · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Forbes · 1 eps
Night Court
Sheila Gardiner · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
Hill Street Blues
Gail Kennedy · 1 eps
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Olive Davis · 11 eps
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sister Ann Hutchins · 1 eps
The Pretender
Grace Carter-Welman · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
3 eps
Family Ties
Dorothy Canell · 1 eps
Alice
1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Billie Hardwood · 1 eps
Profiler
Nurse Melinda Moscone · 1 eps
Murphy Brown
Support Group Counselor · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Dr. Janet Monroe · 1 eps
Providence
Evelyn Lombard · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Susan Taylor · 1 eps
The Bob Newhart Show
Courtney Simpson · 2 eps
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
Kojak
Monica · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Fame
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright · 1 eps
Harry O
Laura Mayo · 1 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
Civil Wars
Lisa Wharton · 1 eps
First Monday
Deborah Szwark · 13 eps
Darkroom
Helen · 1 eps
HeartBeat
Marilyn McGrath · 18 eps
The Burden of Proof
Fiona Cawley · 2 eps
The Insiders
13 eps
Walking Tall
1 eps
What a Country!
Principal Joan Courtney · 24 eps