Kathryn Harrold

Kathryn Harrold (* 2. August 1950 in Tazewell , Virginia ) is an American actress .

Life

After graduating from Mills College in Oakland, Harrold trained as an actor with Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City . In the mid-1970s, she gave acting classes at New York University . Between 1976 and 1978 she starred as Nola Dancy Aldrich in the soap opera The Doctors , and she also made her television debut in the series. In the years that followed, she starred in several television films and had a recurring guest role in the series Detective Rockford - Call Enough . In 1979 she was first seen on the big screen; she played the lead role alongside Nick Mancuso in Arthur Hiller's only horror film Swinging Fear . This was the prelude to a short feature film career in the early 1980s, followed by female lead roles in Steve McQueen's last film, Every Head Has Its Price , alongside Albert Brooks in Modern Romance - Does Love Have to Be a Nightmare? , alongside Robert Duvall in The Hunt and Luciano Pavarotti's only film, Beloved Giorgio . Her most successful time in the film business was already over in 1982, and she had one last major role in 1985 in the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Der City Hai .

On the other hand, she was able to continue her television career; In 1985 she got one of the two leading roles in the crime series MacGruder and Loud as Jenny Loud ; however, the series was canceled after 14 episodes were produced. From 1987 to 1988 she played Sara Newhouse in the series The Bronx Zoo with Edward Asner in the lead role. In the 1991-1993 produced and Emmy and Golden Globe- winning court series I'll Fly Away , she was one of the main characters alongside Sam Waterston . In 1993 she portrayed his first ex-wife Francine in 18 episodes of the Larry Sanders Show . Between 1996 and 1998 Harrold had the recurring role of Dr. Karen Wilder in Chicago Hope . Between 2007 and 2011 she was seen as Mrs. Chambers in Greek .

Harrold was married to television presenter Lawrence O'Donnell between 1994 and 2013, and the marriage resulted in one child.

Filmography (selection)

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• 1976-1978: The Doctors
• 1978: Starsky & Hutch
• 1978–1979: Detective Rockford - Just give us a call (The Rockford Files)
• 1985: MacGruder and Loud
• 1987–1988: The Bronx Zoo
• 1991-1993: I'll Fly Away
• 1993: The Larry Sanders Show (The Larry Sanders Show)
• 1996–1998: Chicago Hope - End Station Hope (Chicago Hope)
• 1998: Practice - The Lawyers (The Practice)
• 1999: Judging Amy (Judging Amy)
• 2001: Jack & Jill
• 2004: Medical Investigation
• 2004-2006: Desperate Housewives
• 2005: CSI: NY
• 2007-2011: Greek

Movie

• 1979: Swinging Fear (Nightwing)
• 1980: Every head has its price (The Hunter)
• 1981: The Pursuit of DB Cooper
• 1981: Modern Romance - Does love have to be a nightmare? (Modern Romance)
• 1982: Beloved Giorgio (Yes, Giorgio)
• 1982: Devilish Signals (The Sender)
• 1984: The heartbreaker (Heartbreakers)
• 1985: Into the Night (Into the Night)
• 1986: The City Hai (Raw Deal)
• 1987: Someone to Love (Someone to Love)

Web links

• Kathryn Harrold in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Kathryn Harrold in the All Movie Guide (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Allmovie (English)