Kate Capshaw

Kate Capshaw

Birthday: 3 November 1953, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Kathleen Sue Nail

Height: 170 cm

Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on the soap The Edge of Night (1956). She met her fut... Show more »

Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on the soap The Edge of Night (1956). She met her future husband, Steven Spielberg while beating out 120 actresses for the female lead in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Show less «

The best preparation for acting is life -- observing life and people and observing yourself. All tha...Show more »

The best preparation for acting is life -- observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need. Show less «

Kate Capshaw's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (26)

Black Rain (1989)

Music by John Williams

The 81st Golden Globe Awards 2024

American Masters - Season 37

The Oscars (2023)

The Oscars (2022)

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2018

The 84th Annual Academy Awards

The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2011

MythBusters - Season 4

MythBusters - Season 3

The Love Letter

How to Make an American Quilt

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

The Quick and the Dead

Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

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Kate Capshaw'S roles

Andie Bergstrom. Actor of

Andie Bergstrom

Joyce. Actor of

Willie Scott. Actor of

Laurie Prentiss Armstrong. Actor of

Laurie Prentiss Armstrong

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