Kathleen Quinlan

Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1954, Pasadena, California, USA
Movies: 83

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Apollo 13

1995

6.6

Event Horizon

1997

6.5

The Hills Have Eyes

2006

6.3

Horns

2013

6.5

Made of Honor

2008

7.1

The Doors

1991

7.1

American Graffiti

1973

7.0

Breakdown

1997

6.5

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

7.5

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009

Filmography

2026	Okay	Loretta
2024	Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2021	Walking with Herb	Sheila Amable-Amo
2021	The Stairs	Grandma Bernice
2019	The Devil Has a Name	Nancy
2019	Saving My Baby	Virginia
2018	Parallel	Marissa
2018	Chimera Strain	Masterson
2017	Elizabeth Blue	Carol
2017	ADDicted	Kate Dawson
2015	How Not to Propose	Susan
2014	After	Nora Valentino
2013	Horns	Lydia Perrish
2012	Life's an Itch	Audrey
2011	Eagles in the Chicken Coop	Mary Bernstein
2011	Cinema Verite	Mary Every
2011	Elektra Luxx	Rebecca Linbrook
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)
2010	The River Why	Ma
2009	Prison Break: The Final Break	Christina Rose Scofield
2008	The Dissection of Thanksgiving	Carol
2008	Made of Honor	Joan
2008	Harm's Way	Bea
2007	Breach	Bonnie Hanssen
2007	Humble Pie	Agnes Orbison
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Ethel
2004	The Dead Will Tell	Beth Hytner
2004	El padrino: The Latin Godfather	Judge Scorsi
2004	The Riverman	Sande Keppel
2004	Perfect Romance	Tess Kelley
2003	Blessings	Meredith Blessing
2003	Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Eve
1998	A Civil Action	Anne Anderson
1998	The Making of 'American Graffiti'	Self
1998	My Giant	Serena Kamin
1997	Lawn Dogs	Clare Stockard
1997	Event Horizon	Peters
1997	The Doors: The Road of Excess	Self
1997	Breakdown	Amy Taylor
1997	Zeus & Roxanne	Mary Beth Dunhill
1996	Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13	Self
1996	In the Lake of the Woods	Kathy Waylan
1995	Picture Windows: Lightning	Hooker
1995	Perfect Alibi	Melanie Bauers
1995	Apollo 13	Marilyn Lovell
1994	Trial by Jury	Wanda
1993	Last Light	Kathy Rubicek
1993	Stolen Babies	Bekka
1992	An American Story	Hope Tyler
1991	Strays	Lindsey Jarrett
1991	The Doors	Patricia Kennealy
1990	The Operation	Ginnie
1989	Trapped	Mary Ann Marshall
1988	Clara's Heart	Leona Hart
1988	Sunset	Nancy Shoemaker
1987	The Man Outside	Grace Freemont
1987	Dreams Lost, Dreams Found	Sarah McAllister
1987	Wild Thing	Jane
1985	Children of the Night	Lois Lee
1985	Warning Sign	Joanie Morse
1985	Blackout	Chris Graham
1984	When She Says No	Rose Michaels
1984	The Last Winter	Joyce
1983	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Helen Foley
1983	Independence Day	Mary Ann Taylor
1982	Hanky Panky	Janet Dunn
1981	She's in the Army Now	Pvt. Cass Donner
1980	Sunday Lovers	Laurie (segment "Skippy")
1979	The Runner Stumbles	Sister Rita
1979	The Promise	Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
1978	Nightmare in Blood
1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Deborah Blake
1977	Airport '77	Julie
1977	Little Ladies of the Night	Karen Brodwick
1976	Lifeguard	Wendy
1975	The Turning Point of Jim Malloy	Edith Evans
1975	The Abduction of Saint Anne	Anne Benedict
1975	The Missing Are Deadly
1974	Where Have All the People Gone	Deborah Anders
1974	Lucas Tanner	Joyce Howell
1974	Can Ellen Be Saved?	Melissa
1973	American Graffiti	Peg

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