Gail Strickland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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 2008
as Victoria Eastman
- Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story 1998
as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
The American President 1995
as Esther MacInerney
How to Make an American Quilt 1995
as The Mrs.
A Mother's Prayer 1995
as Ruth
When a Man Loves a Woman 1994
as Pam
Last Time Out 1994
as Becky Davis
Remember 1993
as Amanda
Three of Hearts 1993
as Yvonne
Silent Cries 1993
as Roberta Hampton
Spies 1993
as Mrs. Mills
The Man in the Moon 1991
as Marie Foster
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star 1986
Actor
Protocol 1984
as Mrs. St. John
Oxford Blues 1984
as Las Vegas Lady
Uncommon Valor 1983
as Helen Rhodes
Lies 1983
as Jessica Brenner
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land 1983
as Nancy Gilliam
- Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice 1982
as Abbie
Amy and the Angel 1982
as Mrs. Watson
- The Six of Us
The Six of Us 1982
Actor
Eleanor, First Lady of the World 1982
as Anna Roosevelt
My Body, My Child 1982
as Adele
A Matter of Life and Death 1981
as Mary Coggins
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case 1980
as Jean Christensen
King Crab 1980
as Vicky
The Gathering, Part II 1979
as Peggy
Letters from Frank 1979
as Marlene
Norma Rae 1979
as Bonnie Mae
Who'll Stop the Rain 1978
as Charmian
Ski Lift to Death 1978
as Vicki Gordon
The President's Mistress 1978
as Gwen Bowers
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story 1978
as Dorothy
The Gathering 1977
as Peggy
One on One 1977
as B.J. Rudolph
The Baron 1977
as Samantha - Wasp Lady
Bound for Glory 1976
as Pauline
Bittersweet Love 1976
as Roz
The Dark Side of Innocence 1976
as Heather
The Drowning Pool 1975
as Mavis Kilbourne
My Father's House 1975
as Paula
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects 1975
as Gail Stevens
Credits from TMDB.