Kathleen Quinlan
Acting
Born November 19, 1954 · Pasadena, California, USA
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
Filmography
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
The Stairs
2021 · Grandma Bernice
The Devil Has a Name
2019 · Nancy
Chimera Strain
2018 · Masterson
Parallel
2018 · Marissa
How Not to Propose
2015 · Susan
Horns
2013 · Lydia Perrish
Elektra Luxx
2011 · Rebecca Linbrook
Cinema Verite
2011 · Mary Every
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
The River Why
2010 · Ma
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Christina Rose Scofield
Made of Honor
2008 · Joan
Breach
2007 · Bonnie Hanssen
The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Ethel
The Dead Will Tell
2004 · Beth Hytner
The Riverman
2004 · Sande Keppel
Perfect Romance
2004 · Tess Kelley
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004 · Judge Scorsi
The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003 · Eve
A Civil Action
1998 · Anne Anderson
My Giant
1998 · Serena Kamin
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998 · Self
Breakdown
1997 · Amy Taylor
Event Horizon
1997 · Peters
Zeus & Roxanne
1997 · Mary Beth Dunhill
Lawn Dogs
1997 · Clare Stockard
Apollo 13
1995 · Marilyn Lovell
Trial by Jury
1994 · Wanda
Last Light
1993 · Kathy Rubicek
Strays
1991 · Lindsey Jarrett
The Doors
1991 · Patricia Kennealy
Trapped
1989 · Mary Ann Marshall
Sunset
1988 · Nancy Shoemaker
Clara's Heart
1988 · Leona Hart
Wild Thing
1987 · Jane
Warning Sign
1985 · Joanie Morse
Blackout
1985 · Chris Graham
Independence Day
1983 · Mary Ann Taylor
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Helen Foley
Hanky Panky
1982 · Janet Dunn
She's in the Army Now
1981 · Pvt. Cass Donner
Sunday Lovers
1980 · Laurie (segment "Skippy")
Airport '77
1977 · Julie
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Deborah Blake
Lifeguard
1976 · Wendy
Where Have All the People Gone
1974 · Deborah Anders
American Graffiti
1973 · Peg