Kathleen Quinlan

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Kathleen Quinlan
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Born
Kathleen Denise Quinlan

(1954-11-19) November 19, 1954 (age 69)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Spouses
Warren Long
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(m. 1987,divorced)​
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(m. 1994;div. 2022)​
Children1

Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1977 film of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, and her Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated role in the 1995 film Apollo 13 , along with many roles in other feature films, television movies and series, in a career spanning almost five decades. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

She was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director, [4] [5] [6] [7] and raised in Mill Valley, California, [8] [9] where she attended Tamalpais High School, and studied Drama. In her Senior year, George Lucas shot "American Graffiti" at her high school Gym and Fred Roos asked her to read for a small part. She played opposite Cindy Williams at the Sock Hop. She was primarily a gymnast and 1, 3, and 5 meter diver in her school years, which led to her being cast as a "stunt double" for Trish Van Devere's triumphant dive at the end of the movie, "One is a Lonely Number". She continued both her athletics and Drama Education at College of Marin until it became necessary to find a way to make a living. She was invited to move to Los Angeles at 19 years old (because of American Graffiti) to try working as an actress.

Career

Quinlan had an uncredited role in 1972's One Is a Lonely Number [7] [10] but her official credited film debut was in George Lucas's 1973 movie American Graffiti , at the age of nineteen. [9]

As a young actress in the 1970s, she also had guest-starring roles in many popular television series of the day, including Police Woman , Kojak, Ironside, Emergency!, and The Waltons . [11] [12]

Her most celebrated roles include playing Deborah, a sixteen-year-old schizophrenic, in the film version of the novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden , [8] [9] for which she earned a Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Golden Globe nomination, and portraying Marilyn Lovell, the wife of Tom Hanks's astronaut character Jim Lovell, in the 1995 movie Apollo 13, earning her both a Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Golden Globe nomination and a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination. [9]

Quinlan also appeared in feature films like Lifeguard (1976), Airport '77 (1977), The Promise (1979), The Runner Stumbles (1979), Sunday Lovers (1980), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Sunset (1988), Clara's Heart (1988), and Trial by Jury (1994). She featured in numerous TV movies as well, including Little Ladies of the Night (1977), She's in the Army Now (1981), Blackout (1985), Trapped (1989), Strays (1991), Last Light (1993), the adaptation of the novel In the Lake of the Woods (1996), Blessings (2003), and more. She played Jim Morrison's Celtic pagan consort Patricia Kennealy-Morrison in Oliver Stone's The Doors. In 1997, she appeared in Event Horizon (1997) and won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense for Breakdown (1997), playing Kurt Russell's character's kidnapped wife. [13] [14]

She had a main role for three seasons on the series Family Law , along with recurring roles as the mother of the two brothers on Prison Break , and in Chicago Fire and Blue . She was in two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, plus episodes of many other shows, such as Diagnosis: Murder , Glee , The Event , and House. She appeared in the 2006 remake of the horror classic The Hills Have Eyes , the 2007 film Breach , the 2008 film Made of Honor , and played a senator in "Alliances," a 2011 episode of the science-fiction series Stargate Universe . [11]

As of 2022, Quinlan's recent work includes a 2019 episode of How to Get Away with Murder , a lead role in the film Walking with Herb , filmed in 2018 and released in 2021, [15] and a part in the horror flick The Stairs.

