Gail Strickland (born on 18 May 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.) 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.
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)
- M*A*S*H: Bottoms Up (Season 9) (1981) (TV Series)
- Norma Rae (1979)
- One on One (1977)
- Bound for Glory (1976)
- The Drowning Pool (1975)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973) (TV Series)
- Dark Shadows (1966) (TV series) (1969)
External links
- Gail Strickland at the Internet Movie Database
- Gail Strickland article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
