Kate Capshaw
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| Kate Capshaw | |
 Kate Capshaw, June 1984 |
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| Born | Kathleen Sue Nail November 3, 1953 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Capshaw (1976 - 1980; divorced) 1 child Steven Spielberg (1991 - present) 6 children |
Kate Capshaw (born Kathleen Sue Nail; November 3, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Willie Scott in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and for her marriage to director Steven Spielberg (who directed the film).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Capshaw was born 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 took the surname Capshaw upon her marriage to Robert Capshaw in January 1976; they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, and eventually divorced in 1980.
[edit] Career
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Capshaw moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera Love of Life. She met film director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the Raiders of the Lost Ark prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. She appeared in the Showtime Cable Network miniseries A Girl Thing with Elle Macpherson as her lover.
Capshaw also starred in the spy film/romance, Code Name Dancer[3]. A female former CIA agent now leading a placid life as a suburban housewife, she is asked to undertake one last mission for the CIA. She must choose between remaining in her current life or returning to her former life of reckless adventure.
Capshaw also was featured in the 1997 film The Alarmist with David Arquette and Stanley Tucci.
[edit] Personal life
Capshaw, originally an Episcopalian, converted to Judaism[4][5] before marrying director Steven Spielberg on October 12, 1991. She has seven children altogether with Robert Capshaw and Spielberg
[edit] In popular culture
A character in the video game Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Kate Capsize, is named after Kate Capshaw. Steven Spielberg is a friend of George Lucas, whose film company, LucasFilm, founded LucasArts, the game's creator.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kate Capshaw |
- Kate Capshaw at the Internet Movie Database
- Performed voice over of Victoria Woodhull in the documentary, America's Victoria: Remembering Victoria Woodhull
