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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Kate Capshaw Biography (1953-)
Original name, Kathleen Sue Nail; born November 3, 1953, in Fort Worth, TX; father, an airline employee; mother, a beautician and travel agent; married Robert Capshaw (a school principal, manager, and marketing director; divorced);married Steven Spielberg (a director, producer, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor, actor, creative consultant, and entrepreneur), October 12, 1991; children: (first marriage) Jessica (an actress); (second marriage) Max Samuel(stepson), Theo, Sasha, Sawyer, Mikaela George, Destry Allyn.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress, producer
- Birth Details
- November 3, 1953
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Katherine, A Little Sex, Universal, 1982
- Dr. Jane DeVries, Dreamscape, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
- Emily Reubens, Windy City, Warner Bros., 1984
- Laura Cooper, Best Defense, Paramount, 1984
- Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Paramount, 1984
- Andie Burkstroom, Spacecamp, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
- Sydney Betterman, Power, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
- Brunetta, Ti presento un'amica (also known as Private Affairs), Medusa, 1988
- Joyce Kingsley, Black Rain, Paramount, 1989
- Mrs. Ellen McGraw, Love at Large, Orion, 1990
- Jolie Meadows (H. D.'s girlfriend), My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1991
- Lynn Weaver, Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994
- Laurie Armstrong, Just Cause, Warner Bros., 1995
- Rebecka, "The Duke of Groove," 4 Tales of 2 Cities, Chanticleer Films, 1995
- Sally (Finn's mother), How to Make an American Quilt, Universal, 1995
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No Dogs Allowed, 1996
- Delilah Ashford Potts, The Locusts (also known as A Secret Sin), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1997
- Gale Ancona, Life during Wartime (also known as The Alarmist), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1997
- Helen, The Love Letter, DreamWorks SKG, 1999
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Film Work
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Producer
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The Love Letter, DreamWorks SKG, 1999
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Jinx Avery Mallory, The Edge of Night, ABC, beginning in 1981
- Margo Cody, Black Tie Affair (also known as Smoldering Lustand The Girl in 1216), NBC, 1993
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Miniseries
- Joanna Gates, Internal Affairs, CBS, 1988
- Casey Montgomery, A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001
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Movies
- Elaine Rogers, Missing Children: A Mother's Story, CBS, 1982
- Anne "Annie" Goodwin, Her Secret Life (also known as Code Name:Dancer and One for the Dancer), ABC, 1987
- Susanna McKaskel, The Quick and the Dead, HBO, 1987
- Karen Coler, Next Door, Showtime, 1994
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Due East, 2002
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Specials
- Herself, The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984
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Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as The Earth Day Special), ABC, 1990
- Host, Shattered Lullabies (also known as Your Family Matters), Lifetime, 1992
- Herself, "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths, and Magic," American Masters, PBS, 1993
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Awards Presentations
- Presenter, The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1994
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The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also knownas The 23rd Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Steven Spielberg), NBC, 1995
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Episodic
- Herself, Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery, Lifetime, 1997
- Herself, "Kate Capshaw on Love," The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2000
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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America's Victoria: The Victoria Woodhull Story, Women Make Movies, 1997
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, December 13, 1996, p. 16
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Ladies Home Journal, October, 1994, pp. 158-62
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Library Journal, October 1, 1997, p. 145
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People Weekly, October 13, 1997, pp. 73-74
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Us, February, 1996, pp. 58-60
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