Personal life

She was married to artist Warren Long in 1987. [16] She met actor Bruce Abbott on the TV movie Trapped (1989) and they married on April 12, 1994. They divorced December 24, 2022, as friends and have one son, Tyler, who was born in 1990. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 American Graffiti Peg
1976 Lifeguard Wendy
1977 Airport '77 Julie
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Deborah Blake
1979 The Promise Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
1979 The Runner Stumbles Sister Rita
1980 Sunday Lovers LaurieSegment: "Skippy"
1982 Hanky Panky Janet Dunn
1983 Independence Day Mary Ann Taylor
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Helen FoleySegment: "It's a Good Life"
1984Last WinterJoyce
1985 Warning Sign Joanie Morse
1987 Wild Thing Jane
1987Man OutsideGrace Freemont
1988 Sunset Nancy Shoemaker
1988 Clara's Heart Leona Hart
1991 The Doors Patricia Kennealy
1994 Trial by Jury Wanda
1995 Apollo 13 Marilyn Lovell
1995Perfect AlibiMelanie Bauers
1997 Zeus and Roxanne Mary Beth Dunhill
1997 Breakdown Amy Taylor
1997 Event Horizon Peters
1997 Lawn Dogs Clare Stockard
1998 My Giant Serena Kamin
1998 A Civil Action Anne Anderson
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights Eve Ernswiler
2004El padrinoJudge Scorsi
2006 The Hills Have Eyes Ethel Carter
2007American ForkAgnes Orbison
2007 Breach Bonnie Hanssen
2008The Dissection of ThanksgivingCarol
2008 Made of Honor Joan
2009Adult Film: A Hollywood TaleMary Bernstein
2010 Elektra Luxx Rebecca Linbrook
2010 The River Why Ma
2010Eagles in the Chicken CoopMary Bernstein
2010Harm's WayBea
2012Life's an ItchAudrey
2013 Horns Lydia Perrish
2014AfterNora Valentino
2017Elizabeth BlueCarol
2017ADDictedKate Dawson
2018 Chimera Strain Masterson
2018 Parallel Marissa
2019 The Devil Has a Name Nancy
2021The StairsGrandma Bernice Martin
2021 Walking with Herb Sheila Amable-Amo
2024 Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 Post-production [17]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 Emergency! Janet"Understanding"
1974 Harry O Sharon"Guardian at the Gates"
1974 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Jill"House of Friends"
1974 Can Ellen Be Saved MelissaTV film
1974 Police Woman Debbie Sweet"The Beautiful Die Young"
1974 Kojak Janet Conforti"Hush Now, Don't You Die"
1974 Where Have All the People Gone? Deborah AndersTV film
1974 Lucas Tanner Joyce Howell"Lucas Tanner", "Three Letter Word"
1974 Ironside Peggy Lynch"Run Scared"
1974–1976 The Waltons Selina Linville"The Thoroughbred", "The Collision"
1975The Missing Are DeadlyMichelleTV film
1975The Abduction of Saint AnneAnne BenedictTV film
1975The Turning Point of Jim MalloyEdith EvansTV film
1975 Switch Robin Morgan"The Deadly Missiles Caper"
1977 Little Ladies of the Night Karen BrodwickTV film
1981 She's in the Army Now Pvt. Cass DonnerTV film
1984When She Says NoRose MichaelsTV film
1985 Blackout Chris GrahamTV film
1985 Children of the Night Lois LeeTV film
1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Ann Foley"The Canary Sedan"
1987Dreams Lost, Dreams FoundSarah McAllisterTV film
1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Karen Wilson"Fogbound"
1989 Trapped Mary Ann MarshallTV film
1990The OperationGinnieTV film
1991 Strays Lindsey JarrettTV film
1992An American StoryHope TylerTV film
1993Stolen BabiesBekkaTV film
1993 Tribeca Karen"Heros Exoletus"
1993 Last Light Kathy RubicekTV film
1993 The Hidden Room Julia"Refuge"
1995 Picture Windows Hooker"Lightning"
1996 In the Lake of the Woods Kathy WaylanTV film
1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Nanaline DukeTV film
1999 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Kate Delieb"Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life"
1999–2002 Family Law Lynn HoltMain role
2003 Blessings Meredith BlessingTV film
2004Perfect RomanceTess KellyTV film
2004 The Riverman Sande KeppelTV film
2004The Dead Will TellBeth HytnerTV film
2006 House Arlene McNeil"Meaning"
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Barbara Tallman"Monster in the Box"
2008–2009 Prison Break Christina Rose Scofield Recurring role (season 4)
2009Empire StateColleen CochraneTV film
2010 The Event Erika Jarvis"Your World to Take", "Everything Will Change"
2011 Stargate Universe Sen. Michaels"Alliances"
2011 Cinema Verite MaryTV film
2011 Glee Dr. Shane"Born This Way"
2012–2013 Chicago Fire Nancy CaseyRecurring role
2012–2014 Blue JessicaRecurring role
2015How Not to ProposeSusanTV film
2018–2019 Marvel's Runaways Susan Ellerh3 episodes
2018Saving My BabyVirginiaTV film
2019 How to Get Away with Murder Britt"Say Goodbye"
2023 Mayans M.C. Mrs. Buksar3 episodes

Awards and nominations

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