Gail Strickland

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Gail Strickland
Born	May 18, 1947 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1966 - present

Gail Strickland (born 18 May 1947) is an American character actress.

Strickland was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a tire shop.^[1] 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.

[edit] 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)
• M*A*S*H: Bottoms Up (Season 9) (1981) (TV Series)
• Norma Rae (1979)
• One on One (1977)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1976)(TV Series)
• Bound for Glory (1976)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• The Bob Newhart Show (1974)(TV Series)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973) (TV Series)
• Dark Shadows (1966) (TV series) (1969)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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