Kathleen Quinlan

Kathleen Quinlan

Known for
Acting
Born
November 19, 1954 (age 71)
Birthplace
Pasadena, California, USA

Biography

Kathleen Denise Quinlan Abbott (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. She made her feature film debut in Mel Stuart's One Is a Lonely Number (1972) follwed by George Lucas' American Graffiti (1973) and made her definite breakthrough in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) as Deborah Blake.

Known For

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Filmography

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Holiday Hearts

Holiday Hearts

Movie · as Barbara Morgenstern

2026
Okay poster

Okay

Movie · as Loretta

2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 poster

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

Movie

2021
The Stairs poster

The Stairs

Movie · as Grandma Bernice

2021
Walking with Herb poster

Walking with Herb

Movie · as Sheila Amable-Amo

2019
Saving My Baby poster

Saving My Baby

Movie · as Virginia

2019
The Devil Has a Name poster

The Devil Has a Name

Movie · as Nancy

2018
Chimera Strain poster

Chimera Strain

Movie · as Masterson

2018
Parallel poster

Parallel

Movie · as Marissa

2018
Mayans M.C. poster

Mayans M.C.

TV · as Mrs. Buksar · 2 eps

2017
Elizabeth Blue poster

Elizabeth Blue

Movie · as Carol

2017
ADDicted poster

ADDicted

Movie · as Kate Dawson

2017
Marvel's Runaways poster

Marvel's Runaways

TV · as Susan Ellerh · 3 eps

2015
How Not to Propose poster

How Not to Propose

Movie · as Susan

2014
After poster

After

Movie · as Nora Valentino

2014
How to Get Away with Murder poster

How to Get Away with Murder

TV · as Britt · 1 ep

2013
Horns poster

Horns

Movie · as Lydia Perrish

2012
Life's an Itch poster

Life's an Itch

Movie · as Audrey

2012
Blue poster

Blue

TV · as Jessica · 7 eps

2011
Elektra Luxx poster

Elektra Luxx

Movie · as Rebecca Linbrook

2011
Cinema Verite poster

Cinema Verite

Movie · as Mary Every

2011
Eagles in the Chicken Coop

Eagles in the Chicken Coop

Movie · as Mary Bernstein

2010
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift poster

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Movie · as (archive footage)

