Kate Capshaw is an American actress who became famous for her role as Willie Scott in the action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Also, her personality is interesting in that Capshaw is the wife of one of the most prominent and successful directors in the history of world cinema, Steven Spielberg.
short biography
American actress Kate Capshaw, whose birth name sounded like Kathleen Sue Neil, was born on November 3, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas, in the family of Edwin Leon Neil and Beverly Sue. Her father was an airline employee and her mother worked as a travel agent and beautician.
View of the city of Fort Worth, Texas Photo: Dbergere / Wikimedia Commons
In 1972, Capshaw graduated from Hazelwood Senior High, now called Hazelwood Central High School. She then moved to Missouri to continue her studies at the University of Missouri. During her student years, Kate was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi student society. She also received her Master's degree in special education from the same university.
Career and creativity
Kate Capshaw's professional career began teaching at Columbia's Rock Bridge High School, Missouri, and then at Southern Boone County High School in Ashland. However, the passion for cinema prevailed and Kate decided to move to New York, where she was able to realize her dream of becoming an actress.
She landed her first role in the CBS soap opera At the Threshold of Night (1956-1984), which ran for 25 years. The performance of the aspiring actress in this serial was highly acclaimed by critics, and soon she received an invitation to play the lead role in Bruce Paltrow's melodrama A Little Sex (1982).
Christy Makosko, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Kate Capshaw, Steven Spielberg, Ruby Barnhill, Mark Rylance, Claire van Kampen, Lucy Dahl, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall and Jemaine Clement at the Cannes Film Festival / Wikbo Commons
In 1984, the actress starred in the American science fiction film Vision. She played the role of Dr. Jane Devries, who, together with her colleague Dr. Paul Novotny, is exploring the possibilities of psychics to influence the minds of people, projecting themselves into their subconscious during REM sleep.
In the same year, Capshaw got one of the main roles in the adventure film by Steven Spielberg "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984). For filming in the film, she had to learn to tap dance and sing songs in Chinese. In addition, there were some funny moments. Capshaw's beaded dress by American costume designer and clothing designer Barbara Metera was partially torn apart by an elephant. I had to urgently restore it.
The film itself was a great success at the box office and was awarded BAFTA and Oscar awards. And Kate Capshaw, who performed in tandem with Hollywood star Harrison Ford, received a huge boost for the development of her further acting career.
In 1986, the actress starred in the film Picnic in Space by Harry Weiner. Then she played one of the key characters in Sidney Lumet's drama Power (1986). Her partners on the set were actors such as Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman and others.
A year later, the actress starred in the television films Sharp and Dead (1987), which aired on HBO, and Nicknamed The Dancer (1987). Next came the pictures with her participation "Meet my friend" (1987) and "Internal Affairs" (1988).
In 1989, Capshaw played a girl named Joyce in Ridley Scott's crime thriller Black Rain, starring American actors Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia. She appeared with Warren Beatty and Katharine Hepburn in the 1994 melodrama Love Story.
In 1995, in the thriller Just Cause, she played the role of the wife of Professor Paul Armstrong, who is trying to solve the brutal murder of a girl. In this project she worked with actors Sean Connery, Blair Underwood, Scarlett Johansson and others.
Kate Capshaw, 2010 Photo: Office of Congressman John Dingell / Wikimedia Commons
Several years later, she co-starred in the comedy film Life in War (1997), after which she appeared in the drama Locusts (1997) and the documentary America's Victoria: Remembering Victoria Woodhull (1998).
In 1999, Capshaw starred in the melodrama Love Letter, and in 2001 she starred in the mini-series Girls and the City starring Stockard Channing, Rebecca De Mornay and Elle Macpherson. In the same year, the actress appeared in the television film "Dew-East" (2001), after which she decided to end her acting career.
Kate Capshaw continues her work with The Women’s Cancer Research Fund, of which she is one of the founders.
Family and personal life
Kate Capshaw has been married twice. In 1976, she married Robert Capshaw. In the same year, the couple had a daughter, Jessica Capshaw. However, they divorced a few years later. After breaking up, Kate kept the name of her ex-husband and then began to use it in her professional career.
Sasha and Theo Spielberg, 2013 Photo: picksysticks (Manny Hebron) from Santa Monica, USA / Wikimedia Commons
In 1984, while filming Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, she met Steven Spielberg. An office romance began between the actress and the director, which ended in marriage. The ceremony took place on October 12, 1991.
Later, the actress, following her husband, converted to Judaism. In addition, she bore him three children: Sasha, Sawyer and Destri Allyn. The couple are also raising adopted children Theo and Michaela George Spielberg.
