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.
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What a Country!
as Principal Joan Courtney
Episodes: 24
First Aired: Sep 27, 1986
HeartBeat
as Marilyn McGrath
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Mar 23, 1988
First Monday
as Justice Deborah Szwark
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Jan 15, 2002
Melrose Place
as Katherine Andrews
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jul 08, 1992
Seinfeld
as Jocelyn Landis
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 05, 1989
Dallas
as Veronica Robinson
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 02, 1978
The Burden of Proof
as Fiona Cawley
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 09, 1992
Murder, She Wrote
as Kate Hollander
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Family Ties
as Dorothy Canell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1982
M*A*S*H
as Capt. Helen Whitfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1972
Providence
as Evelyn Lombard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1999
The Pretender
as Grace Carter-Welman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1996
Hawaii Five-O
as Elena Lewis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Dr. Janet Monroe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 21, 1993
Kojak
as Monica
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1973
ER
as Renee Spielman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Sister Ann Hutchins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1970
Murder, She Wrote
as Edith Peabody
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Night Court
as Sheila Gardiner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1984
Murphy Brown
as Support Group Counselor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 1988
Hawaii Five-O
as Forbes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Law & Order
as Ellen Gorham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Alixus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1993
Civil Wars
as Lisa Wharton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 20, 1991
JAG
as Bartlett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1995
Barnaby Jones
as Susan Taylor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1973
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1983
Ellery Queen
as Gail Stevens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1975
Hill Street Blues
as Gail Kennedy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 1981
The Insiders
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 25, 1985
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Jan 01, 1993
Cagney & Lacey
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 25, 1982
Alice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 31, 1976
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Spenser: For Hire
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1985
Trapper John, M.D.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1979
Fame
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1982
The Bob Newhart Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1972
Highway to Heaven
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1984
Hill Street Blues
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 1981
Darkroom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 27, 1981
Chicago Hope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
Harry O
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1974
Police Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 20, 1973
Walking Tall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 17, 1981
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