Cast & creator
Gail Strickland
Best known for Law & Order, JAG, Seinfeld
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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film credits
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television credits
87
1969–2008 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
Law & Order
Ellen Gorham
1990
JAG
Bartlett
1995
Seinfeld
Jocelyn Landis
1989
Chicago Hope
Shirley Fleming
1994
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Alixus
1993
ER
Renee Spielman
1994
Murder, She Wrote
Kate Hollander
1984Murder, She Wrote
Edith Peabody
1984
Melrose Place
Katherine Andrews
1992
Dallas
Veronica Robinson
1978
Hawaii Five-O
Elena Lewis
1969Hawaii Five-O
Forbes
1969
M*A*S*H
Capt. Helen Whitfield
1972
Hill Street Blues
1981Hill Street Blues
Gail Kennedy
1981
Night Court
Sheila Gardiner
1984
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Olive Davis
1993
Family Ties
Dorothy Canell
1982
Alice
1976
Highway to Heaven
Billie Hardwood
1984
Murphy Brown
Support Group Counselor
1988
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sister Ann Hutchins
1970
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Pretender
Grace Carter-Welman
1996
Profiler
Nurse Melinda Moscone
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
Dr. Janet Monroe
1993
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Barnaby Jones
Susan Taylor
1973
Providence
Evelyn Lombard
1999
The Bob Newhart Show
Courtney Simpson
1972
The Rookies
1972
Fame
1982
Kojak
Monica
1973
Harry O
Laura Mayo
1974
Police Story
1973
Hardcastle and McCormick
Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
1983
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Civil Wars
Lisa Wharton
1991
Darkroom
Helen
1981
First Monday
Deborah Szwark
2002
Uncommon Valor
Helen Rhodes
1983
The American President
Esther MacInerney
1995
The Man in the Moon
Marie Foster
1991
When a Man Loves a Woman
Pam
1994
HeartBeat
Marilyn McGrath
1988
The Insiders
1985
How to Make an American Quilt
The Mrs.
1995
The Burden of Proof
Fiona Cawley
1992
What a Country!
Principal Joan Courtney
1986
Walking Tall
1981
Who'll Stop the Rain
Charmian
1978
The Drowning Pool
Mavis
1975
The Gathering
Peggy
1977
Bound for Glory
Pauline
1976
Norma Rae
Bonnie Mae
1979
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
1986
Oxford Blues
Las Vegas Lady
1984
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Nancy Gilliam
1983
My Father's House
Paula
1975
A Mother's Prayer
Ruth
1995
My Body, My Child
Adele
1982
Amy and the Angel
Mrs. Watson
1982
Three of Hearts
Yvonne
1993
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Gail Stevens
1975
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Dorothy
1978
One on One
B.J. Rudolph
1977
Protocol
Mrs. St. John
1984
The President's Mistress
Gwen Bowers
1978
The Gathering, Part II
Peggy
1979
The Dark Side of Innocence
Heather
1976
Letters from Frank
Marlene
1979
A Matter of Life and Death
Mary Coggins
1981
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Anna Roosevelt
1982
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Jean Christensen
1980
Spies
Mrs. Mills
1993
Ski Lift to Death
Vicki Gordon
1978Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Abbie
1982The Six of Us
1982
Bittersweet Love
Roz
1976
Remember
Amanda
1993Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
1998
Lies
Jessica Brenner
1983
Silent Cries
Roberta Hampton
1993
King Crab
Vicky
1980
The Baron
Samantha - Wasp Lady
1977
Last Time Out
Becky Davis
1994
My Apocalypse
Victoria Eastman
2008