Kathleen Quinlan

Actor Nov 19 (age 71) Pasadena, California, USA 1967–2026 (59 year career)

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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 (…

Known For

Film

Apollo 13

Marilyn Lovell

Film

Event Horizon

Peters

Film

The Hills Have Eyes

Ethel

Film

The Doors

Patricia Kennealy

Film

American Graffiti

Peg

Film

Prison Break: The Final Break

Christina Rose Scofield

Film

Horns

Lydia Perrish

Film

Breakdown

Amy Taylor

Filmography

Acting (110)

Movies (84)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

2026 Upcoming

Jun 4

Okay

2026

as Loretta

Walking with Herb

as Sheila Amable-Amo

The Stairs

as Grandma Bernice

The Devil Has a Name

as Nancy

Saving My Baby

as Virginia

Chimera Strain

as Masterson

Parallel

as Marissa

ADDicted

as Kate Dawson

Elizabeth Blue

as Carol

How Not to Propose

as Susan

After

as Nora Valentino

Horns

as Lydia Perrish

Life's an Itch

as Audrey

Elektra Luxx

as Rebecca Linbrook

Cinema Verite

as Mary Every

Eagles in the Chicken Coop

2011

as Mary Bernstein

2.0

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

as (archive footage)

The River Why

as Ma

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009

as Christina Rose Scofield

7.5

Made of Honor

2008

as Joan

6.4

The Dissection of Thanksgiving

2008

as Carol

Harm's Way

as Bea

Breach

as Bonnie Hanssen

Humble Pie

as Agnes Orbison

The Hills Have Eyes

as Ethel

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

as Judge Scorsi

Perfect Romance

as Tess Kelley

The Riverman

as Sande Keppel

The Dead Will Tell

as Beth Hytner

The Battle of Shaker Heights

as Eve

Blessings

as Meredith Blessing

Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina

2003

6.0

The Making of 'American Graffiti'

as Self

A Civil Action

as Anne Anderson

My Giant

as Serena Kamin

Event Horizon

as Peters

Breakdown

as Amy Taylor

Lawn Dogs

as CLare

Zeus & Roxanne

as Mary Beth Dunhill

The Doors: The Road of Excess

1997

as Self

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

1996

as Self

5.8

In the Lake of the Woods

as Kathy Waylan

Apollo 13

as Marilyn Lovell

Picture Windows: Lightning

as Hooker

Perfect Alibi

as Melanie Bauers

Trial by Jury

as Wanda

Last Light

as Kathy Rubicek

Stolen Babies

as Bekka

An American Story

as Hope Tyler

The Doors

as Patricia Kennealy

Strays

as Lindsey Jarrett

The Operation

as Ginnie

Trapped

as Mary Ann Marshall

Sunset

as Nancy Shoemaker

Clara's Heart

as Leona Hart

The Man Outside

as Grace Freemont

Wild Thing

1987

as Jane

5.6

Dreams Lost, Dreams Found

as Sarah McAllister

Blackout

as Chris Graham

Children of the Night

as Lois Lee

Warning Sign

as Joanie Morse

The Last Winter

as Joyce

When She Says No

as Rose Michaels

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Helen Foley

Independence Day

as Mary Ann Taylor

Hanky Panky

as Janet Dunn

She's in the Army Now

1981

as Pvt. Cass Donner

4.7

Sunday Lovers

1980

as Laurie (segment "Skippy")

The Runner Stumbles

as Sister Rita

The Promise

as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson

Nightmare in Blood

Airport '77

as Julie

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977

as Deborah Blake

5.8

Little Ladies of the Night

as Karen Brodwick

Lifeguard

as Wendy

The Missing Are Deadly

1975

5.0

The Abduction of Saint Anne

1975

as Anne Benedict

6.0

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975

as Edith Evans

Lucas Tanner

1974

as Joyce Howell

Can Ellen Be Saved?

1974

as Melissa

3.8

Where Have All the People Gone

as Deborah Anders

American Graffiti

as Peg

Holiday Hearts

as Barbara Morgenstern

Television (26)

Mayans M.C.

as Mrs. Buksar

Marvel's Runaways

as Susan Ellerh

How to Get Away with Murder

as Britt

Blue

as Jessica

The Event

as Erika Jarvis

Glee

as Dr. Shane

Stargate Universe

as Senator Michaels

Prison Break

as Christina Rose Scofield

8.1

House

2004

as Arlene McNeil

8.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Barbara Tallman

Where Are They Now?

as Self

Family Law

as Lynn Holt

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

as Nanaline Duke

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Kate Delieb

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Ann Foley

Switch

as Robin Morgan

Joe Forrester

Three for the Road

Police Woman

Lucas Tanner

Kojak

as Janet Conforti

Emergency!

The Waltons

Ironside

The Oscars

as Self