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.

Career

Films

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.

Television

Harrold began her television career playing Nola Dancy Aldrich on the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1975 to 1977. After she left the show, her replacement was Kathleen Turner. In 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 critically acclaimed NBC period drama, I'll Fly Away. She later was regular cast member on The Larry Sanders Show, playing Francine Sanders.

During her career, Harrold has appeared in several made for television movies, most notably 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 late 1990s, she had the 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.

Personal life

On February 14, 1994, Harrold married Lawrence O'Donnell; they later divorced. The couple had one child, Elizabeth. Harrold retrained in psychology and now runs her own counseling practice in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

• Nightwing (1979)
• Vampire (1979, TV movie)
• The Hunter (1980)
• Modern Romance (1981)
• The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper (1981)
• Yes, Giorgio (1982)
• The Sender (1982)
• Heartbreakers (1984)
• The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade (1984, TV movie)
• Into the Night (1985)
• Raw Deal (1986)
• Someone to Love (1987)
• Man Against the Mob (1988, TV movie)
• Dead Solid Perfect (1988, TV movie)
• Deadly Desire (1991, TV movie)
• Outrage (1998, TV movie)

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