Gail Strickland
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, USA — May 18 1945
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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 se…
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Law & Order
Ellen Gorham
Seinfeld
Jocelyn Landis
JAG
Bartlett
ER
Renee Spielman
Murder, She Wrote
Kate Hollander
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Alixus
Melrose Place
Katherine Andrews
Dallas
Veronica Robinson
M*A*S*H
Capt. Helen Whitfield
Chicago Hope
Shirley Fleming
Family Ties
Dorothy Canell
Night Court
Sheila Gardiner
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Olive Davis
Hawaii Five-O
Elena Lewis
The Pretender
Grace Carter-Welman
Providence
Evelyn Lombard
Alice
Hill Street Blues
Profiler
Nurse Melinda Moscone
Walker, Texas Ranger
Dr. Janet Monroe
Cagney & Lacey
Highway to Heaven
The Rookies
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Sister Ann Hutchins
Fame
Murphy Brown
Support Group Counselor
Kojak
Monica
Barnaby Jones
Susan Taylor
The Bob Newhart Show
Courtney Simpson
Trapper John, M.D.
Harry O
Laura Mayo
Hardcastle and McCormick
Agatha 'Aggy' Wainwright
Police Story
Spenser: For Hire
First Monday
Deborah Szwark
Civil Wars
Lisa Wharton
The American President
Esther MacInerney
Darkroom
HeartBeat
Marilyn McGrath
The Insiders
The Man in the Moon
Marie Foster
What a Country!
Principal Joan Courtney
When a Man Loves a Woman
Pam
Uncommon Valor
Helen Rhodes
The Burden of Proof
Fiona Cawley
Walking Tall
How to Make an American Quilt
The Mrs.
Protocol
Mrs. St. John
Who'll Stop the Rain
Charmian
Norma Rae
Bonnie Mae
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Nancy Gilliam
The Drowning Pool
Mavis
Oxford Blues
Las Vegas Lady
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Dorothy
Three of Hearts
Yvonne
A Mother's Prayer
Ruth
Ski Lift to Death
Vicki Gordon
A Matter of Life and Death
Mary Coggins
The Gathering
Peggy
Bittersweet Love
Roz
Bound for Glory
Pauline
Spies
Mrs. Mills
My Apocalypse
Victoria Eastman
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Jean Christensen
The Gathering, Part II
Peggy
The President's Mistress
Gwen Bowers
Silent Cries
Roberta Hampton
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Gail Stevens
One on One
B.J. Rudolph
The Dark Side of Innocence
Heather
Amy and the Angel
Mrs. Watson
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Letters from Frank
Marlene
Lies
Jessica Brenner
King Crab
Vicky
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Remember
Amanda
The Baron
Samantha - Wasp Lady
My Body, My Child
Adele
The Six of Us
Eleanor, First Lady of the World
Anna Roosevelt
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
Abbie
Last Time Out
Becky Davis
My Father's House
Paula