# Kathryn Harrold

Kathryn Harrold (born August 2, 1950) is an American former actress, best known for her leading roles in films The Hunter (1980), Modern Romance (1981), The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981), Yes, Giorgio (1982), and Raw Deal (1986). She had leading roles in the horror films Nightwing (1979) and The Sender (1982). She also played Francine Sanders in HBO's The Larry Sanders Show.

## Early life

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.

## Career
### Television

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 several episodes of The Rockford Files, as a blind psychiatrist 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.

### Film

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.

## Personal life

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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1979 | Nightwing | Anne Dillon |
| 1980 | The Hunter | Dotty Thorson |
| 1981 | Modern Romance | Mary Harvard |
| 1981 | The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | Hannah Meade |
| 1982 | Yes, Giorgio | Pamela Taylor |
| 1982 | The Sender | Gail Farmer |
| 1984 | Heartbreakers | Cyd |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Christie |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Monique |
| 1987 | Someone to Love | Kathryn |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1976–1977 | The Doctors | Nola Dancy Aldrich | Regular role |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Laura Kanen | Episode: "Deckwatch" |
| 1978–1979 | The Rockford Files | Megan Dougherty | Episodes: "Black Mirror: Parts 1 & 2", "Love Is the Word" |
| 1979 | Women in White | Dr. Jill Bates | TV film |
| 1979 | Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love | Suzie Kaufman | TV film |
| 1979 | Vampire | Leslie Rawlins | TV film |
| 1980 | Bogie | Lauren Bacall | TV film |
| 1980 | The Women's Room | Bliss | TV film |
| 1983 | An Uncommon Love | Cynthia Malcolm | TV film |
| 1984 | The Best Legs in Eighth Grade | Leslie Applegate | TV film |
| 1985 | MacGruder and Loud | Jenny Loud | Main role |
| 1987–1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Sara Newhouse | Main role |
| 1988 | Man Against the Mob | Marilyn Butler | TV film |
| 1988 | Dead Solid Perfect | Beverly T. Lee | TV film |
| 1990 | Capital News | Mary Ward | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1990 | Rainbow Drive | Christine | TV film |
| 1991 | Deadly Desire | Angela | TV film |
| 1991 | 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 Larry Sanders Show | Francine Sanders | Regular role (season 2) |
| 1994 | The Companion | Gillian Tanner | TV film |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime | Megan Dougherty Adams | TV film |
| 1996–1998 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Karen Wilder | Recurring role (seasons 3–4) |
| 1998 | Outrage | Deena Bateman | TV film |
| 1998 | The Practice | Assistant District Attorney Wharton | Episode: "The Battlefield" |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Chris Osborne | Episodes: "Victim Soul", "Last Tango in Hartford" |
| 2000 | The '70s | Connie Wells | TV film |
| 2001 | Jack & Jill | Hannah Jillefsky | Episodes: "Caution: Parents Crossing", "And Jack and Jill Came Down the Hill" |
| 2001 | A Woman's a Helluva Thing | Brandy Landau | TV film |
| 2001 | 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" |
| 2003 | Miracles | Morgan Bright | Episode: "Mother's Daughter" |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Carla Ballard | Episode: "The Unclean" |
| 2004–2006 | Desperate Housewives | Helen Rowland | Episodes: "Suspicious Minds", "Your Fault", "There Is No Other Way" |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Beverly Fulton | Episode: "The Closer" |
| 2006 | Mystery Woman: At First Sight | Hanna Branson McPhillips | TV film |
| 2007–2011 | Greek | Mrs. Chambers | Episodes: "Liquid Courage", "Let's Make a Deal", "Tailgate Expectations", "Agents for Change" |