Gail Strickland

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-05-18 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Gail Strickland

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. S...

Acting

1982

Amy and the Angel

as Mrs. Watson

1993

1984

Oxford Blues

as Las Vegas Lady

1978

1995

The American President

as Esther MacInerney

1975

1983

Uncommon Valor

as Helen Rhodes

1979

Norma Rae

as Bonnie Mae

1976

Bound for Glory

as Pauline

1984

Protocol

as Mrs. St. John

1991

The Man in the Moon

as Marie Foster

1980

King Crab

as Vicky

1993

Silent Cries

as Roberta Hampton

1977

1993

Remember

as Amanda

1994

Last Time Out

as Becky Davis

2008

My Apocalypse

as Victoria Eastman

1983

Lies

as Jessica Brenner

1977

The Baron

as Samantha - Wasp Lady

1982

1977

One on One

as B.J. Rudolph

1978

Ski Lift to Death

as Vicki Gordon

1978

1998

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story

as Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney

1975

1993

Spies

as Mrs. Mills

1979

1981

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