2010
The River Why poster

The River Why

Movie · as Ma

2010
The Event poster

The Event

TV · as Erika Jarvis · 1 ep

2009
Prison Break: The Final Break poster

Prison Break: The Final Break

Movie · as Christina Rose Scofield

2009
Stargate Universe poster

Stargate Universe

TV · as Senator Michaels · 1 ep

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Dr. Shane · 1 ep

2008
Made of Honor poster

Made of Honor

Movie · as Joan

2008
Harm's Way poster

Harm's Way

Movie · as Bea

2008
The Dissection of Thanksgiving poster

The Dissection of Thanksgiving

Movie · as Carol

2007
Humble Pie poster

Humble Pie

Movie · as Agnes Orbison

2007
Breach poster

Breach

Movie · as Bonnie Hanssen

2006
The Hills Have Eyes poster

The Hills Have Eyes

Movie · as Ethel

2005
Prison Break poster

Prison Break

TV · as Christina Rose Scofield · 6 eps

2004
The Dead Will Tell poster

The Dead Will Tell

Movie · as Beth Hytner

2004
The Riverman poster

The Riverman

Movie · as Sande Keppel

2004
Perfect Romance poster

Perfect Romance

Movie · as Tess Kelley

2004
El padrino: The Latin Godfather poster

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

Movie · as Judge Scorsi

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Arlene McNeil · 1 ep

2003
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina poster

Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

Movie

2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights poster

The Battle of Shaker Heights

Movie · as Eve

2003
Blessings poster

Blessings

Movie · as Meredith Blessing

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Barbara Tallman · 1 ep

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Lynn Holt · 68 eps

1999
Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke poster

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

TV · as Nanaline Duke · 4 eps

1998
A Civil Action poster

A Civil Action

Movie · as Anne Anderson

1998
My Giant poster

My Giant

Movie · as Serena Kamin

1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti' poster

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

Movie · as Self

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

1997
Breakdown poster

Breakdown

Movie · as Amy Taylor

1997
Event Horizon poster

Event Horizon

Movie · as Peters

1997
Zeus & Roxanne poster

Zeus & Roxanne

Movie · as Mary Beth Dunhill

1997
The Doors: The Road of Excess

The Doors: The Road of Excess

Movie · as Self

1997
Lawn Dogs poster

Lawn Dogs

Movie · as Clare Stockard

1996
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 poster

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

Movie · as Self

1996
In the Lake of the Woods poster

In the Lake of the Woods

Movie · as Kathy Waylan

1995
Apollo 13 poster

Apollo 13

Movie · as Marilyn Lovell

1995
Picture Windows: Lightning poster

Picture Windows: Lightning

Movie · as Hooker

1995
Perfect Alibi poster

Perfect Alibi

Movie · as Melanie Bauers

1994
Trial by Jury poster

Trial by Jury

Movie · as Wanda

1993
Last Light poster

Last Light

Movie · as Kathy Rubicek

1993
Stolen Babies poster

Stolen Babies

Movie · as Bekka

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Dr. Kate Delieb · 1 ep

1992
An American Story poster

An American Story

Movie · as Hope Tyler

1991
Strays poster

Strays

Movie · as Lindsey Jarrett

1991
The Doors poster

The Doors

Movie · as Patricia Kennealy

1991
The Hidden Room poster

The Hidden Room

TV · as Julia · 1 ep

1990
The Operation poster

The Operation

Movie · as Ginnie

1989
Trapped poster

Trapped

Movie · as Mary Ann Marshall

1988
Sunset poster

Sunset

Movie · as Nancy Shoemaker

1988
Clara's Heart poster

Clara's Heart

Movie · as Leona Hart

1987
Wild Thing poster

Wild Thing

Movie · as Jane

1987
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found poster

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

Movie · as Sarah McAllister

1987
The Man Outside poster

The Man Outside

Movie · as Grace Freemont

1985
Warning Sign poster

Warning Sign

Movie · as Joanie Morse

1985
Blackout poster

Blackout

Movie · as Chris Graham

1985
Children of the Night poster

Children of the Night

Movie · as Lois Lee

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Karen Wilson, Ann Foley · 1 ep

1984
The Last Winter poster

The Last Winter

Movie · as Joyce

1984
When She Says No poster

When She Says No

Movie · as Rose Michaels

1983
Independence Day poster

Independence Day

Movie · as Mary Ann Taylor

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Movie · as Helen Foley

1982
Hanky Panky poster

Hanky Panky

Movie · as Janet Dunn

1981
She's in the Army Now poster

She's in the Army Now

Movie · as Pvt. Cass Donner

1980
Sunday Lovers poster

Sunday Lovers

Movie · as Laurie (segment "Skippy")

1979
The Promise poster

The Promise

Movie · as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson

1979
The Runner Stumbles poster

The Runner Stumbles

Movie · as Sister Rita

1978
Nightmare in Blood poster

Nightmare in Blood

Movie

1977
Airport '77 poster

Airport '77

Movie · as Julie

1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden poster

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Movie · as Deborah Blake

1977
Little Ladies of the Night poster

Little Ladies of the Night

Movie · as Karen Brodwick

1976
Lifeguard poster

Lifeguard

Movie · as Wendy

1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy poster

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Movie · as Edith Evans

1975
The Missing Are Deadly poster

The Missing Are Deadly

Movie

1975
The Abduction of Saint Anne poster

The Abduction of Saint Anne

Movie · as Anne Benedict

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Robin Morgan · 1 ep

1975
Three for the Road poster

Three for the Road

TV · 1 ep

1975
Joe Forrester poster

Joe Forrester

TV · as Bethany · 1 ep

1974
Where Have All the People Gone poster

Where Have All the People Gone

Movie · as Deborah Anders

1974
Lucas Tanner poster

Lucas Tanner

Movie · as Joyce Howell

1974
Can Ellen Be Saved? poster

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Movie · as Melissa

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep

1974
Lucas Tanner poster

Lucas Tanner

TV · 1 ep

1973
American Graffiti poster

American Graffiti

Movie · as Peg

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Janet Conforti · 1 ep

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Janet · 1 ep

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · 2 eps

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV