Skip to main content Daytime-drama addicts first became aware of
American actress Gail Strickland when she was cast as Dorcas
Trilling in the Gothic soaper Dark Shadows (1966-71). Strickland
made her movie debut as villain Murray Hamilton's put-upon
spouse in The Drowning Pool, sharing the film's soggy "thrill"
highlight with star Paul Newman. She later played significant
character roles in films like Norma Rae (1979) and Uncommon
Valor (1981). On TV, she has been a regular on The Insiders
(1985), What a Country (1986) and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
(1992-). In the 1988 weekly series Heartbeat, Strickland played
nurse-practitioner Marilyn McGrath, the first lesbian continuing
character in Prime Time television. Gail Strickland continued to
tote up impressive film credits into the 1990s, notably How to
Make an American Quilt (1995) and An American President (1995).
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