Description:
Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon Nail, an airline employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York where she landed a role on the soap The Edge of Night (1956). She met her future husband, Steven Spielberg while beating out 120 actresses for the female lead in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).
Birthday
November 3, 1953
Born In
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Height
170 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Steven Spielberg October 12, 1991 - present (5 children),Robert Capshaw January 1976 - 1980 (divorced)
Parents
Sue Simon
Trivia
There is a signed picture of Steven Spielberg (her husband) inside her sorority
house at the University of Missouri signed: "Everyone knows the Best
Women come from Missouri, Steven Spielberg".
Quotes
The best preparation for acting is life -- observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.
