Kate Capshaw
Kate Capshaw | |
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 Capshaw in January 1984 | |
| Born | Kathleen Sue Nail November 3, 1953 Fort Worth, Texas,U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri |
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| Years active | 1981–2001 |
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| Children | 6, includingJessica,Destry,andSasha |
| Relatives | Arnold Spielberg(father-in-law) |
Kathleen Sue Spielberg(néeNail;born November 3, 1953),[1]known professionally asKate Capshaw,is a retired American actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal ofWillie Scott,an American nightclub singer and performer inIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984), directed by her eventual husbandSteven Spielberg.Since then, she starred inDreamscape(1984),Power(1986),SpaceCamp(1986),Black Rain(1989),Love Affair(1994),Just Cause(1995), andThe Love Letter(1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail, the daughter of Edwin L. Nail, an airline employee.[4]
She married marketing manager Robert Capshaw in January 1976 and they had one child,Jessica Capshaw,before divorcing in 1980.[citation needed]She kept the surname Capshaw, which she used for her professional name upon becoming an actress.
Career
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Capshaw moved to New York City to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on thesoap operaThe Edge of Night.After auditioning for a small role inA Little Sex,she was offered the role of the leading lady, which is when she asked for a dismissal fromThe Edge of Night.She starred inDreamscapein 1984, and afterwards was directed by her then-boyfriendArmyan BernsteininWindy City.[5]
She met film director and future husbandSteven Spielbergupon winning the female lead asWillie ScottinIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984), aprequelto Spielberg'sRaiders of the Lost Ark(1981). Capshaw starred oppositeHarrison Ford,who playedIndiana Jones.In addition, she appeared as Andie Bergstrom, an appealing and stern yet frustrated camp instructor in the 1986 filmSpaceCamp,oppositeRichard GereandGene HackmaninPower(1986), and starred as Susanna McKaskel inThe Quick and The Dead(1987) withSam Elliott.Capshaw also starred in the spy film/romanceHer Secret Life.[6]
Capshaw had roles in several films throughout the late 1980s into the 1990s. She starred alongsideMichael DouglasandAndy GarcíainBlack Rain(1989),Sean ConneryandLaurence FishburneinJust Cause(1995), andWarren BeattyandAnnette BeninginLove Affair(1994). She was also featured in the 1997 filmThe AlarmistwithDavid ArquetteandStanley Tucci.In 1999, she starred in and producedThe Love Letter.
In 2001, she starred in theShowtime Cable NetworkTV MovieA Girl Thing,[7]withStockard Channing,Rebecca De MornayandElle Macpherson.[8]She retired from acting after her final screen appearance in that 2001 TV movie.[citation needed]
In 2009, Capshaw began her art studies—drawing, painting, and portraiture. She turned her interest to portraits of young people experiencing homelessness. In March 2019, three of these portraits were selected as finalists in the SmithsonianNational Portrait Gallery’s prestigious juried triennial: theOutwin Boochever Portrait Competition.Following their selection, the portraits debuted in the exhibition The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today.[9][10]
On April 28, 2023, Capshaw along withMichelle Obamamade a surprise appearance on stage duringBruce Springsteen's show inBarcelonawhere they provided backing vocals and tambourine on the song "Glory Days".[11]
Personal life
[edit]During the production of the filmIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984), Capshaw became close to director Steven Spielberg, whom she later married. Originally anEpiscopalian,sheconverted to Judaismbefore marrying Spielberg on October 12, 1991.[12][13]They were married in both a civil ceremony and an Orthodox ceremony.[14]
There are seven children in the Spielberg–Capshaw family.
