About
Kathleen Quinlan
Overview
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
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| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Actor | Annie Pine | 63 Fair |
| 2021 | Walking with Herb | Actor | Sheila Amable-Amo | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Stairs | Actor | Grandma Bernice | 58 Average |
| 2019 | The Devil Has a Name | Actor | Nancy | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Saving My Baby | Actor | Virginia | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Parallel | Actor | Marissa | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Chimera Strain | Actor | Masterson | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Blue | Actor | Carol | 59 Average |
| 2017 | ADDicted | Actor | Kate Dawson | 59 Average |
| 2015 | How Not to Propose | Actor | Susan | 59 Average |
| 2014 | After | Actor | Nora Valentino | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Horns | Actor | Lydia Perrish | 62 Fair |
| 2012 | Life's an Itch | Actor | Audrey | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Eagles in the Chicken Coop | Actor | Mary Bernstein | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Actor | Mary Every | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Elektra Luxx | Actor | Rebecca Linbrook | 56 Average |
| 2010 | 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2010 | The River Why | Actor | Ma | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Prison Break: The Final Break | Actor | Christina Rose Scofield | 68 Fair |
| 2008 | The Dissection of Thanksgiving | Actor | Carol | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Made of Honor | Actor | Joan | 62 Fair |
| 2008 | Harm's Way | Actor | Bea | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Breach | Actor | Bonnie Hanssen | 62 Fair |
| 2007 | Humble Pie | Actor | Agnes Orbison | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Hills Have Eyes | Actor | Ethel | 63 Fair |
| 2004 | The Dead Will Tell | Actor | Beth Hytner | 58 Average |
| 2004 | El padrino: The Latin Godfather | Actor | Judge Scorsi | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The Riverman | Actor | Sande Keppel | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Perfect Romance | Actor | Tess Kelley | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Blessings | Actor | Meredith Blessing | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2003 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Actor | Eve | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Family Law | Actor | Lynn Holt | 71 Good |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Actor | Nanaline Duke | 68 Fair |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Actor | Anne Anderson | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | The Making of 'American Graffiti' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1998 | My Giant | Actor | Serena Kamin | 57 Average |
| 1997 | Lawn Dogs | Actor | Clare Stockard | 61 Fair |
| 1997 | Event Horizon | Actor | Peters | 64 Fair |
| 1997 | The Road of Excess | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Breakdown | Actor | Amy Taylor | 65 Fair |
| 1997 | Zeus & Roxanne | Actor | Mary Beth Dunhill | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | In the Lake of the Woods | Actor | Kathy Waylan | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Lightning | Actor | Hooker | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | Perfect Alibi | Actor | Melanie Bauers | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Actor | Marilyn Lovell | 73 Good |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | Actor | Wanda | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Last Light | Actor | Kathy Rubicek | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Stolen Babies | Actor | Bekka | 58 Average |
| 1992 | An American Story | Actor | Hope Tyler | 59 Average |
| 1991 | Strays | Actor | Lindsey Jarrett | 59 Average |
| 1991 | The Doors | Actor | Patricia Kennealy | 67 Fair |
| 1990 | The Operation | Actor | Ginnie | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Trapped | Actor | Mary Ann Marshall | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Clara's Heart | Actor | Leona Hart | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Sunset | Actor | Nancy Shoemaker | 58 Average |
| 1987 | The Man Outside | Actor | Grace Freemont | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Dreams Lost, Dreams Found | Actor | Sarah McAllister | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Wild Thing | Actor | Jane | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Children of the Night | Actor | Lois Lee | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Warning Sign | Actor | Joanie Morse | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Blackout | Actor | Chris Graham | 58 Average |
| 1984 | When She Says No | Actor | Rose Michaels | N/A N/A |
| 1984 | The Last Winter | Actor | Joyce | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Actor | Helen Foley | 62 Fair |
| 1983 | Independence Day | Actor | Mary Ann Taylor | 58 Average |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Actor | Janet Dunn | 58 Average |
| 1981 | She's in the Army Now | Actor | Pvt. Cass Donner | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Actor | Laurie (segment "Skippy") | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Runner Stumbles | Actor | Sister Rita | 59 Average |
| 1979 | The Promise | Actor | Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson | 59 Average |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Actor | Deborah Blake | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Actor | Julie | 57 Average |
| 1977 | Little Ladies of the Night | Actor | Karen Brodwick | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Lifeguard | Actor | Wendy | 58 Average |
| 1975 | The Turning Point of Jim Malloy | Actor | Edith Evans | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | The Abduction of Saint Anne | Actor | Anne Benedict | 59 Average |
| 1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1974 | Where Have All the People Gone | Actor | Deborah Anders | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Lucas Tanner | Actor | Joyce Howell | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Can Ellen Be Saved? | Actor | Melissa | 58 Average |
| 1973 | American Graffiti | Actor | Peg | 67 Fair |