E. Katherine Kerr Biography (1942-)

Full name, Elaine Katherine Kerr; born April 20, 1942, in Indianapolis, IN; daughter of John Francis (a physician) and Beatrice Mae (maiden name, Westfall) Kerr; married James Joseph Mapes (a hypnotist, producer, and actor), May 31, 1980 (divorced, 1986).

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: April 20, 1942; Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
As Elaine Kerr, Unless Otherwise Noted
(Off-Broadway debut) The Trojan Women, Circle in the Square, 1963
Chorus leader and Cassandra, The Trojan Women, Circle in the Square, 1963
Title role, Oh, Kay, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1967
Ellen, Luv, New Orleans Repertory Company, New Orleans, LA, 1970
Rosalind, As You Like It, New Orleans Repertory Company, 1970
Lucy Brown, The Threepenny Opera, New Orleans Repertory Company, 1970
Blanche DuBois, A Streetcar Named Desire, New Orleans Repertory Company, 1970
(Broadway debut) Dee Jacobson, No Place to Be Somebody, Morosco Theatre, 1971
Letitia, The Contrast, Eastside Playhouse, New York City, 1972
Melanie, Boo Hoo, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, Westside YWCA-Clark Center, New York City, 1972
Sabina, The Skin of Our Teeth, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle,WA, 1973
A Streetcar Named Desire, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1973
Mert and Phil, New York Shakespeare Festival, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1974
Sparky Snyder, In Honored Memory of Ted and Sparky, Universal Relevance Group Enterprises, National Theatre (U.R.G.E.N.T.), New York City, 1974
Valerie, The Pornographer's Daughter, Manhattan Theatre Club,New York City, 1975
Cecil, Juno's Swans, PAF Playhouse, Huntington, Long Island, NY, 1978
(As E. Katherine Kerr) Ellen, Mrs. Saunders, and Betty, Cloud 9, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1981
(As E. Katherine Kerr) Nell, Passion, Longacre Theatre, New York City, then London production, both 1983
(As E. Katherine Kerr) Laughing Wild, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, 1987
(As E. Katherine Kerr) Urban Blight, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1988
(As E. Katherine Kerr) The Fourth Wall, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 1992
(As E. Katherine Kerr) Unfinished Stories, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1994
Also appeared as Rosalind, As You Like It, as Gwendolyn, Ernestin Love, and as Blanche Cooke, Night Watch, all Pennsylvania State Theatre Festival; as Miss Gilchrist, The Hostage, as Rita Marimba, Marathon 33, as Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, as Jenny Diver, The Threepenny Opera, and as Viola, Twelfth Night, all Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA; as Ellen, Exhibition, and as Amy, Porch, both Arena Stage, Washington, DC; and appeared at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1975-76.
Major Tours

Toured as Toby Landau, Gingerbread Lady, U.S. cities.
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Harry's wife, Tattoo, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
Irene Furman, Power, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983
Analyst, Lovesick, Warner Bros., 1983
Gilda Schultz, Silkwood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Lucille Haxby, Reuben, Reuben, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Mary Lee Ochs, Children of a Lesser God, Paramount, 1986
Grace Komisky, Suspect, TriStar, 1987
Adelle Phillips, Three O'Clock High, 1987
Woman judge, The Devil's Advocate, Warner Bros., 1997
(As Katherine Kerr) Candice, Next Stop Wonderland, Miramax, 1998
Gertrude, The Impostors, Fox Searchlight, 1998
Attorney general, The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Harriet Tolliver, Songcatcher, Trimark, 1999
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Waring, Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991
Mrs. Parmore, The Buccaneers, PBS, 1995
Movies
Judge Stockton, The Prosecutors, NBC, 1996
Cecilia, Cupid and Cate, CBS, 2000
Specials
Kidnapper, Shady Hill Kidnapping, PBS, 1982
Abby, My Love, CBS, 1991
Episodic
(Television debut) Loretta Simpson, Another World, 1978
Cynthia Bodman, "Murder and Acquisitions," Spenser: For Hire, 1987
Sally Markham, "Family Values," Law & Order, NBC, 1994
Mrs. Sawyer, "Double Blind," Law & Order, NBC, 1996
Judge Leslie Holtz, "Juvenile," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
Judge Leslie Holtz, "Marathon," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
Series
Appeared as Marguerite, Ryan's Hope, ABC.
WRITINGS
Stage
Juno's Swans, PAF Playhouse, 1978, then Second Stage, New YorkCity, 1985
(Contributor) Urban Blight, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1988
Television
Adapted the script of her play Juno's Swans for a television production that was never aired.

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