Personal Info
Gail Strickland
Acting
Biography
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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 Am…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
My Apocalypse
as Victoria Eastman
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
The American President
as Esther MacInerney
How to Make an American Quilt
as The Mrs.
A Mother's Prayer
as Ruth
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Pam
Last Time Out
as Becky Davis
Three of Hearts
as Yvonne
Silent Cries
as Roberta Hampton
Spies
as Mrs. Mills
TV Shows
First Monday
as Deborah Szwark · 13 ep.
Providence
as Evelyn Lombard · 1 ep.
Profiler
as Nurse Melinda Moscone · 1 ep.
The Pretender
as Grace Carter-Welman · 1 ep.
JAG
as Bartlett · 1 ep.
ER
as Renee Spielman · 1 ep.
Chicago Hope
as Shirley Fleming · 1 ep.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Alixus · 1 ep.
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Olive Davis · 11 ep.
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Dr. Janet Monroe · 1 ep.
