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Kathleen Quinlan

Born 1954-11-19

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

Apollo 13 1995 · 7.7 Event Horizon 1997 · 6.6 The Hills Have Eyes 2006 · 6.4 The Doors 1991 · 7.2 Horns 2013 · 6.4 Made of Honor 2008 · 5.9 Breakdown 1997 · 7.0 Breach 2007 · 7.0 Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983 · 6.4 A Civil Action 1998 · 6.6 Airport '77 1977 · 5.8 Lawn Dogs 1997 · 7.4 Elektra Luxx 2011 · 5.0 The Stairs 2021 · 4.3 Parallel 2018 · 5.9 Sunset 1988 · 5.7 The Battle of Shaker Heights 2003 · 6.0 Cinema Verite 2011 · 6.5 The River Why 2010 · 5.5 Hanky Panky 1982 · 5.6 Zeus and Roxanne 1997 · 5.3 Clara's Heart 1988 · 6.1 Trial by Jury 1994 · 5.4 Lifeguard 1976 · 6.6 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 · 6.4 The Riverman 2004 · 5.9 The Devil Has a Name 2019 · 5.5 Where Have All the People Gone 1974 · 6.0 Chimera Strain 2018 · 4.2 Strays 1991 · 4.6 Wild Thing 1987 · 5.2 American Fork 2007 · 6.2 An American Story 1992 · 6.6 Life's an Itch 2012 · 4.1 Walking with Herb 2021 · 5.2