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.

Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

House

Prison Break

Glee

Ironside

The Waltons

Diagnosis: Murder

How to Get Away with Murder

All Movies (84)

• Okay2026 · as Loretta
• Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 22024
• Walking with Herb2021 · as Sheila Amable-Amo
• The Stairs2021 · as Grandma Bernice
• The Devil Has a Name2019 · as Nancy
• Saving My Baby2019 · as Virginia
• Parallel2018 · as Marissa
• Chimera Strain2018 · as Masterson
• Elizabeth Blue2017 · as Carol
• ADDicted2017 · as Kate Dawson
• How Not to Propose2015 · as Susan
• After2014 · as Nora Valentino
• Horns2013 · as Lydia Perrish
• Life's an Itch2012 · as Audrey
• Eagles in the Chicken Coop2011 · as Mary Bernstein
• Cinema Verite2011 · as Mary Every
• Elektra Luxx2011 · as Rebecca Linbrook
• 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift2010 · as (archive footage)
• The River Why2010 · as Ma
• Prison Break: The Final Break2009 · as Christina Rose Scofield
• The Dissection of Thanksgiving2008 · as Carol
• Made of Honor2008 · as Joan
• Harm's Way2008 · as Bea
• Breach2007 · as Bonnie Hanssen
• Humble Pie2007 · as Agnes Orbison
• The Hills Have Eyes2006 · as Ethel
• The Dead Will Tell2004 · as Beth Hytner
• El padrino: The Latin Godfather2004 · as Judge Scorsi
• The Riverman2004 · as Sande Keppel
• Perfect Romance2004 · as Tess Kelley
• Blessings2003 · as Meredith Blessing
• Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina2003
• The Battle of Shaker Heights2003 · as Eve
• A Civil Action1998 · as Anne Anderson
• The Making of 'American Graffiti'1998 · as Self
• My Giant1998 · as Serena Kamin
• Lawn Dogs1997 · as Clare Stockard
• Event Horizon1997 · as Peters
• The Doors: The Road of Excess1997 · as Self
• Breakdown1997 · as Amy Taylor
• Zeus & Roxanne1997 · as Mary Beth Dunhill
• Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 131996 · as Self
• In the Lake of the Woods1996 · as Kathy Waylan
• Picture Windows: Lightning1995 · as Hooker
• Perfect Alibi1995 · as Melanie Bauers
• Apollo 131995 · as Marilyn Lovell
• Trial by Jury1994 · as Wanda
• Last Light1993 · as Kathy Rubicek
• Stolen Babies1993 · as Bekka
• An American Story1992 · as Hope Tyler
• Strays1991 · as Lindsey Jarrett
• The Doors1991 · as Patricia Kennealy
• The Operation1990 · as Ginnie
• Trapped1989 · as Mary Ann Marshall
• Clara's Heart1988 · as Leona Hart
• Sunset1988 · as Nancy Shoemaker
• The Man Outside1987 · as Grace Freemont
• Dreams Lost, Dreams Found1987 · as Sarah McAllister
• Wild Thing1987 · as Jane
• Children of the Night1985 · as Lois Lee
• Warning Sign1985 · as Joanie Morse
• Blackout1985 · as Chris Graham
• When She Says No1984 · as Rose Michaels
• The Last Winter1984 · as Joyce
• Twilight Zone: The Movie1983 · as Helen Foley
• Independence Day1983 · as Mary Ann Taylor
• Hanky Panky1982 · as Janet Dunn
• She's in the Army Now1981 · as Pvt. Cass Donner
• Sunday Lovers1980 · as Laurie (segment "Skippy")
• The Runner Stumbles1979 · as Sister Rita
• The Promise1979 · as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
• Nightmare in Blood1978
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden1977 · as Deborah Blake
• Airport '771977 · as Julie
• Little Ladies of the Night1977 · as Karen Brodwick
• Lifeguard1976 · as Wendy
• The Turning Point of Jim Malloy1975 · as Edith Evans
• The Abduction of Saint Anne1975 · as Anne Benedict
• The Missing Are Deadly1975
• Where Have All the People Gone1974 · as Deborah Anders
• Lucas Tanner1974 · as Joyce Howell
• Can Ellen Be Saved?1974 · as Melissa
• American Graffiti1973 · as Peg
• Holiday Hearts— · as Barbara Morgenstern

All TV Shows (29)

• Mayans M.C.2018 · as Mrs. Buksar
• Marvel's Runaways2017 · as Susan Ellerh
• How to Get Away with Murder2014 · as Britt
• Blue2012 · as Jessica
• The Event2010 · as Erika Jarvis
• Stargate Universe2009 · as Senator Michaels
• Glee2009 · as Dr. Shane
• Prison Break2005 · as Christina Rose Scofield
• House2004 · as Arlene McNeil
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Barbara Tallman
• Family Law1999 · as Lynn Holt
• Where Are They Now?1999 · as Self
• Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke1999 · as Nanaline Duke
• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Dr. Kate Delieb
• The Hidden Room1991 · as Julia
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Karen Wilson
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents1985 · as Ann Foley
• Switch1975 · as Robin Morgan
• Joe Forrester1975 · as Bethany
• Three for the Road1975
• Police Woman1974
• Lucas Tanner1974
• Kojak1973 · as Janet Conforti
• The Waltons1972
• Emergency!1972
• Ironside1967
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951