&InputText=KATHLEEN QUINLAN (Marilyn Lovell) first flashed to audience awareness in George Lucas American Graffiti, and was recently seen in her long-running starring role in CBS Family Law.  She received Best Supporting Actress nominations from both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Golden Globes for her heartfelt portrayal of Marilyn Lovell in Apollo 13.
	Quinlans most recent film appearance was in A Civil Action alongside an ensemble cast that included John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy and John Lithgow.  Quinlan played Anne Anderson, the leader of a group of eight families involved in a corporate class action suit who had lost their children to leukemia due to the dumping of an industrial solvent into the water supply.  Quinlan also portrayed childrens rights activist Lois Lee in the seminal television film Children of the Night.  Her work triggered active address of the problem of homeless youngsters driven by desperation into prostitution.
	Quinlan followed her Apollo 13 honors with a series of roles, including starring opposite Kurt Russell in Breakdown, the family adventure Zeus and Roxanne, the science fiction thriller Event Horizon, with Billy Crystal in My Giant, and the independent drama Lawn Dogs, which premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
	Among Quinlans numerous feature film credits are her striking performances as Patricia Kennealy, the seductive witch who captivated Jim Morrison (Val Kilmer) in Oliver Stones The Doors.  Her other feature credits include Trial by Jury, Claras Heart, Sunset, the Joe Dante-directed segment of Twilight Zone - The Movie, The Last Winter, Robert Mandels Independence Day, Sunday Lovers, Hanky Panky, The Runner Stumbles, The Promise, her critically acclaimed performance as a schizophrenic patient in I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, Airport 77, Lifeguard and her screen debut acting alongside Ron Howard and Cindy Williams in Lucas American Graffiti.
	For television, Quinlan starred in In the Lake of the Woods, Stolen Children, Trapped, Dreams Lost and Found, Blackout, American Story, Wolf, The Operation, Shes in the Army Now and When She Says No.
	On stage, Quinlan appeared in Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.  She received a Theatre World Award in 1978 for her performance in Joseph Papps Public Theatre production of Taken in Marriage.  Her other stage credits include Uncommon Women and Others and Accent on Youth.
	Born in Pasadena, California and raised in Mill Valley, California, Quinlan trained as a diver and a gymnast before beginning her acting career.  An ocean enthusiast, she resides in Malibu, California with her husband, actor Bruce Abbott, and son, Tyler.
