Kate Capshaw Biography
Kate Capshaw (Kathleen Capshaw Spielberg) is an American retired actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by eventual husband Steven Spielberg. Since then, Kate starred in films such as Dreamscape (1984), Power (1986), Black Rain (1989), Love Affair (1994), Just Cause (1995) and The Love Letter (1999).
Kate Capshaw Age
Kate was born on November 3, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas. She is 65 years old as of 2018.
Kate Capshaw Family |Kate Capshaw Young
Kate was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the daughter of Beverley Sue a travel agent and beautician, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. At the age of five Kate moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School, in 1972. She earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi. At Southern Boone County High School in Ashland, Missouri, and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri she taught Special Education.
Kate Capshaw Husband | Kate Capshaw And Steven Spielberg
Kate became close with director Steven Spielberg during the production of the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). She later married him. Originally Kate was an Episcopalian, but she converted to Judaism before marrying Spielberg on October 12, 1991. The couple were married in both a civil ceremony and an Orthodox ceremony.
In 2012 Kare endorsed Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama for re-election.
Kate Capshaw Children
There are seven children in the Spielberg-Capshaw family.
- Jessica Capshaw who was born on August 9, 1976 daughter of Capshaw’s previous marriage to Robert Capshaw
- Max Samuel Spielberg who was born in June 13, 1985 son from Spielberg’s previous marriage to actress Amy Irving
- Theo Spielberg who was born 1988 son adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg, who later also adopted him
- Sasha Rebecca Spielberg who was born on May 14, 1990 in Los Angeles
- Sawyer Avery Spielberg who was born on March 10, 1992 in Los Angeles
- Mikaela George who was born on February 28, 1996 adopted with Steven Spielberg
- Destry Allyn Spielberg who was born in December 1, 1996
Kate Capshaw Jessica Capshaw
In January 1976 Kate married marketing manager Robert Capshaw and they had one child, Jessica Capshaw, before eventually divorcing in 1980. However, she kept the surname Capshaw, which she used for her professional name upon becoming an actress.
Kate Capshaw Daughter
Before Kate Capshaw, and Robert Capshaw divorced they had a daughter known as Jessica Capshaw. Jessica was born in August 9, 1976. She is an actress known for her role as Jamie Stringer in The Practice and Arizona Robbins on the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. On May 22, 2004 Jessica married Christopher Gavigan, at her family’s East Hampton estate. The couple have a son and three daughters.
Kate Capshaw Temple Of Doom | Kate Capshaw Indiana Jones
Kate moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting. She landed her first role on the soap opera The Edge of Night. After she auditioned for a small role in A Little Sex, Kate was offered the role of the leading lady, which is when she asked for a dismissal from The Edge of Night. In 1984 she starred in Dreamscape.
Kate met Steven Spielberg a film director and future husband upon winning the female lead as Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), a prequel to Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). She starred opposite Harrison Ford, who played the titular character, Indiana Jones. Additionally she appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor in the 1986 film SpaceCamp, opposite Richard Gere and Gene Hackman in Power (1986). She also starred as Susanna McKaskel in The Quick and The Dead (1987) with Sam Elliott. Kate starred in the spy film/romance Her Secret Life.
Kate had roles in a number of films throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s. She starred alongside Michael Douglas and Andy García in Black Rain (1989), Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in Just Cause (1995), and Warren Beatty and Katharine Hepburn in Love Affair (1994). She was also featured in the 1997 film The Alarmist with David Arquette and Stanley Tucci. She starred and produced The Love Letter in 1999 .
She starred in the Showtime Cable Network TV Movie A Girl Thing in 2001, alongside Stockard Channing, Rebecca De Mornay and Elle Macpherson. Kate retired from acting after her final screen appearance in the 2001 TV movie, Due East.
Kate Capshaw Space Camp
Kate appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor in the 1986 film SpaceCamp. He appeared opposite Richard Gere and Gene Hackman in Power (1986). The space adventure film inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The film is directed by Harry Winer from a screenplay by Clifford Green (as W. W. Wicket) and Casey T. Mitchell.
Kate Capshaw Dreamscape
Kate starred in Dreamscape alongside Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer. This is a science-fiction adventure horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing.
Kate Capshaw Movies
1999 – The Love Letter as Helen MacFarquhar
1997 – The Locusts as Delilah Ashford Potts
1997 – The Alarmist as Gale Ancona
1995 – Just Cause Laurie Prentiss Armstrong
1995 – How to Make an American Quilt as Sally Dodd
1994 -Love Affair as Lynn Weaver
1991 -My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys as Jolie
1990 – Love at Large as Mrs. Ellen McGraw
1989 -Black Rain as Joyce
1988 – Private Affairs as Brunetta
1986 -Power Sydney as Betterman
1986 – SpaceCamp as Andie Bergstrom
1984 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as Willie Scott
1984 – Best Defense as Laura Cooper
1984 – Dreamscape as Jane DeVries
1984 – Windy City as Emily Reubens
1982 – A Little Sex as Katherine
Kate Capshaw Tv Shows
2001 – A Girl Thing Casey Montgomery
2001 – Due East Becky Purdue
1996 – Duke of Groove Rebecka
1994 – Next Door Karen Coler
1993 – Black Tie Affair Margo Cody
1988 – Internal Affairs Joanna Gates
1987 – The Quick and the Dead Susanna McKaskel
1987 – Her Secret Life Annie
1982 – Missing Children: A Mother’s Story Elaine Rogers
1981 – The Edge of Night Jinx Avery Mallory #
Kate Capshaw Net Worth
Kate has an estimated net worth of $20 million and her main source of income is from her professional career.