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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 19, 1954
Place of Birth
Pasadena, California, USA
Also Known As
- Kathy Quinlan
- Кэтлин Куинлэн
- Кэтлин Куинлен
- کَتلین کوینلن
Kathleen Quinlan
1.6 Popularity
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
7.2
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
6.7
Sheila Amable-Amo
Walking with Herb
2021
3.9
Grandma Bernice
The Stairs
2021
5.3
Nancy
The Devil Has a Name
2019
7.0
Virginia
Saving My Baby
2019
8.0
Mrs. Buksar
Mayans M.C.
2018
6.0
Marissa
Parallel
2018
4.1
Masterson
Chimera Strain
2018
7.4
Susan Ellerh
Marvel's Runaways
2017
5.0
Carol
Elizabeth Blue
2017
Credits
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
7.2
Walking with Herb
as Sheila Amable-Amo
2021
6.7
The Stairs
as Grandma Bernice
2021
3.9
The Devil Has a Name
as Nancy
2019
5.3
Saving My Baby
as Virginia
2019
7.0
Mayans M.C.
as Mrs. Buksar
2018
8.0
Parallel
as Marissa
2018
6.0
Chimera Strain
as Masterson
2018
4.1
Marvel's Runaways
as Susan Ellerh
2017
7.4
Elizabeth Blue
as Carol
2017
5.0
ADDicted
as Kate Dawson
2017
6.5
How Not to Propose
as Susan
2015
5.2
How to Get Away with Murder
as Britt
2014
7.8
After
as Nora Valentino
2014
4.8
Horns
as Lydia Perrish
2013
6.3
Life's an Itch
as Audrey
2012
2.0
Blue
as Jessica
2012
7.1
🎬
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
as Mary Bernstein
2011
2.0
Cinema Verite
as Mary Every
2011
5.7
Elektra Luxx
as Rebecca Linbrook
2011
4.7
The Event
as Erika Jarvis
2010
6.4
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
2010
6.4
The River Why
as Ma
2010
5.3
Stargate Universe
as Senator Michaels
2009
7.4
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Christina Rose Scofield
2009
7.5
Glee
as Dr. Shane
2009
6.8
The Dissection of Thanksgiving
as Carol
2008
0.0
Made of Honor
as Joan
2008
6.4
Harm's Way
as Bea
2008
5.1
Breach
as Bonnie Hanssen
2007
6.6
Humble Pie
as Agnes Orbison
2007
6.4
The Hills Have Eyes
as Ethel
2006
6.4
Prison Break
as Christina Rose Scofield
2005
8.1
House
as Arlene McNeil
2004
8.6
The Dead Will Tell
as Beth Hytner
2004
4.9
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
as Judge Scorsi
2004
7.0
The Riverman
as Sande Keppel
2004
5.4
Perfect Romance
as Tess Kelley
2004
5.7
Blessings
as Meredith Blessing
2003
6.0
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
6.0
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Eve
2003
5.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Barbara Tallman
2000
7.6
Family Law
as Lynn Holt
1999
8.2
🎬
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Nanaline Duke
1999
2.0
A Civil Action
as Anne Anderson
1998
6.5
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
as Self
1998
7.8
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.2
My Giant
as Serena Kamin
1998
5.2
Lawn Dogs
as CLare
1997
7.1
Event Horizon
as Peters
1997
6.5
🎬
The Doors: The Road of Excess
as Self
1997
0.0
Breakdown
as Amy Taylor
1997
6.9
Zeus & Roxanne
as Mary Beth Dunhill
1997
5.3
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
1996
5.8
In the Lake of the Woods
as Kathy Waylan
1996
4.8
Lightning
as Hooker
1995
0.0
Perfect Alibi
as Melanie Bauers
1995
3.5
Apollo 13
as Marilyn Lovell
1995
7.4
Trial by Jury
as Wanda
1994
5.4
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dr. Kate Delieb
1993
7.1
Last Light
as Kathy Rubicek
1993
6.0
Stolen Babies
as Bekka
1993
4.3
An American Story
as Hope Tyler
1992
5.8
Strays
as Lindsey Jarrett
1991
6.7
The Doors
as Patricia Kennealy
1991
7.1
The Operation
as Ginnie
1990
3.0
Trapped
as Mary Ann Marshall
1989
6.2
Clara's Heart
as Leona Hart
1988
5.5
Sunset
as Nancy Shoemaker
1988
5.6
The Man Outside
as Grace Freemont
1987
0.0
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
as Sarah McAllister
1987
3.5
Wild Thing
as Jane
1987
5.6
Children of the Night
as Lois Lee
1985
6.0
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Karen Wilson
1985
7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ann Foley
1985
7.2
Warning Sign
as Joanie Morse
1985
6.0
Blackout
as Chris Graham
1985
5.4
When She Says No
as Rose Michaels
1984
0.0
The Last Winter
as Joyce
1984
4.0
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Helen Foley
1983
6.5
Independence Day
as Mary Ann Taylor
1983
5.5
Hanky Panky
as Janet Dunn
1982
5.3
🎬
She's in the Army Now
as Pvt. Cass Donner
1981
4.7
Sunday Lovers
as Laurie (segment "Skippy")
1980
6.0
The Runner Stumbles
as Sister Rita
1979
6.8
The Promise
as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
1979
6.0
Nightmare in Blood
1978
5.2
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Deborah Blake
1977
6.0
Airport '77
as Julie
1977
5.6
Little Ladies of the Night
as Karen Brodwick
1977
3.3
Lifeguard
as Wendy
1976
6.2
Switch
as Robin Morgan
1975
6.7
Joe Forrester
1975
7.0
🎬
Three for the Road
1975
5.0
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
as Edith Evans
1975
0.0
The Abduction of Saint Anne
as Anne Benedict
1975
6.0
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
5.0
Where Have All the People Gone
as Deborah Anders
1974
6.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Lucas Tanner
1974
7.0
Lucas Tanner
as Joyce Howell
1974
0.0
Can Ellen Be Saved?
as Melissa
1974
3.8
Kojak
as Janet Conforti
1973
7.0
American Graffiti
as Peg
1973
7.0
The Waltons
1972
7.1
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6