---
name: "Gail Cronauer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gail-cronauer"
fi1m_id: "gail-cronauer"
imdb_id: "nm0188687"
tmdb_id: 2859
wikidata_id: "Q5517059"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 December 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-29T02:19:55.212872+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gail Cronauer

## Identity

Gail Cronauer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gail-cronauer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gail-cronauer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0188687
- **TMDB ID:** 2859
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5517059
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Cronauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5517059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2859

Actor. Born 23 December 1948 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 1948, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1991–2019
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $217m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Cronauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5517059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2859

## Biography

Gail Cronauer is an American actress and acting professor. She trained with a BA in theatre and dance from Antioch College and an MFA in acting from Case Western Reserve University.

Her screen credits include Janet Williams in *JFK* (1991), a clerk in *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), a customer in *Selena* (1997), and Mabel Blanche in *The Vast of Night* (2019). She has also appeared in series such as *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993–2001) and *Landman* (2024). On stage she played Maria Callas in *Master Class* and received the 2007 Dallas Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum award for the role. She has taught acting at institutions including Southern Methodist University and Collin College.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Vast of Night* (2019), Fi1m 78, as Mabel Blanche — [page](https://film.one/film/the-vast-of-night.md)
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Fi1m 85, as Clerk — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Janet Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Killing Faith* (2025), as Miss Atwater
- *The Senior* (2025), as Pat Flynt
- *Tarot Curse* (2025), Actor
- *Undying* (2024), as Helga
- *Landman* (2024), series, as Beverly
- *Pasture Prime* (2024), as Shirley Ford
- *Mama Love* (2023), Actor
- *One of These Days* (2021), as Martha
- *The Seventh Day* (2021), as Archbishop's Secretary
- *The Vast of Night* (2019), as Mabel Blanche — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-vast-of-night.md)
- *Texas Cotton* (2018), as Judge Hoover
- *A Heart That Forgives* (2016), as Betty
- *The Sector* (2016), as Trading Post Woman
- *Beyond the Farthest Star* (2015), as Joycee Jones
- *The Outfit* (2015), as Mrs. Coleman
- *Steps of Faith* (2014), as Bell Wilcoxs
- *Revolution* (2012), series, as Shirlee
- *Spilt Milk* (2011), as Lois Schwartz
- *Walking Tall: Lone Justice* (2007), as Emma Prescott
- *Walking Tall: The Payback* (2007), as Emma Prescott
- *Infamous* (2006), as Bonnie Clutter
- *LAX* (2004), series, as Serb Woman
- *Seventy-8* (2004), as Margaret Meeks
- *Warning: Parental Advisory* (2002), as Sen. Paula Hawkins
- *Dr. T & the Women* (2000), as Dr. T's Patient
- *Hefner: Unauthorized* (1999), as Grace Hefner
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), as Clerk — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *Finding North* (1998), as Mrs. Penn
- *Little Boy Blue* (1998), as Motel Clerk
- *The Newton Boys* (1998), as Mia Newton
- *Detention* (1998), as Ms. Nunca
- *Selena* (1997), as Woman Customer
- *Carried Away* (1996), as Beverly
- *The Unspoken Truth* (1995), as Nora
- *The Substitute Wife* (1994), as Isabel Donahue
- *Flesh and Bone* (1993), as Emma
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, as Ted Lannon, Millie Hunt, Principal, Dr. Larson, Surgeon
- *JFK* (1991), as Janet Williams — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Positive I.D.* (1986), as Melissa

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