
Kathleen Quinlan
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 (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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Apollo 13
as Marilyn Lovell
1995

Breakdown
as Amy Taylor
1997

Made of Honor
as Joan
2008

Lifeguard
as Wendy
1976

Picture Windows: Lightning
as Hooker
1995

Event Horizon
as Peters
1997

Airport '77
as Julie
1977

Hanky Panky
as Janet Dunn
1982

A Civil Action
as Anne Anderson
1998

Prison Break: The Final Break
as Christina Rose Scofield
2009

Warning Sign
as Joanie Morse
1985

The Hills Have Eyes
as Ethel
2006

The Last Winter
as Joyce
1984

Zeus & Roxanne
as Mary Beth Dunhill
1997

Harm's Way
as Bea
2008

Sunset
as Nancy Shoemaker
1988

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Deborah Blake
1977

My Giant
as Serena Kamin
1998

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024

The Dead Will Tell
as Beth Hytner
2004










