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