Gail Cronauer

Gail Cronauer
BornDecember 23, 1948 (1948-12-23) (age 76)
Occupation(s)Actress, Acting professor

Gail Cronauer is an American stage, television, and feature film actress and an acting professor. She has performed in films as diverse as Oliver Stone's JFK to the TV series, Walker, Texas Ranger. She is a recipient of the 2007 Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum award, for her role in the Lyric Stage production Master Class.[1]

Early life and career

Gail Cronauer was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in New Jersey.[2] Gail attended Antioch College for her undergraduate degree, and after working on the musical Viet Rock, was galvanized to pursue a career in theatre and dance. She obtained her BA in theatre and dance from Antioch College in 1971 and then got her MFA in acting from the Case Western Reserve University. Gail moved to Dallas in 1979 to teach acting at Southern Methodist University, where she met her husband Mark Hougland in the university's graduate theatre program.

Gail also has taught acting at Illinois State University, Southern Methodist University, Webster College, the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, Texas Women's University, and most recently at Collin College, where she worked from 1992 until her retirement in 2020. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA and Women in Film and Television International.[3]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role
1987 Positive I.D. Melissa
1991 JFK Janet Williams
1993 Flesh and Bone Emma
1994 The Substitute Wife Isabel Donahue
1995 A Mother's Gift Maggie
1995 The Unspoken Truth Nora
1996 A Promise to Carolyn Dr. Davis
1996 Carried Away Beverly
1997 Selena Women Customer
1997 It's in the Water Harriet
1997 Litte Boy Blue Motel Clerk
1998 Hefner: Unauthorized Grace Hefner
1998 Finding North Mrs. Penn
1998 The Newton Boys Ma Newton
1998 Detention Ms. Nunca
1999 Boys Don't Cry Clerk
2000 Dr. T and the Women Dr. T's Patient
2002 Warning: Parental Advisory Senator Paula Hawkins
2002 The Anarchist Cookbook Woman In Book Store
2003 Air Myna
2003 Single and Dealing with It Mother
2004 Seventy-8 Margaret Meeks
2006 Infamous Bonnie Clutter
2007 Walking Tall: The Payback Emma Prescott
2007 Walking Tall: Lone Justice Emma Prescott
2009 Dirty Red Sister Grace Thomas
2010 Earthling Isabel
2010 In the Land of Fireworks Lawyer Brown
2010 Spilt Milk Lois Schwartz
2012 Fuzzy Bubbles (Short) Sandra
2013 Odd Man Out Mother
2013 Sparrow (Short) Moreen
2014 Piggy's Lament (Short) Willa Kay
2014 Steps of Faith Bell Wilcoxs
2014 Separate Rooms (Short) Delores Shearer
2015 The Outfit (Short) Mrs. Coleman
2015 Beyond the Farthest Star Joycee Jones
2016 Occupy, Texas The Principal
2016 The Sector Trading Post Woman
2016 Te Ata Eleanor Roosevelt
2016 A Heart That Forgives Betty
2016 Kreep Hazel
2017 Something Borrowed, Something Blue (Short) Mom
2017 Freaks Mama
2018 Texas Cotton Judge Hoover
2019 CatFest (Short) Anya
2019 The Vast of Night Mabel Blanche
2020 One of These Days Martha
2020 Undying Olga
2020 The Seventh Day Secretary
Television
Year(s) Series Role Notes
1997–2001 Walker, Texas Ranger Surgeon / Dr. Larson / Principal / Millie Hunt / Ted Lannon 5 episodes
1996–2004 LAX Serb Woman / Lannon "Pilot"
"The Return of LaRue"
2013-2020 Bail Out Josie O'Banion Recurring
2013 Delphis Sophie "Sophie, the Bitch"
2014 Revolution Shirlee "Austin City Limits"
2014 Dallas Dr. Englert "Like a Bad Penny"
2024- Landman Beverly 3 episodes

Awards

  • 2007 Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum- Actress[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "'End Times' leads nods for critics' awards". Guide Live. Dallas Morning News. September 20, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  2. ^ Stone, Rachel (August 25, 2020). "'The Vast of Night' Gail Cronauer's out-of-this-world role". Preston Hollow Advocate. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Gail Cronauer". The Stage. Collin College. Retrieved February 7, 2019.