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.
TV credits
Rated 8.0 out of 10
Mayans M.C.
2018
Rated 7.3 out of 10
Marvel's Runaways
2017
Rated 7.8 out of 10
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Blue
2012
Rated 6.4 out of 10
The Event
2010
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Stargate Universe
2009
Rated 6.8 out of 10
Glee
2009
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Prison Break
2005
Rated 8.6 out of 10
House
2004
Rated 7.6 out of 10
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Rated 8.1 out of 10
Family Law
1999
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Where Are They Now?
1999
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Hollywood Squares
1998
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Rated 6.0 out of 10
The Hidden Room
1991
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Rated 6.6 out of 10
Switch
1975
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Joe Forrester
1975
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Three for the Road
1975
Rated 6.4 out of 10
Police Woman
1974
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Lucas Tanner
1974
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Kojak
1973
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Waltons
1972