Gail Cronauer

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Gail Cronauer
BornDecember 23, 1948 (1948-12-23) (age 75)
Occupation(s)Actress, Acting professor

Gail Cronauer is an American stage, television, and feature film actress and an acting professor. She has performed in films as diverse as Oliver Stone's JFK to the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger . She is a recipient of the 2007 Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum award, for her role in the Lyric Stage production Master Class. [1]

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Early life and career

Gail Cronauer was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in New Jersey. [2] Gail attended Antioch College for her undergraduate degree, and after working on the musical Viet Rock, was galvanized to pursue a career in theatre and dance. She obtained her BA in theatre and dance from Antioch College in 1971 and then got her MFA in acting from the Case Western Reserve University. Gail moved to Dallas in 1979 to teach acting at Southern Methodist University, where she met her husband Mark Hougland in the university's graduate theatre program.

Gail also has taught acting at Illinois State University, Southern Methodist University, Webster College, the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Texas Women's University, and most recently at Collin College, where she worked from 1992 until her retirement in 2020. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA and Women in Film and Television International. [3]

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRole
1987 Positive I.D. Melissa
1991 JFK Janet Williams
1993 Flesh and Bone Emma
1994 The Substitute Wife Isabel Donahue
1995A Mother's GiftMaggie
1995The Unspoken TruthNora
1996A Promise to CarolynDr. Davis
1996 Carried Away Beverly
1997 Selena Women Customer
1997 It's in the Water Harriet
1997 Litte Boy Blue Motel Clerk
1998 Hefner: Unauthorized Grace Hefner
1998 Finding North Mrs. Penn
1998 The Newton Boys Ma Newton
1998 Detention Ms. Nunca
1999 Boys Don't Cry Clerk
2000 Dr. T and the Women Dr. T's Patient
2002 Warning: Parental Advisory Senator Paula Hawkins
2002 The Anarchist Cookbook Woman In Book Store
2003AirMyna
2003Single and Dealing with ItMother
2004Seventy-8Margaret Meeks
2006 Infamous Bonnie Clutter
2007 Walking Tall: The Payback Emma Prescott
2007 Walking Tall: Lone Justice Emma Prescott
2009Dirty RedSister Grace Thomas
2010 Earthling Isabel
2010In the Land of FireworksLawyer Brown
2010Spilt MilkLois Schwartz
2012Fuzzy Bubbles (Short)Sandra
2013Odd Man OutMother
2013Sparrow (Short)Moreen
2014Piggy's Lament (Short)Willa Kay
2014Steps of FaithBell Wilcoxs
2014Separate Rooms (Short)Delores Shearer
2015The Outfit (Short)Mrs. Coleman
2015 Beyond the Farthest Star Joycee Jones
2016Occupy, TexasThe Principal
2016The SectorTrading Post Woman
2016Te Ata Eleanor Roosevelt
2016A Heart That ForgivesBetty
2016KreepHazel
2017Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Short)Mom
2017FreaksMama
2018Texas CottonJudge Hoover
2019CatFest (Short)Anya
2019 The Vast of Night Mabel Blanche
2020One of These DaysMartha
2020UndyingOlga
2020The Seventh DaySecretary
Television
Year(s)SeriesRoleNotes
1997–2001 Walker, Texas Ranger Surgeon / Dr. Larson / Principal / Millie Hunt / Ted Lannon5 episodes
1996–2004 LAX Serb Woman / Lannon"Pilot"
"The Return of LaRue"
2013-2020Bail OutJosie O'BanionRecurring
2013DelphisSophie"Sophie, the Bitch"
2014 Revolution Shirlee"Austin City Limits"
2014 Dallas Dr. Englert"Like a Bad Penny"
2024- Landman Beverly3 episodes

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