Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw

Capshaw in June 1984
Born Kathleen Sue Nail
(1953-11-03) November 3, 1953
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 1981–2003
Spouse(s) Robert Capshaw (m. 1976; div. 1980); 1 child
Steven Spielberg (m. 1991); 6 children
Children 7

Kathleen "Kate" Capshaw Spielberg (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, a spunky, stubborn and spoiled American night-club singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. During production of the film, she met the director Steven Spielberg, whom she later married.

Early life

Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Beverley Sue (née Simon), a travel agent and beautician, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee.[1][2] She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of five, and graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School in 1972. Capshaw earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri, 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. She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, before eventually divorcing in 1980. However, she kept the surname Capshaw and adopted it as her professional name upon becoming an actress.

Career

Capshaw moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera The Edge of Night. She starred in Dreamscape in 1984. She met film director and future husband Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead as Willie Scott, a spoiled and stubborn sexy American night-club singer and performer opposite Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), the prequel to the acclaimed and highly successful Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). In addition, she appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor, in the 1986 cult classic film SpaceCamp and starred as Susanna McKaskel in The Quick and The Dead (1987) with Sam Elliott.

Capshaw also starred in the spy film/romance Code Name Dancer.[3] Capshaw was featured in films throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s, including Black Rain, Just Cause, Private Affairs, and The Love Letter, and was also featured in the 1997 film The Alarmist with David Arquette and Stanley Tucci. In 2001 she starred in the Showtime Cable Network miniseries A Girl Thing[4] with Elle Macpherson.[5] Kate was also in the film, "A Little Sex" with Tim Matheson in 1982.

Personal life

Capshaw, originally an Episcopalian, converted to Judaism[6][7] before marrying director Steven Spielberg, on October 12, 1991. The two were married in both a civil ceremony and an Orthodox ceremony.[8]

There are seven children in the Spielberg-Capshaw family.

Capshaw endorsed Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012.[15]

References

  1. Kate Capshaw Biography (1953–)
  2. "Edwin Nail, Kate Capshaw's dad, dies at 65 Actress, her husband, Steven Spielberg, attend funeral", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 30, 1998
  3. Code Name Dancer (1987) at Rotten Tomatoes
  4. "The DVD of A Girl Thing" reviewed at Amazon
  5. "Elle's Sexy Lesbian Romp." at Cinema.com
  6. Karen W. Arenson (September 24, 1995). "From 'Schindler's List,' a Jewish Mission". New York Times.
  7. "Film: Steven Spielberg Faces the Holocaust". The New York Times.
  8. Spielberg: the man, the movies, the mythology, by Frank Sanello, Taylor Publishing Co., 1996
  9. "Spielberg, Steven – Fun Facts, Answers, Factoids, Info, Information". Funtrivia.com. Retrieved March 2, 2010.
  10. "Biography for Sasha Spielberg". IMDb. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
  11. "California Birth Index". Familytreelegends.com. May 14, 1990. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  12. "California Birth Index". Familytreelegends.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  13. Greissinger, Lisa Kay (1996-04-15). "Passages". people.com. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  14. "Steven Spielberg Fast Facts". cnn.com. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  15. (2011-07-16) "Hollywood stars open wallets for Obama". Retrieved 2011-07-16.

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