
Kathleen Quinlan
Acting
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.
Born: November 19, 1954 · Pasadena, California, USA
Filmography (78)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024

The Stairs
2021

The Devil Has a Name
2019

Saving My Baby
2019

Mayans M.C.
2018

Parallel
2018

Chimera Strain
2018

Marvel's Runaways
2017

How Not to Propose
2015

How to Get Away with Murder
2014

Horns
2013

Blue
2012

Cinema Verite
2011

Elektra Luxx
2011

The Event
2010

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010

The River Why
2010

Stargate Universe
2009

Prison Break: The Final Break
2009

Glee
2009

Made of Honor
2008

Breach
2007

Humble Pie
2007

The Hills Have Eyes
2006

Prison Break
2005

House
2004

The Dead Will Tell
2004

El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004

The Riverman
2004

Perfect Romance
2004

The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Family Law
1999

A Civil Action
1998

The Making of 'American Graffiti'
1998

Hollywood Squares
1998

My Giant
1998

Lawn Dogs
1997

Event Horizon
1997

Breakdown
1997

Zeus & Roxanne
1997

Apollo 13
1995

Trial by Jury
1994

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

Last Light
1993

An American Story
1992

Strays
1991

The Doors
1991

Trapped
1989

Clara's Heart
1988

Sunset
1988

Wild Thing
1987

Children of the Night
1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985

Warning Sign
1985

Blackout
1985

Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983

Independence Day
1983

Hanky Panky
1982

She's in the Army Now
1981

Sunday Lovers
1980

The Runner Stumbles
1979

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977

Airport '77
1977

Lifeguard
1976

Switch
1975

Joe Forrester
1975

Where Have All the People Gone
1974

Police Woman
1974

Lucas Tanner
1974

Can Ellen Be Saved?
1974

Kojak
1973

American Graffiti
1973

The Waltons
1972

Emergency!
1972

Ironside
1967

The Oscars
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
