Kate Burton Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in "Some Americans Abroad․"
• Won a Theatre World Award in 1983 for her role in "Winners․"
• Received two Tony Award nominations in 2002 for her performances in "The Elephant Man" and "Hedda Gabler․"
• Majored in Russian Studies and European history at Brown University, graduating in 1979, then graduated from Yale Drama School in 1983
• Originally intended to lead a career as a diplomat
• Was on the board of one of Brown University's student theater groups, Production Workshop
• Best known for playing Margo Litzenberger in "Big Trouble in Little China․"
• Starred in such Broadway productions as "The Constant Wife," "The Elephant Man" and "Hedda Gabler․"
• Has narrated audiobook versions of books by Patricia Cornwell, Lisa Scottoline, Iris Johansen and Dean Koontz
• Her godfather was playwright and actor Emlyn Williams