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