Kate Capshaw
Biography
Kate Capshaw is a retired American actress, producer, and painter who moved to New York City to pursue acting. Her first screen job came on the daytime serial The Edge of Night, and trying out for a small part in A Little Sex (1982) led to an offer of the female lead instead. She is best known for playing Willie Scott in the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Her later credits include Dreamscape (1984), Power (1986), SpaceCamp (1986), Black Rain (1989), Love Affair (1994), Just Cause (1995), The Locusts (1997), and The Love Letter (1999), which she also produced. She appeared in The Quick and the Dead (1987) and The Alarmist (1997), and her last acting part was in the 2001 television film A Girl Thing. She began visual arts studies in 2009, and her portraiture has been shown at the National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
72years old
Turns 73 on November 3in 31 days
- Born Fort Worth
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Kathleen Sue Nail (birth name)Also credited as Kathleen Sue Spielberg
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 42 years1982 to 2024
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A change of course
Capshaw started learning visual arts in 2009, taking up drawing, painting and portraiture. Her portraits of homeless youth led to three of her works becoming finalists in 2019 in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Behind the camera
In 1999, Kate Capshaw took on both acting and producing duties for The Love Letter, starring in the film while also serving as one of its producers.
Kate Capshaw movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Laurent Bouzereau directed two of these films. Steven Spielberg appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Barry Miller's page
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Laurent BouzereauDirector, 2 films, 2023 to 2024
All films by Laurent Bouzereau
Also two films together5 more actors
- John WilliamsMusic by John Williams (2024) and Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
- Kathleen KennedyMusic by John Williams (2024) and Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
- Lawrence KasdanMusic by John Williams (2024) and Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
- Michael LearnedThe Alarmist (1997) and Power (1986)
- James MangoldMusic by John Williams (2024) and Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kate Capshaw's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$610 million
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$333M54.6% of the total
- 2$134M22.0% of the total
- 3$41M6.8% of the total
- 4$37M6.0% of the total
- 5$19M3.2% of the total
- 6$18M3.0% of the total
- 7$12M2.0% of the total
- 8$9.7M1.6% of the total
$5.2 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Online
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