Kathryn Harrold

• Name — Kathryn Harrold • Born — 2 August 1950 • Birthplace — Tazewell, Virginia, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1975–2011 • Children — 1

Harrold was born in Tazewell, Virginia, to B.H. and Carolyn Harrold. She attended Tazewell High School and Mills College in Oakland, California, majoring in drama. She studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.

Harrold began her television career playing Nola Dancy Aldrich on the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1976 to 1977. After she left the show, her replacement was Kathleen Turner. In 1978-79 she appeared in two episodes of The Rockford Files, as a blind psychologist with whom Rockford was in love. In the 1980s, she had the leading roles in the short-lived dramas MacGruder and Loud (1985), produced by Aaron Spelling, and The Bronx Zoo (1987–88), opposite Ed Asner. From 1991 to 1993, she co-starred alongside Regina Taylor and Sam Waterston in the NBC period drama I'll Fly Away. She later was a regular cast member on The Larry Sanders Show, playing Francine Sanders. During her career, she appeared in several made-for-television movies, most notably Women in White (1979); Vampire (1979); and Bogie (1980), in which she played movie legend Lauren Bacall, reportedly against Bacall's wishes, and the HBO film Dead Solid Perfect (1988) in a leading role opposite Randy Quaid. She also starred in Man Against the Mob (1988) with George Peppard, aired on NBC as a TV movie. In the late 1990s, she had a recurring role in the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope and the following years guest-starred on The Practice, Judging Amy, CSI: NY, and Desperate Housewives.

Harrold married Lawrence O'Donnell on February 14, 1994. The couple had one child, Elizabeth, and eventually divorced in 2013. Harrold retrained as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and runs her own counseling practice in Los Angeles, California.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1976–1977 — The — Nola Dancy Aldrich — Regular role • 1978 — Starsky & Hutch — Laura Kanen — Episode: "Deckwatch" • 1978–1979 — The — Megan Dougherty — 2 episodes • 1979 — Women in White — Dr. Jill Bates — TV film • Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love — Suzie Kaufman • Vampire — Leslie Rawlins • 1980 — Bogie — Lauren Bacall • 1980 — The — Bliss • 1983 — An — Cynthia Malcolm • 1984 — The — Leslie Applegate • 1985 — MacGruder and Loud — Jenny Loud — Main role • 1987–1988 — The — Sara Newhouse • 1988 — Man Against the Mob — Marilyn Butler — TV film • Dead Solid Perfect — Beverly T. Lee • 1990 — Capital News — Mary Ward — Pilot • Rainbow Drive — Christine — TV film • 1991 — Deadly Desire — Angela • Dream On — Veronica Sheridan — Episode: "To Have and Have and Have and Have Not" • 1991–1993 — I'll Fly Away — Christina LeKatzis — Main role • 1993 — The — Francine Sanders — Regular role (season 2) • 1994 — The Companion — Gillian Tanner — TV film • 1996 — The — Megan Dougherty Adams • 1996–1998 — Chicago Hope — Dr. Karen Wilder — Recurring role (seasons 3–4) • 1998 — Outrage — Deena Bateman — TV film • The — Assistant District Attorney Wharton — Episode: "The Battlefield" • 1999 — Judging Amy — Chris Osborne — 2 episodes • 2000 — The — Connie Wells — TV film • 2001 — Jack & Jill — Hannah Jillefsky — 3 episodes • A — Brandy Landau — TV film • Family Law — Grace Larson — Episode: "All in the Family" • 2002 — King of the Hill — Mother Superior / Mrs. Bonter (voice) — Episode: "You There God, It's Me Margaret Hill" • 2003 — Mister Sterling — Senator From Nevada — Episode: "Technical Corrections" • Miracles — Morgan Bright — Episode: "Mother's Daughter" • 2004 — Medical Investigation — Carla Ballard — Episode: "The Unclean" • 2004–2006 — Desperate Housewives — Helen Rowland — 3 episodes • 2005 — CSI: NY — Beverly Fulton — Episode: "The Closer" • 2006 — Mystery Woman: At First Sight — Hanna Branson McPhillips — TV film • 2007–2011 — Greek — Mrs. Chambers — 4 episodes

Harrold was Steve McQueen's leading lady in the screen legend's final film, The Hunter (1980), and Arnold Schwarzenegger's leading lady in the action vehicle Raw Deal (1986). She appeared in Nightwing (1979), The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981), the cult horror film The Sender (1982), and co-starred with Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio (1982). Harrold starred in Modern Romance (1981) as the ex-girlfriend of Albert Brooks's character. Harrold also had a supporting role in Into the Night (1985), an action/suspense film directed by John Landis, as Paul Mazursky's character's girlfriend.

• Year — Title — Role • 1979 — Nightwing — Anne Dillon • 1980 — The — Dotty Thorson • 1981 — Modern Romance — Mary Harvard • 1981 — The — Hannah Meade • 1982 — Yes, Giorgio — Pamela Taylor • 1982 — The — Gail Farmer • 1984 — Heartbreakers — Cyd • 1985 — Into the Night — Christie • 1986 — Raw Deal — Monique • 1987 — Someone to Love — Kathryn