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.
as Barbara Morgenstern
as Loretta
as Sheila Amable-Amo
as Grandma Bernice
as Nancy
as Virginia
as Mrs. Buksar(2 eps)
as Marissa
as Masterson
as Susan Ellerh(3 eps)
as Carol
as Kate Dawson
as Susan
as Britt(1 ep)
as Nora Valentino
as Lydia Perrish
as Audrey
as Jessica(7 eps)
as Mary Bernstein
as Mary Every
as Rebecca Linbrook
as Erika Jarvis(1 ep)
as (archive footage)
as Ma
as Senator Michaels(1 ep)
as Christina Rose Scofield
as Dr. Shane(1 ep)
as Carol
as Joan
as Bea
as Bonnie Hanssen
as Agnes Orbison
as Ethel
as Christina Rose Scofield(6 eps)
as Arlene McNeil(1 ep)
as Beth Hytner
as Judge Scorsi
as Sande Keppel
as Tess Kelley
as Meredith Blessing
as Barbara Tallman(1 ep)
as Lynn Holt(68 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Nanaline Duke(4 eps)
as Anne Anderson
as Self - Panelist(10 eps)
as Serena Kamin
as Clare Stockard
as Peters
as Amy Taylor
as Mary Beth Dunhill
as Kathy Waylan
as Hooker
as Melanie Bauers
as Marilyn Lovell
as Wanda
as Dr. Kate Delieb(1 ep)
as Kathy Rubicek
as Bekka
as Hope Tyler
as Lindsey Jarrett
as Julia(1 ep)
as Patricia Kennealy
as Ginnie
as Mary Ann Marshall
as Leona Hart
as Nancy Shoemaker
as Grace Freemont
as Sarah McAllister
as Jane
as Lois Lee
as Karen Wilson(1 ep)
as Ann Foley(1 ep)
as Joanie Morse
as Chris Graham
as Rose Michaels
as Joyce
as Helen Foley
as Mary Ann Taylor
as Janet Dunn
as Pvt. Cass Donner
as Laurie (segment "Skippy")
as Sister Rita
as Nancy McAllister / Marie Adamson
as Deborah Blake
as Julie
as Karen Brodwick
as Wendy
as Robin Morgan(1 ep)
as Bethany(1 ep)
as Edith Evans
as Anne Benedict
as Deborah Anders
as Joyce Howell
as Melissa
as Janet Conforti(1 ep)
as Peg
as Janet(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)