Kathleen Quinlan
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.
112 acting credits
Acting · 112
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
House
2004
Prison Break
2005
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Glee
2009
Ironside
1967
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
The Waltons
1972
Emergency!
1972
Hollywood Squares
1998
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Police Woman
1974
Family Law
1999
Kojak
1973
Mayans M.C.
2018
The Oscars
1953
Stargate Universe
2009
Switch
1975
Marvel's Runaways
2017
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
Where Are They Now?
1999
Event Horizon
1997
The Event
2010
Blue
2012
Apollo 13
1995
The Hidden Room
1991
Breakdown
1997
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
American Graffiti
1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Made of Honor
2008
The Doors
1991
Horns
2013
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Airport '77
1977
Joe Forrester
1975
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
Three for the Road
1975
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Lucas Tanner
1974
Breach
2007
A Civil Action
1998
Okay
2026
Parallel
2018
Sunset
1988
Lawn Dogs
1997
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
Lifeguard
1976
The River Why
2010
My Giant
1998
Zeus & Roxanne
1997
Hanky Panky
1982
Cinema Verite
2011
The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003
The Devil Has a Name
2019
Trial by Jury
1994
Elektra Luxx
2011
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
The Promise
1979
Strays
1991
Clara's Heart
1988
The Operation
1990
Warning Sign
1985
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
1996
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998
Walking with Herb
2021
The Stairs
2021
The Riverman
2004
Perfect Romance
2004
Blackout
1985
Independence Day
1983
Humble Pie
2007
Sunday Lovers
1980
Perfect Alibi
1995
Last Light
1993
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
The Runner Stumbles
1979
Where Have All the People Gone
1974
How Not to Propose
2015
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
Chimera Strain
2018
Stolen Babies
1993
After
2014
Children of the Night
1985
Life's an Itch
2012
Elizabeth Blue
2017
She's in the Army Now
1981
Saving My Baby
2019
The Dead Will Tell
2004
The Abduction of Saint Anne
1975
Wild Thing
1987
When She Says No
1984
Harm's Way
2008
Lucas Tanner
1974
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
2011
Picture Windows: Lightning
1995
An American Story
1992
Blessings
2003
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
In the Lake of the Woods
1996
Little Ladies of the Night
1977
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
The Man Outside
1987
Trapped
1989
Nightmare in Blood
1978
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987
The Doors: The Road of Excess
1997
The Last Winter
1984
ADDicted
2017
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008
Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974
Holiday Hearts
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