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Kate Capshaw

Born 1953 · American actress who converted to Judaism

Kathleen Sue Spielberg, known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American actress (retired), producer, and visual artist (painter). She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband, Steven Spielberg. She subsequently starred in Dreamscape (1984), Power (1986), SpaceCamp (1986), Black Rain (1989), Love Affair (1994), Just Cause (1995), The Locusts (1997), and The Love Letter (1999). Her portraiture work, including The Picture Maker, has been shown in the National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Kate Capshaw, in order

  1. 1982 A Little Sex: acted · directed by Bruce Paltrow · audiences 35%
  2. 1982 Missing Children: A Mother's Story (TV movie): acted · directed by Dick Lowry
  3. 1984 Dreamscape: acted · directed by Joseph Ruben
  4. 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 77%, audiences 82% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
  5. 1985 Best Defense: acted · directed by Willard Huyck · audiences 14% · streaming on Hoopla
  6. 1986 Power: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 50%, audiences 43%
  7. 1986 SpaceCamp: acted · directed by Harry Winer · critics 53%, audiences 50%
  8. 1987 Code Name: Dancer: acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
  9. 1987 The Quick and the Dead (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Day
  10. 1988 Private Affairs: acted · directed by Francesco Massaro
  11. 1989 Black Rain: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 56%, audiences 55% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  12. 1990 Love at Large: acted · directed by Alan Rudolph
  13. 1991 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
  14. 1993 Black Tie Affair (TV series): acted
  15. 1994 Love Affair: acted · directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
  16. 1995 How to Make an American Quilt: acted · directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
  17. 1995 Just Cause: acted · directed by Arne Glimcher
  18. 1997 The Alarmist: acted · directed by Evan Dunsky
  19. 1997 The Locusts: acted · directed by John Patrick Kelley
  20. 1999 The Love Letter: produced, acted · directed by Peter Chan
  21. 2001 A Girl Thing: acted · directed by Lee Rose