Full Name | Kate Burton |
Net Worth | $12 Million |
Date Of Birth | September 10, 1957 |
Place Of Birth | Geneva, Switzerland |
Height | 5' 6½" (1.69 m) |
Profession | Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Film director |
Education | Yale School of Drama, Yale University, Brown University |
Spouse | Michael Ritchie |
Children | Charlotte Ritchie, Morgan Ritchie |
Parents | Richard Burton, Sybil Williams |
Siblings | Liza Todd Burton, Amy Cristopher, Jessica Burton |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0123632 |
Awards | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In A Children/Youth/Family Special |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play |
Movies | 127 Hours, Big Trouble in Little China, Swimfan, 2 Days in New York, Unfaithful, Remember Me, Barefoot, Max Payne, Sherrybaby, Puncture, Mariachi Gringo, Stay, Empire Falls, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Liberal Arts, Bleeding Heart, The Ice Storm, Lovely by Surprise, Life with Mikey, Quid Pro Quo, W... |
TV Shows | Monty, Ellis Island, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Home Fires |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | On Broadway, in the hit show "Spring Awakening" playing all the adult female roles. She had worked on the musical before when it was in workshop. [January 2008] |
2 | Performing in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in Boston's Huntington Theater. [January 2006] |
3 | Half-sister of Maria Burton, who was adopted by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. |
4 | Nominated for the 2005 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "The Constant Wife". |
5 | She has an autistic sister, Jessica, and a half-sister, Amy Cristopher, from her mother's marriage to actor Jordan Christopher. |
6 | Met future husband Michael Ritchie while she was making her Broadway debut in "Present Laughter" in 1982. He was the stage manager. |
7 | Born in Switzerland, she was raised in Manhattan after her parents' famous divorce. |
8 | Has retained her British citizenship, yet considers herself an American actress. |
9 | At first intent on a diplomatic career, she majored in history and Russian studies at Brown University in Rhode Island, before being swayed by her acting heritage in her senior year. She went on to earn an MFA at the Yale School of Drama. |
10 | Co-starred with her father, Richard Burton in the critically-received CBS miniseries Ellis Island (1984). He died shortly thereafter. |
11 | Played the mother of Ellen Pompeo on TV show Grey's Anatomy (2005), although Kate was 12 years older than Ellen. |
12 | Playwright/actor Emlyn Williams was her godfather. |
13 | Highly respected and talented audio book reader. She is constantly represented among best-selling audio titles. |
14 | Former stepdaughter of Elizabeth Taylor and Sally Hay. |
15 | Mother of Morgan Ritchie. |
16 | Step-daughter of actor Jordan Christopher. |
17 | In 2002, she was nominated for two Tony Awards: as Best Actress (Play) for portraying the title character in a revival of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of "The Elephant Man". This made her one of only three actors (the others are Amanda Plummer and Dana Ivey) to be Tony-nominated for two acting awards in the same year. |
18 | Studied at Yale University School of Drama, where she was a classmate of Jane Kaczmarek. |
19 | Earned a BA in Russian studies and European history from Brown University. |
20 | Husband, Michael Ritchie, is the director of Massachusetts' Williamstown Theatre Festival. |
21 | Son, Morgan Ritchie, and daughter, Charlotte Ritchie, with Michael Ritchie. |
22 | Her husband is a theatre director, born c. 1958. |
23 | Daughter of Richard Burton and Sybil Williams. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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First Light | 2017 | post-production | Kate |
Star Names Only | 2016 | Short | Kate |
Scandal | 2012-2016 | TV Series | Sally Langston |
Elementary | 2016 | TV Series | Maureen Dannon |
Madam Secretary | 2016 | TV Series | Maureen |
Amok | 2015 | | Dr. Wilson |
Martyrs | 2015 | | Eleanor |
Extant | 2015 | TV Series | Fiona Stanton |
Key and Peele | 2015 | TV Series | Hillary Clinton |
Identity Theft | 2015/II | Short | Anna |
Grey's Anatomy | 2005-2015 | TV Series | Ellis Grey Dr. Ellis Grey |
Bleeding Heart | 2015 | | Martha |
Full Circle | 2015 | TV Series | Vera Quinn |
Don't Look Back | 2014 | | Dr. Jeanette Barnes |
Rake | 2014 | TV Series | Holly Phillips |
Barefoot | 2014/I | | Mrs. Wheeler |
Live from Lincoln Center | 2013 | TV Series | Mrs. Mullin |
Revolution | 2013 | TV Series | Dr. Jane Warren |
Made in Jersey | 2012 | TV Series | Lorraine Beckett |
Veep | 2012 | TV Series | Barbara Hallowes |
