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'''Gail Strickland''' (born May 18, 1947) is an American character actress. <span>She portrayed the character of </span>[[Dorcas Trilling]]<span> in the original ''[[Dark Shadows]]''.</span> Strickland was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama Birmingham, Alabama], the daughter of Theodosia and Lynn Strickland, who owned a tire shop.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Strickland#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup> She had featured roles in 1970s films such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bound_for_Glory_%28film%29 Bound for Glory]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drowning_Pool The Drowning Pool]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Rae Norma Rae]''. <span>She also had a memorable appearance on the television series </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_%28TV_series%29 M*A*S*H]''<span> as Captain Helen Whitfield, a nurse in an ongoing battle with alcoholism. </span>Strickland played nurse practitioner Marilyn McGrath in the 1988 TV series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeartBeat_%28U.S._TV_series%29 HeartBeat]''. This was one of the earliest portrayals of a lesbian character on American network television. <span>She guest starred in the </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]''<span> episode "</span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_%28Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine%29 Paradise]<span>" as the character [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Alixus Alixus]. </span>She appeared in 11 episodes of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Quinn,_Medicine_Woman Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]'' from 1993-94 as the character Olive Davis. <span>In 1994-1995, she appeared as Ms. Landis of Doubleday in the </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld Seinfeld]''<span> Season 6 episodes </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaperone_%28Seinfeld%29 "The Chaperone"]<span> and </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Switch_%28Seinfeld_episode%29 "The Switch"]<span>. </span>She played Esther MacInerney in the 1995 blockbuster movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_President The American President]. ''Strickland was a cast member in the brief run of the 2002 CBS television series ''First Monday'', playing a Supreme Court justice. == '''External Links''' == [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834373/ Gail Strickland on the IMDb] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Strickland Gail Strickland at Wikipedia] {{DEFAULTSORT:Strickland, Gail}} [[Category:Actors]] [[Category:Television Actors]] [[Category:Original Series Actors]]
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