Gail Strickland

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Gail Strickland (born on 18 May 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA) is an American character actress.

She appeared in the pilot episode of Night Court as the public defender. She guest starred in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Paradise" as the character Alixus.

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 is rumored to have a type of spasmodic dysphonia which has caused her to become increasingly breathy over the years. It is also rumored that her voice had to be looped during her role on First Monday to improve its quality.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Selected filmography

• First Monday (2002) (TV series)
• The American President (1995)
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
• When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
• Three of Hearts (1993)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) (TV series)
• The Insiders (1985) (TV series)
• Protocol (1984)
• Oxford Blues (1984)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) (TV)
• Norma Rae (1979)
• One on One (1977)
• Bound for Glory (1976)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• Dark Shadows (1966) (TV series) (1969)

[edit] External links

• Gail Strickland at the Internet Movie Database
• Gail Strickland article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.