Gail Strickland [42003] Gender: Female Popularity: 2.8988 Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Birthday: 1945-05-18 Age: 80 years Movies: 41 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. My Apocalypse2008-03-21 Life of the Party: The 1998-10-12 The American President1995-11-17 How to Make an American1995-10-06 A Mother's Prayer1995-05-25 When a Man Loves a Woma1994-04-29 Last Time Out1994-01-01 Remember1993-10-24 Three of Hearts1993-04-30 Silent Cries1993-03-08 Spies1993-03-07 The Man in the Moon1991-09-30 Hyper Sapien: People fr1986-12-01 Protocol1984-12-21 Oxford Blues1984-08-24 Uncommon Valor1983-12-16 Lies1983-06-01 Starflight: The Plane T1983-02-27 Life of the Party: The 1982-09-29 Amy and the Angel1982-09-22 Eleanor, First Lady of 1982-05-12 My Body, My Child1982-04-11 A Matter of Life and De1981-01-13 Rape and Marriage: The 1980-10-30 King Crab1980-06-15 The Gathering, Part II1979-12-17 Letters from Frank1979-11-22 Norma Rae1979-03-02 Who'll Stop the Rain1978-08-02 Ski Lift to Death1978-03-03 The President's Mistres1978-02-10 A Love Affair: The Elea1978-01-15 The Gathering1977-12-04 One on One1977-06-28 The Baron1977-01-01 Bound for Glory1976-12-05 Bittersweet Love1976-10-01 The Dark Side of Innoce1976-05-20 The Drowning Pool1975-07-18 My Father's House1975-06-01 Ellery Queen: Too Many 1975-03-23