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Gail Strickland is an American actress who had prominent supporting roles in such films as ' (1975), '' Bound for Glory'' (1976), ''
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'' (1978), ''
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'' (1979), and ''
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'' (1984), and appeared regularly on various network television shows.


Life and career

Strickland was born in
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, one of five children, to Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a large tire dealership. She married Neil Baker, and they have a daughter together named Maisy. In 1973, Strickland appeared as Sister Ann in the season-four episode, "Almost a Nun's Story", on ''
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''. She had a memorable appearance on the television series ''
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'' as Captain Helen Whitfield, a nurse in an ongoing battle with alcoholism. She appeared as Courtney, Jerry's love interest, in the episodes titled "Jerry Robinson Crusoe" (3.13) and “My Boy Guillermo” (4.19) of ''
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.'' She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series ''
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'' as the public defender. She also guest-starred in the ''
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'' episode "Suffer the Children" season one, episode four. Strickland played a struggling rancher's daughter in the 1987 ''
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'' episode "A Dream of Wild Horses", alongside legendary actor
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. She played
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Marilyn McGrath in the 1988 TV series '' HeartBeat''. This was one of the earliest portrayals of a lesbian character on American network television. Strickland appeared in 11 episodes of ''
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'' from 1993–94 as the character Olive Davis. She guest-starred in the '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' episode "
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", as the character Alixus. In 1994-95, she appeared as Mrs. Landis of Doubleday in the ''
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'' season-six episodes "The Chaperone" and "The Switch". She appeared on the U.S. Navy series ''JAG'' first-season episode "War Crimes" as Ambassador Bartlett, the U.S. ambassador to
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. Strickland also played Esther MacInerney, the wife of A.J. MacInerney (
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), in the 1995 movie ''
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''. She played Dr. Rene Spielman on ''ER'' season six, episode six, "The Peace of Wild Things". Strickland was a cast member in the brief run of the 2002
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'', playing a
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justice.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strickland, Gail American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from Birmingham, Alabama 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)