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Kate Capshaw Biography

Birth Name:
Kathleen Sue Nail
Birth Place:
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Was a special-education teacher in Missouri before she decided to pursue acting
  • Made her film debut in 1982's A Little Sex opposite Tim Matheson
  • Played the female lead opposite Harrison Ford in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Converted to Judaism prior to marrying Steven Spielberg
  • Starred in the short-lived NBC detective series Black Tie Affair
  • In 1997, played the on-screen mother to real-life daughter Jessica in The Locusts

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