Kathleen Quinlan

Highest Rated: 96% Apollo 13 (1995)

Lowest Rated: 8% After (2014)

Birthday: Nov 19, 1954

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, USA

After limited stage experience, 19-year-old Kathleen Quinlan made her film debut in American Graffiti. The first stage of her movie career peaked with the starring role as a schizophrenic in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977). She then spent most of the 1980s in secondary roles. Kathleen Quinlan reentered the consciousness of the American filmgoing public with her Oscar-nominated performance as Mrs. James Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995), directed by her American Graffiti co-star Ron Howard. Over the coming decades, Quinlan would prove she'd cemented herself as a bankable force on screen, appearing in such films as A Civil Action, Breach, Poundcake, and Made of Honor. She would also star on the series Family Law and Prison Break.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Walking with Herb	Sheila Amable-Amo	—	2021
32%	The Devil Has a Name	Nancy	—	2020
60%	Chimera Strain	Masterson	—	2019
82%	Parallel	Actor	—	2018
No Score Yet	Saving My Baby	Actor	—	2018
58%	Elizabeth Blue	Carol	—	2017
No Score Yet	ADDicted	Kate Dawson	—	2017
No Score Yet	How Not to Propose	Susan	—	2015
43%	Horns	Lydia Perrish	$0.6M	2014
8%	After	Nora Valentino	—	2014
No Score Yet	Life's An Itch	Actor	—	2012
24%	Elektra Luxx	Rebecca Linbrook	$7.8k	2011
61%	Cinema Verite	Mary Every	—	2011
No Score Yet	The River Why	Ma	—	2010
16%	Made of Honor	Joan	$46.1M	2008
No Score Yet	American Fork (Humble Pie)	Agnes	—	2007
84%	Breach	Bonnie Hanssen	$33M	2007
52%	The Hills Have Eyes	Ethel Carter	$41.7M	2006
No Score Yet	Harm's Way	Actor	—	2006
No Score Yet	Harm's Way	Bea	—	2006
No Score Yet	The Dead Will Tell	Beth	—	2004
No Score Yet	The Riverman	Sande Keppel	—	2004
No Score Yet	Perfect Romance	Tess Gallagher	—	2004
No Score Yet	El Padrino	Actor	—	2004
39%	The Battle of Shaker Heights	Eve Ernswiler	—	2003
62%	A Civil Action	Anne Anderson	—	1998
72%	Lawn Dogs	Clare Stockard	—	1998
19%	My Giant	Serena	—	1998
29%	Event Horizon	Peters	—	1997
82%	Breakdown	Amy Taylor	—	1997
44%	Zeus and Roxanne	Mary Beth	—	1997
No Score Yet	In the Lake of the Woods	Kathy Waylan	—	1996
96%	Apollo 13	Marilyn Lovell	—	1995
No Score Yet	Perfect Alibi	Melanie Bauers	—	1995
8%	Trial by Jury	Wanda	—	1994
No Score Yet	Stolen Babies	Bekka	—	1993
No Score Yet	Last Light	Kathy Rubicek	—	1993
No Score Yet	An American Story	Hope Tyler	—	1992
No Score Yet	Strays	Lindsay	—	1991
57%	The Doors	Patricia Kennealy	—	1991
No Score Yet	The Operation	Ginnie	—	1990
No Score Yet	Trapped	Actor	—	1989
50%	Clara's Heart	Leona Hart	—	1988
21%	Sunset	Nancy	—	1988
No Score Yet	Dreams Lost, Dreams Found	Sarah McAllister	—	1987
40%	Wild Thing	Jane	—	1987
No Score Yet	Man Outside	Grace Freemont	—	1986
No Score Yet	Blackout	Chris Graham	—	1985
20%	Warning Sign	Joanie Morse	—	1985
No Score Yet	Last Winter	Joyce	—	1984
No Score Yet	Independence Day	Mary Ann Taylor	—	1983
57%	Twilight Zone: The Movie	Helen Foley	—	1983
40%	Hanky Panky	Janet Dunn	—	1982
No Score Yet	She's in the Army Now	Cass Donner	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Promise (Face of a Stranger)	Actor	—	1979
55%	The Runner Stumbles	Sister Rita	—	1979
No Score Yet	Nightmare in Blood	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Promise	Nancy/Marie	—	1978
No Score Yet	I Never Promised You A Rose Garden	Deborah Blake	—	1977
33%	Airport '77	Julie	—	1977
No Score Yet	Little Ladies of the Night	Actor	—	1977
40%	Lifeguard	Wendy	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Abduction of Saint Anne	Anne Benedict	—	1975
No Score Yet	Where Have All the People Gone?	Deborah Anders	—	1974
96%	American Graffiti	Peg	—	1973
No Score Yet	One Is a Lonely Number	Actor	—	1972

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Family Law 2021	Actor	2022 2021
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Lynn Holt	2021 2018 2002 2001 2000 1999
No Score Yet	Chicago Fire 2012	Nancy Casey Nancy Casey's Mother Guest	2013 2012
70%	Stargate Universe 2009-2011	Senator Michaels	2011 2010
61%	Prison Break 2005-2017	Christina Schofield Christina Scofield Christina	2009 2008 2007
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Barbara Tallman	2007
90%	House 2004-2012	Arlene	2007 2006
No Score Yet	Diagnosis Murder 1993-2001	Kate Delibe	1999
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Selena	1976 1975 1974 1973
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Peggy	1974
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Jan	1974

Quotes from Kathleen Quinlan's Characters

Hannah:	I wish dad were here. i'd want him to walk me down the aisle, to know that i got married.
Joan:	Oh honey, your dad new you were always gonna get married, he just couldn't have been so far from the truth. You see, he though you were gonna marry Tom

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