Kathryn Harrold

Kathryn Harrold (born August 2, 1950) 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 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. 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 Dotty Thorson 1981 Modern Romance Mary Harvard 1981 Hannah Meade 1982 Yes, Giorgio Pamela Taylor 1982 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 Nola Dancy Aldrich Regular role 1978 Starsky & Hutch Laura Kanen Episode: "Deckwatch" 1978–1979 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 Bliss 1983 Cynthia Malcolm 1984 Leslie Applegate 1985 MacGruder and Loud Jenny Loud Main role 1987–1988 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 Francine Sanders Regular role (season 2) 1994 The Companion Gillian Tanner TV film 1996 Megan Dougherty Adams 1996–1998 Chicago Hope Dr. Karen Wilder Recurring role (seasons 3–4) 1998 Outrage Deena Bateman TV film Assistant District Attorney Wharton Episode: "The Battlefield" 1999 Judging Amy Chris Osborne 2 episodes 2000 Connie Wells TV film 2001 Jack & Jill Hannah Jillefsky 3 episodes 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