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Gail Strickland: Consummate Actress

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Gail Strickland: Consummate Actress



Introduction to Gail Strickland. 3:06 min. Interview: Raymond Elman.  Post-Production: Mayelin Jimenez. Music: Carmen Cicero.  Recorded  7/26/2021.

 

 

GAIL STRICKLAND (b.1947) is an American actress who had prominent supporting roles in such major films as The Drowning Pool (1975) starring Paul Newman , Bound for Glory (1976) starring David Carradine, Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978) starring Nick Nolte, Norma Rae (1979) starring Sally Field, Protocol (1984) starring Goldie Hawn, and The American President (1995) starring Michael Douglas.

Strickland also appeared regularly on MANY network television shows, including Seinfeld, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, Lou Grant, M*A*S*H*, Alice, Trapper John, M.D., Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Night Court, Family Ties, Dallas, Spencer: For Hire, Murder She Wrote, Law & Order, Melrose Place, Chicago Hope, and ER.

Strickland was born in Birmingham, Alabama, one of five children, to Theodosia and Lynn Strickland. She married Neil Baker, and they have a daughter together named Maisy.

The videos below are organized by Success Factor, and run between 50 seconds and 6 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.

 

DEVELOP A VOICE: 1:59 min.  




Where did you grow up, and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?

 

DEVELOP A VOICE: 0:50 sec.




Did you write all the plays?

 

CRITICAL THINKING: 1:59 min.




Where did you go to school, and what did you learn that still informs you today?

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 1:31 min.




I assume you grew up with a strong Alabama accent.

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 2:36 min.




When did you become passionate about acting and decide to make it a career?

 

DEVELOP A VOICE:   2:41 min.




Talk about moving to New York City and pursuing a career in acting.

 

VALUES FIRST-RATE EDUCATION:  1:47 min.




Tell us more about your experiences with acting teacher Sanford Meisner.

 

SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES:   1:16 min.




What was your first professional acting gig?

 

SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES:  4:40 min.




What was the arc of your career and some of the highlights?

 

RESPECTS OTHERS POINTS OF VIEW:  1:49 min




Before making films, were you prepared for the difference between being on stage and being in front of the camera?

 

SELF-CONFIDENCE:  5:28 min




What were some of the experiences that you enjoyed the most?

 

INSIGHT & INSPIRATION:  2:40 min. 




On “Seinfeld” you were surrounded by comic genius.

 

SERENDIPITY:  2:51 min.




I best remember the episode in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus “borrows” your tennis racquet.

 

UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS:  3:59 min




You had the opportunity to work in films with many notable actors, including Paul Newman and Sally Field.

 

OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED:  5:40 min.




And Sally Field?

 

CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 4:19 min. 




Tell us about your initiative, “Provincetown Story Night.”

 

PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS:  1:41 min




How far along are you in your memoir?

 

 SERENDIPITY:   2:27 min.




What brought you from LA to Provincetown?