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| Birth Name(s) : Kathleen Sue Nail |
Date of Birth: November 3, 1953 |
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Married
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Partner:
Steven Spielberg |
| Profession:
Actor |
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| Earthy, vivacious leading lady who made a capital debut as the megatolerant wife in A Little Sex (1982) and was equally fine in the lostyouth comedy/drama Windy City (1984). But her over-the-top performance in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) was savaged by critics, sending her career into a tailspin. More recently, she has come back in smaller, quieter roles in Black Rain (1989), Love at Large (1990), and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991). She also starred in the shortlived TV parody series "Black Tie Affair" (1993). She is married to her Indiana Jones director, Steven Spielberg. |
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Kate Capshaw (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Willie Scott in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and as the wife of director Steven Spielberg.
Capshaw was born in 1953 Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas and moved to St. Louis, Missouri at the age of five. She graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School in 1972. She earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri–Columbia, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi. She taught Special Education at Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, Missouri and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri, but later moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera Love of Life. She took the surname Capshaw upon her marriage to Robert Capshaw; they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, and eventually divorced.
Capshaw met film director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the Raiders of the Lost Ark prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; although the film was a success, Capshaw's performance as the often shrieking heroine was widely panned and, in the opinion of many, had a very negative impact on her career and reputation, preventing her from acquiring more prestigious roles.
There are seven children in the Spielberg-Capshaw family:
- Jessica Capshaw (1976) (daughter from Kate Capshaw's previous marriage to Robert Capshaw)
- Max Samuel Spielberg (June 13, 1985) (son from Steven Spielberg's previous marriage to actress Amy Irving)
- Theo (b 1988 - African-American; adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg; adopted by Spielberg)
- Sasha (May 14 1990)
- Sawyer (March 10, 1992),
- Mikaela George (b Feb 28, 1996; adopted with Spielberg)
- Destry Allyn (Dec 1, 1996) |
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| I'd often thought how much I'd like to meet him [Steven Spielberg] because I admire him so much. But when I realized it was actually going to happen, I thought, 'What can I say to him that he hasn't heard before? Gee, I loved "E.T."?' That would be ridiculous. So when we finally met I said nothing. When the meeting was over, he got up and said, 'Thanks for not saying anything about E.T.' |
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