Actor
Gail Strickland
May 18, 1945 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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.
Notable work
8.3Seinfeld (1989)
as Jocelyn Landis
7.9Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
as Alixus
7.8ER (1994)
as Renee Spielman
6.5The American President (1995)
as Esther MacInerney
7.9M*A*S*H (1972)
as Capt. Helen Whitfield
7.3Law & Order (1990)
as Ellen Gorham
7Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
as Dr. Janet Monroe
7.6Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
as Olive Davis
7.5Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Kate Hollander and as Edith Peabody
7.3JAG (1995)
as Bartlett
6.6When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
as Pam
7.4The Man in the Moon (1991)
as Marie Foster
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