This warm, intelligent character actress has appeared regularly in supporting roles in film and TV since her acting debut in the mid-1970s. While she never achieved stardom, she also never seemed to be out of work.Strickland, raised in a strict Southern Baptist family, went into an acting career straight out of college. While still in her 20s, she made it to Broadway in "Status Quo Vadis" (1973), and went on to appear in other stage productions on and off-Broadway, but films and TV have been her bread and butter.Strickland made her debut in both media in 1975. She has played strong supporting