- Jessica Brooke Capshaw– daughter from Capshaw's previous marriage to Robert Capshaw
- Max Samuel Spielberg – son from Spielberg's previous marriage to actressAmy Irving
- Theo Spielberg– son adopted by Capshaw before her marriage to Spielberg, who later also adopted him[15]
- Sasha Rebecca Spielberg
- Sawyer Avery Spielberg
- Mikaela George Spielberg – adopted with Steven Spielberg[16]
- Destry Allyn Spielberg[17]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Note |
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| 1982 | A Little Sex | Katherine Harrison | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Willie Scott | |
| 1984 | Best Defense | Laura Cooper | |
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Jane DeVries | |
| 1984 | Windy City | Emily Reubens | |
| 1986 | Power | Sydney Betterman | |
| 1986 | SpaceCamp | Andie Bergstrom | |
| 1987 | The Quick and the Dead | Susanna McKaskel | |
| 1988 | Private Affairs | Brunetta | |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Joyce | |
| 1990 | Love at Large | Mrs. Ellen McGraw | |
| 1991 | My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | Jolie Meadows | |
| 1994 | Love Affair | Lynn Weaver | |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Laurie Prentiss Armstrong | |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Sally Dodd | |
| 1997 | The Locusts | Delilah Ashford Potts | |
| 1997 | The Alarmist | Gale Ancona | |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Helen MacFarquhar | Also producer |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Edge of Night | Jinx Avery Mallory #1 | TV series |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Elaine Rogers | TV film |
| 1987 | The Quick and the Dead | Susanna McKaskel | TV film |
| 1987 | Her Secret Life | Annie | TV film |
| 1988 | Internal Affairs | Joanna Gates | TV film |
| 1993 | Black Tie Affair | Margo Cody | TV series; 13 episodes |
| 1994 | Next Door | Karen Coler | TV film |
| 1996 | Duke of Groove | Rebecka | Short film |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | Casey Montgomery | TV film |
| 2001 | Due East | Becky Purdue | TV film |
References
[edit]- ^Pohlen, Jerome (February 2006).Oddball Texas.Chicago Review Press. p. 89.ISBN9781569764725.
- ^"UNACCOMPANIED, Kate Capshaw | 2019 | The Outwin: American Portraiture Today | Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery".
- ^"Art review: At the National Portrait Gallery, the finalists in the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition redefine the idea of portraiture. - The Washington Post".The Washington Post.
- ^Dickson, Gordon (December 30, 1998)."Edwin Nail, Kate Capshaw's dad, dies at 65".Fort Worth Star-Telegram.p. Section B, Page 4.RetrievedJuly 5,2023– viaNewspapers.
- ^Spielberg: The Man, the Movies, the Mythology
- ^Code Name Dancer (1987)at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^"The DVD of A Girl Thing"reviewed at Amazon
- ^"Elle's Sexy Lesbian Romp."at Cinema
- ^"Unaccompanied: The Outwin".Smithsonian.Retrieved6 November2023.
- ^Cassaday, Daniel (12 May 2023)."Kate Capshaw's Portraits Bring Homeless Youth Out of Dark and Into View".ArtNews.Retrieved6 November2023.
- ^Blanchett, Ben (2023-04-29)."Michelle Obama Joins Bruce Springsteen Onstage During Barcelona Concert".MSN.Retrieved2023-04-29.
- ^Arenson, Karen W.(September 24, 1995)."From 'Schindler's List,' a Jewish Mission".New York Times.p. 1001030.Retrieved17 December2018.
- ^Weinraub, Bernard(12 December 1993)."Film: Steven Spielberg Faces the Holocaust".The New York Times.Archivedfrom the original on 18 February 2001.Retrieved17 December2018.
- ^Sanello, Frank(1996).Spielberg: The Man, the Movies, the Mythology.Taylor Publishing Co.p. 274.ISBN9780878339112.
- ^"Spielberg, Steven – Fun Facts, Answers, Factoids, Info, Information".Funtrivia.Archived fromthe originalon 9 March 2010.RetrievedMarch 2,2010.
- ^Greissinger, Lisa Kay (15 April 1996)."Passages".People.Time Inc.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved26 April2013.
- ^"Steven Spielberg Fast Facts".Cable News Network.Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.11 April 2013.Retrieved26 April2013.
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- 20th-century American actresses
- Actresses from Fort Worth, Texas
- Actresses from St. Louis
- American feminists
- American film actresses
- American soap opera actresses
- American television actresses
- American women painters
- Converts to Judaism from Protestantism
- Jewish American actresses
- Living people
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- Spielberg family
- 1953 births