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Revision as of 04:54, 13 January 2010
Kate Burton | |
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| Born | Katherine Burton |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1969 - present |
| Spouse | Michael Ritchie (1984-) |
Katherine Burton (born September 10, 1957) is an American actress.
Biography
Personal life
Burton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the daughter of producer Sybil Burton (née Williams) and actor Richard Burton.[1] She was the stepdaughter of actress Elizabeth Taylor and Jordan Christopher. Burton earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and European history from Brown University in 1979. She also studied at Yale University School of Drama in 1983. In 2007, Burton was given an honorary doctorate from Brown University.
Burton is married to Michael Ritchie (artistic director), Artistic Director of the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles and one of the producers of the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and Curtains. They have two children, a son Morgan Ivor (born in May 14, 1988) and a daughter Charlotte Frances (born in January 19, 1998).
Stage work
Burton's first notable role on Broadway was in a 1982 production of the Noel Coward play Present Laughter, which was directed by George C. Scott. The following year, she appeared in the Broadway production of Doonesbury, playing J.J. Several key roles followed, including roles in Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter and Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
In 2002, she portrayed two roles and was nominated for a Tony Award for both. She was nominated as Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of the title role in Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, and for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the role of Pinhead/Mrs. Kendal in the revival of The Elephant Man. This dual nomination made her one of only three actors, along with Amanda Plummer and Dana Ivey, to be Tony-nominated for two acting awards in the same year.
2006 was another busy year for Kate as she could be seen Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre opposite Tony Goldwyn in The Water's Edge by Theresa Rebeck. The same year she was nominated for Best Leading Actress again in 2006 in W. Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife. In 2007, she played Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard at Boston's Huntington Theatre.
Kate was also part of the cast of the smash hit Broadway musical Spring Awakening. She started on December 21, 2007 and replaced actress Christine Estabrook in the role of the Adult Women. Kristine Nielsen took over for her on March 2 for a short stint until Estabrook assumed the role again.
Film & television
Early films of Burton's include Alice in Wonderland, Anne of the Thousand Days, Big Trouble in Little China, The First Wives Club, Life with Mikey and The Ice Storm. Burton has said of these roles that she usually plays "the sweet wife, or the sweet dead wife". Burton has also appeared in a number of roles in independent films.
Burton has been perhaps most prolific in her work on television. She made many appearances in the late 1980s and 1990s on episodic television, including appearances on Spenser: For Hire, All My Children, Brooklyn Bridge. In 1996, Burton won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a mother dying of breast cancer in the ABC Afterschool Special, 'Notes For My Daughter'. More recently, she made guest appearances as recurring characters on Law & Order, The Practice, The West Wing, Judging Amy and Medium. She also appeared on the HBO miniseries Empire Falls.
Her recent recurring television roles both involved a subplot concerning Alzheimer's disease. On the FX cable network's Rescue Me, she played the role of Rose, a friend and possible romantic interest to Chief Jerry Reilly. Reilly's wife is in a facility with the disease and Rose, having cared for her husband who was also an Alzheimer's victim, is hired by Jerry to provide assistance and emotional support. Also, in perhaps her most visible and well-known role to date as the mother of the titular character on the well-known ABC series Grey's Anatomy, Burton played Ellis Grey, the former trailblazing surgeon, now afflicted with Alzheimer's. In 2006 and 2007, Burton was nominated for an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Ellis Grey.
Other work
Burton has narrated numerous audiobooks, including works by: Patricia Cornwell, Lisa Scottoline, Iris Johansen, and Dean Koontz.[2]
Filmography
- Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) (uncredited)
- Alice in Wonderland (1983)
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
- The First Wives Club (1996)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- Celebrity (1998)
- Unfaithful (2002)
- Swimfan (2002)
- Stay (2005)
- Sherrybaby (2006)
- Quid Pro Quo (2008)
- Max Payne (2008)
- Remember Me (2010 film) (2010)