The Good Wife | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Victoria Adler |
Mariachi Gringo | 2012 | | Anne |
2 Days in New York | 2012 | | Bella |
Liberal Arts | 2012 | | Susan |
Grimm | 2011 | TV Series | Marie Kessler |
Grimm: David Giuntoli Profile | 2011 | Video | Marie Kessler |
Grimm: Grimm Fairytales | 2011 | Video | Marie Kessler |
The Closer | 2011 | TV Series | Kate Wycoff |
Puncture | 2011 | | Senator O'Reilly |
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | 2011 | TV Series | Deirdre Norris |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2011 | TV Series | Annette Cole |
127 Hours | 2010 | | Aron's Mom |
Consent | 2010 | | Susan |
Remember Me | 2010 | | Janine |
The Deep End | 2010 | TV Series | Grace Graham |
Law & Order | 1992-2009 | TV Series | Erica Gardner / Sister Bettina |
Washingtonienne | 2009 | TV Movie | Joy |
Eleventh Hour | 2009 | TV Series | Gepetto / Miranda Cochran |
Spooner | 2009 | | Alice Spooner |
Max Payne | 2008 | | Nicole Horne |
Adventures in Appletown | 2008 | Video | Aunt Birdy |
Medium | 2008 | TV Series | Bonnie Barrister |
Quid Pro Quo | 2008/I | | Merilee |
What Just Happened | 2008 | | Doctor Randall |
Supreme Courtships | 2007 | TV Movie | |
Lovely by Surprise | 2007 | | Helen |
Justice | 2006 | TV Series | Sarah Miller |
Rescue Me | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Rose |
Sherrybaby | 2006 | | Marcia Swanson |
Numb3rs | 2005 | TV Series | Anthropologist |
Stay | 2005/I | | Mrs. Letham |
American Masters | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Voice of Novels |
Empire Falls | 2005 | TV Mini-Series | Cindy Whiting |
Judging Amy | 2005 | TV Series | Dr. Sheri Jordan |
The Practice | 1997-2004 | TV Series | A.D.A. Susan Alexander |
The West Wing | 2004 | TV Series | Sarah Brainerd |
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer | 2003 | TV Movie | Connie Posey |
The Paper Mache Chase | 2003 | Short | Martha |
Obsessed | 2002 | TV Movie | Sara Miller |
Swimfan | 2002 | | Carla Cronin |
Unfaithful | 2002 | | Tracy |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2001 | TV Series | Stephanie Uffland |
100 Centre Street | 2001 | TV Series | Sheila Byrne |
The Opportunists | 2000 | | Rest Home Sister |
Celebrity | 1998 | | Robin's Friend Cheryl |
Ellen Foster | 1997 | TV Movie | Abigail Montford |
The Ice Storm | 1997 | | Dorothy Franklin |
Mistrial | 1996 | TV Movie | Katherine Donohue |
The First Wives Club | 1996 | | Woman in Bed |
August | 1996 | | Helen Blathwaite |
ABC Afterschool Specials | 1995 | TV Series | Brenda Gardner |
Monty | 1994 | TV Series | Fran Richardson |
Love Matters | 1993 | TV Movie | Deborah |
Brooklyn Bridge | 1993 | TV Series | Susan Lowenberg Jones |
Life with Mikey | 1993 | | Mrs. Burns |
Home Fires | 1992 | TV Series | Anne Kramer |
American Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Agnes Bolton O'Neill |
Spenser: For Hire | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Randy Lofficier / Randy |
Uncle Tom's Cabin | 1987 | TV Movie | Ophelia |
Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | | Margo |
Evergreen | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Agatha Bradford |
Ellis Island | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Vanessa Ogden |
Great Performances | 1983 | TV Series | Alice |
All My Children | 1970 | TV Series | Dr. Renee Peters (1994) |
Anne of the Thousand Days | 1969 | | Serving Maid (uncredited) |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Chase | 2015 | TV Series | Herself - Contestant |
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
Entertainment Tonight | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
Caris' Peace | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
LA Phil Live | 2011 | TV Series | Herself - Host |
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: American Theatre Wing |
Biography | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
The World's Greatest Actor | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare | 2005 | Video documentary | Herself |
The 59th Annual Tony Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Regional Theatre Award |
Intimate Portrait | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter: Best Direction of a Play & Nominee: Best Leading Actress / Best Featured Actress in a Play |
Charlie Rose | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
National Geographic: The Incredible Human Body | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
Working in the Theatre | 1990-2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - Guest |
Looking for Richard | 1996 | Documentary | Herself |
American Masters | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Great Performances | 1988 | TV Series | Herself |