Gail Strickland (born May 18, 1947) is an American actress who had
prominent supporting roles in such films as The Drowning Pool (1975),
Bound for Glory (1976), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), Norma Rae (1979),
and Protocol (1984), and appeared regularly on various network
television shows.Gail Strickland (born May 18, 1947) is an American
actress who had prominent supporting roles in such films as The
Drowning Pool (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Who'll Stop the Rain
(1978), Norma Rae (1979), and Protocol (1984), and appeared regularly
on various network television shows.Strickland was born in Birmingham,
Alabama, the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a
large tire dealership.In 1973, Strickland appeared as Sister Ann in
the season-four episode, "Almost a Nun's Story", on The Mary Tyler
Moore Show. She had a memorable appearance on the television series
M*A*S*H as Captain Helen Whitfield, a nurse in an ongoing battle with
alcoholism. She appeared as Courtney, Jerry's love interest, in the
episode entitled "Jerry Robinson Crusoe" (3.13) of The Bob Newhart
Show. She appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Night
Court as the public defender. She also guest-starred in the Cagney &
Lacey episode "Suffer the Children" season one, episode four.
Strickland played a struggling rancher's daughter in the 1987 Highway
to Heaven episode "A Dream of Wild Horses", alongside legendary actor
Richard Farnsworth. She 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. Gail Strickland Top Movies & Young Movies