
Gail Strickland
Acting
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.
TV Shows(42)

First Monday
Deborah Szwark
2002

Providence
Evelyn Lombard
1999

Profiler
Nurse Melinda Moscone
1996

The Pretender
Grace Carter-Welman
1996

JAG
Bartlett
1995

ER
Renee Spielman
1994

Chicago Hope
Shirley Fleming
1994

Walker, Texas Ranger
Dr. Janet Monroe
1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Alixus
1993

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Olive Davis
1993

Melrose Place
Katherine Andrews
1992

The Burden of Proof
Fiona Cawley
1992

Civil Wars
Lisa Wharton
1991

Law & Order
Ellen Gorham
1990

Seinfeld
Jocelyn Landis
1989

Murphy Brown
Support Group Counselor
1988

HeartBeat
Marilyn McGrath
1988

What a Country!
Principal Joan Courtney
1986

The Insiders
1985

Spenser: For Hire
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Kate Hollander
1984

Highway to Heaven
Billie Hardwood
1984

Night Court
Sheila Gardiner
1984

Hardcastle and McCormick
Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
1983

Family Ties
Dorothy Canell
1982

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Fame
1982

Darkroom
1981

Walking Tall
1981

Hill Street Blues
1981

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Dallas
Veronica Robinson
1978

Alice
1976

Harry O
Laura Mayo
1974

Kojak
Monica
1973

Police Story
1973

Barnaby Jones
Susan Taylor
1973

M*A*S*H
Capt. Helen Whitfield
1972

The Bob Newhart Show
Courtney Simpson
1972

The Rookies
1972

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sister Ann Hutchins
1970

Hawaii Five-O
Elena Lewis
1968
Movies(42)

My Apocalypse
Victoria Eastman
2008
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
1998

The American President
Esther MacInerney
1995

How to Make an American Quilt
The Mrs.
1995

A Mother's Prayer
Ruth
1995

When a Man Loves a Woman
Pam
1994

Last Time Out
Becky Davis
1994

Remember
Amanda
1993

Three of Hearts
Yvonne
1993

Silent Cries
Roberta Hampton
1993

Spies
Mrs. Mills
1993

The Man in the Moon
Marie Foster
1991

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986

Protocol
Mrs. St. John
1984

Oxford Blues
Las Vegas Lady
1984

Uncommon Valor
Helen Rhodes
1983

Lies
Jessica Brenner
1983

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Nancy Gilliam
1983
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Abbie
1982

Amy and the Angel
Mrs. Watson
1982
The Six of Us
1982

Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Anna Roosevelt
1982

My Body, My Child
Adele
1982

A Matter of Life and Death
Mary Coggins
1981

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Jean Christensen
1980

King Crab
Vicky
1980

The Gathering, Part II
Peggy
1979

Letters from Frank
Marlene
1979

Norma Rae
Bonnie Mae
1979

Who'll Stop the Rain
Charmian
1978

Ski Lift to Death
Vicki Gordon
1978

The President's Mistress
Gwen Bowers
1978

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Dorothy
1978

The Gathering
Peggy
1977

One on One
B.J. Rudolph
1977

The Baron
Samantha - Wasp Lady
1977

Bound for Glory
Pauline
1976

Bittersweet Love
Roz
1976

The Dark Side of Innocence
Heather
1976

The Drowning Pool
Mavis
1975

My Father's House
Paula
1975

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Gail Stevens
1975