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.
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She is an American actress with a career spanning five decades, widely recognized for her versatile dramatic and character-driven performances.
She is celebrated for her Academy Award-nominated performance in Apollo 13 and her Golden Globe-nominated role in the 1977 film I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; find her works on Mood.
She began her acting journey after being scouted by George Lucas at her high school in California for his 1973 film American Graffiti.
