Kathleen Quinlan
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.
Filmography
Okay
2026
as Loretta
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
Walking with Herb
2021
as Sheila Amable-Amo
The Stairs
2021
as Grandma Bernice
The Devil Has a Name
2019
as Nancy
Saving My Baby
2019
as Virginia
Parallel
2018
as Marissa
Chimera Strain
2018
as Masterson
Elizabeth Blue
2017
as Carol
ADDicted
2017
as Kate Dawson
How Not to Propose
2015
as Susan
After
2014
as Nora Valentino
Horns
2013
as Lydia Perrish
Life's an Itch
2012
as Audrey
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Eagles in the Chicken Coop
2011
as Mary Bernstein
Cinema Verite
2011
as Mary Every
Elektra Luxx
2011
as Rebecca Linbrook
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
The River Why
2010
as Ma
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
as Christina Rose Scofield
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
2008
as Carol
Made of Honor
2008
as Joan
Harm's Way
2008
as Bea
Breach
2007
as Bonnie Hanssen