Kathleen Quinlan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1954-11-19 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Pasadena, California, USA

Kathleen Quinlan

Biography

Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13, along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades. She made her feature film debut in Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number (1972) follwed by George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) and made her definite breakthrough in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) as Deborah Bla...

Acting

1995

Apollo 13

as Marilyn Lovell

1997

Breakdown

as Amy Taylor

2008

1976

Lifeguard

as Wendy

1995

Lightning

as Hooker

1997

Event Horizon

as Peters

1977

Airport '77

as Julie

1982

Hanky Panky

as Janet Dunn

1998

A Civil Action

as Anne Anderson

2009

Prison Break: The Final Break

as Christina Rose Scofield

1985

Warning Sign

as Joanie Morse

1984

1997

Zeus & Roxanne

as Mary Beth Dunhill

2008

1988

Sunset

as Nancy Shoemaker

1998

My Giant

as Serena Kamin

2004

The Dead Will Tell

as Beth Hytner

1993

Last Light

as Kathy Rubicek

1988

Clara's Heart

as Leona Hart

2011

Elektra Luxx

as Rebecca Linbrook

2004

The Riverman

as Sande Keppel

1987

Wild Thing

as Jane

1989

Trapped

as Mary Ann Marshall

1992

An American Story

as Hope Tyler

1974

1991

Strays

as Lindsey Jarrett

1979

The Promise

as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson

1979

The Runner Stumbles

as Sister Rita

2007

Humble Pie

as Agnes Orbison

2004

Perfect Romance

as Tess Kelley

1995

Perfect Alibi

as Melanie Bauers

1983

Independence Day

as Mary Ann Taylor

1985

Blackout

as Chris Graham

2012

1983

2014

After

as Nora Valentino

2011

Cinema Verite

as Mary Every

1977

1974

Lucas Tanner

as Joyce Howell

1985

2007

Breach

as Bonnie Hanssen

2013

Horns

as Lydia Perrish

1980

Sunday Lovers

as Laurie (segment "Skippy")

1991

The Doors

as Patricia Kennealy

1974

1993

1990

The Operation

as Ginnie

2011

2010

1994

1987

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

as Sarah McAllister

1984

When She Says No

as Rose Michaels

2017

1981

She's in the Army Now

as Pvt. Cass Donner

2018

Chimera Strain

as Masterson

1987

The Man Outside

as Grace Freemont

2003

Blessings

as Meredith Blessing

2017

ADDicted

as Kate Dawson

2019

Saving My Baby

as Virginia

1996

1975

2015

2010

2021

The Stairs

as Grandma Bernice

2021

Walking with Herb

as Sheila Amable-Amo

2018

Parallel

as Marissa

1997

Lawn Dogs

as CLare

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