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Kate Capshaw

1953 - Today

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Kathleen Sue Spielberg (née Nail; born November 3, 1953), known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American former actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott, an American nightclub singer and performer in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband Steven Spielberg. Since then, she 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kate Capshaw has received more than 9,509,710 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Kate Capshaw is the 1,272nd most popular actor (down from 990th in 2019), the 2,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,796th in 2019) and the 601st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kate Capshaw ranks 1,272 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Emerson, Don S. Davis, Linda Blair, Linda Evans, Kim Hunter, and Edmund Kean. After her are Patrick Duffy, Stockard Channing, Michu Meszaros, Fredric March, Martin Kove, and Eileen Essell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Kate Capshaw ranks 91. Before her are Ciarán Hinds, Tim Allen, David Chipperfield, William Petersen, András Schiff, and Guy Verhofstadt. After her are Sergei Ivanov, Hussein Arnous, Ivo Sanader, William E. Moerner, Manfred Kaltz, and Jerome Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kate Capshaw ranks 2,217 out of 20,380. Before her are Gloria Steinem (1934), Robert Sternberg (1949), Brenda Lee (1944), Ben Webster (1909), Dennis Wilson (1944), and Curtis LeMay (1906). After her are Patrick Duffy (1949), Howard Martin Temin (1934), Stockard Channing (1944), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Jonathan Edwards (1703), and Glenn Frey (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kate Capshaw ranks 601. Before her are Patricia Clarkson (1959), Michael Emerson (1954), Don S. Davis (1942), Linda Blair (1959), Linda Evans (1942), and Kim Hunter (1922). After her are Patrick Duffy (1949), Stockard Channing (1944), Fredric March (1897), Martin Kove (1946), Jason Momoa (1979), and James Tolkan (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Willie Scott
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
May 23o 19847.298 / 10
Black Rain
Joyce
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Sep 22o 19896.586 / 10
SpaceCamp
Andie
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
Jun 6o 19865.881 / 10