About
| Birth Name: | Quinlan, Kathleen Denise |
| Birth Notes: | 19 November 1954, Pasadena, California, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Family: | * Bruce Abbott (12 April 1994 - present); 2 children |
| Biography: | Only child born to Robert and Josephine Quinlan. She grew up in Mill Valley, Ca, and got her break in acting when George Lucas came to her high school to cast for his movie American Graffiti (1973). She followed up her one-line role 4 years later with Lifeguard (1976), and then several roles in the late 1970s and 1980s. Her breakthrough performance came in 1994, as Marilyn Lovell in the Oscar-winning Apollo 13 (1995), for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Today, she stars in the TV series "Family Law" (1999), but her contract stipulates that she cannot work later than 6 pm, so she can be home with her husband, Bruce Abbott , son Tyler Quinlan Abbott (b. October 17, 1990), and stepson Dalton Abbott (b. October 4, 1989). |
Filmography
| A Civil Action (1998) as Anne Anderson |
| American Graffiti (1973) as Peg |
| Apollo 13 (1995) as Marilyn Lovell |
| Clara's Heart (1988) as Leona Hart |
| Event Horizon (1997) as Peters, Med Tech |
| I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) as Deborah Blake |
| Lawn Dogs (1997) as Clare Stockard |
| Made of Honor (2008) as Joan |
| Nightmare in Blood (1978) |
| The Hills Have Eyes (2006) as Ethel Carter |
| Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) as Helen Foley(School Teacher)(Segment#3) |
| Zeus and Roxanne (1997) as Mary Beth Dunhill |
| Adult Film: A Hollywood Tale (2009) as Mary Bernstein |
| After (2011) as Nora Valentino |
| Airport '77 (1977) as Julie |
| American Fork (2007) as Agnes Orbison |
| Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006) as Marilyn Lovell |
| Breach (2007) as Bonnie Hanssen |
| Breakdown (1997) as Amy Taylor |
| Cinema Verite (2012) as Mary |
| Eagles in the Chicken Coop (2009) as Mary Bernstein |
| El padrino (2004) as Judge Scorsi |
| Hanky Panky (1982) as Janet Dunn |
| Harm's Way (2007) as Bea |
| Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003) as Herself - Actress |
| Independence Day (1983) as Mary Ann Taylor |
| Lifeguard (1976) as Wendy |
| Man Outside (1986) as Grace Freemont |
| My Giant (1998) as Serena Kamin |
| One Is a Lonely Number (1972) |
| Perfect Alibi (1995) as Melanie Bauers |
| Poundcake (2008) as Carol |
| Sunday Lovers (1980) as Laurie (segment "Skippy") |
| Sunset (1988) as Nancy Shoemaker |
| The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003) as Eve |
| The Doors (1991) as Patricia Kennealy |
| The Last Winter (1984) as Joyce |
| The Promise (1979) as Nancy McAllister/Marie Adamson |
| The River Why (2010) as Ma |
| The Runner Stumbles (1979) as Sister Rita |
| Trial by Jury (1994) as Wanda |
| Warning Sign (1985) as Joanie Morse |
| Wild Thing (1987) as Jane |
| Wine Dancing (2010) as Herself |
Trivia
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* Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29. * Was a gymnast in high school. * Her leading role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) was previously intended for Natalie Wood , who had unrealized plans to both produce and star in that film. * Graduate of Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California where she was an accomplished diver. |
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