Kathleen Sue Spielberg, known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is a retired American actress and painter.
13 Facts About Kate Capshaw
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Kate Capshaw is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, directed by eventual husband Steven Spielberg.
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Kate Capshaw moved to St Louis, Missouri, at the age of five, and graduated from Hazelwood Senior High School in 1972.
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Kate Capshaw earned a degree in education from the University of Missouri, where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
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Kate Capshaw taught Special Education at Southern Boone High School in Ashland, Missouri, and Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri.
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Kate Capshaw married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child, Jessica Capshaw, before eventually divorcing in 1980.
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Kate Capshaw moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera The Edge of Night.
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Kate Capshaw starred in Dreamscape in 1984, and afterwards was directed by her then-boyfriend Armyan Bernstein in Windy City.
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Kate Capshaw met film director and future husband Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead as Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, a prequel to Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Kate Capshaw had roles in several films throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s.
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Kate Capshaw starred alongside Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia in Black Rain, Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne in Just Cause, and Warren Beatty and Annette Bening in Love Affair.
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Kate Capshaw was featured in the 1997 film The Alarmist with David Arquette and Stanley Tucci.
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Kate Capshaw retired from acting after her final screen appearance in the 2001 TV movie.