Kathleen Denise Quinlan is a TV and film actress of United States of America. She was born on 19th November, 1954 in California State and started her acting career in 1973. In her career, she has performed a wide range of roles in various TV and big screen movies.
Career Highlights
Kathleen Quinlan started her movie career in 1973 with the movie titled “American Graffiti, when she just 19 years of age. She appeared in a number of TV plays in 1970s including “Can Ellen Be Saved?”, “Lucas Tanner”, “Ironside”, “The Waltons”, “Police Woman”, and “The Promise”.
In 1977, she landed a role in “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, which won her worldwide fame and critical acclaim for her role of a schizophrenic. In 1995, she appeared along with Tom Hanks in the commercially hit movie “Apollo 13”, in which she played the role of Marilyn Lovell.
Quinlan proved her acting talents with another impressive performance in the movie titled “The Doors” and as a result she won leading roles in box office hit movies like “Breakdown” in 1997 and “House”.
Kathleen Quinlan has performed in more than 50 movies but some of her roles stand out. She won Golden Globe nomination in the category for Best Actress for movie titled “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”.
In 1991, she won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in the category for Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense for the movie “Breakdown”. She also won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and an Academy Award nomination for “Apollo 13”.
Top Ten Movies of Kathleen Quinlan:
⦁ American Graffiti
⦁ I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
⦁ Lifeguard
⦁ The Promise
⦁ Nightmare in Blood
⦁ Independence Day
⦁ Wild Thing
⦁ Apollo 13
⦁ Breakdown
⦁ The River Why
