Kate Wilkinson
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Kate Wilkinson was an American
United States
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stage, film and television actress, best known for her roles as Viola Stapleton in the CBS
CBS
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soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
, a role she played from 1976 to 1981, and Clara Hudson on the NBC
NBC
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soap opera Another World
Another World (TV series)
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
, which she played from 1987 to 1989.
In addition to making many guest appearances in supporting roles on television as well as a number of films, she also was a regular on theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
.
Among her stage roles were Mrs. McCollough in 1972-73's Last of Mrs. Lincoln (she also reprised her role in the 1976 film version), and Clairee in the original stage version of Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....
in 1987 (a role Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
would play in the film version). Her last role was a 1990 guest appearance on
Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
.
Filmography
- Edge of Night - Mrs. Perkins (1966)
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing - Sister Irene (1973)
- Beyond the HorizonBeyond the Horizon (play)Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama....
- Kate Mayo (1973) - F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Last of the Belles (1974)
- First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington - Mrs. Chamberlayne (1975)
- Guiding LightGuiding LightGuiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
- Viola Stapleton (November 1976 - 1981) - Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976)
- Diary of the DeadDiary of the Dead (1976 film)Diary of the Dead is a 1976 neo-noir film directed by Arvin Brown, based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell. It was produced by Charles B. Moss. Robert L...
- Ethel Dean (1976) - Another WorldAnother World (TV series)Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
- Mrs. Franklin (1983); Alice Nixon (1986); Clara Hudson (1987–1989) - A Mistaken Charity (made-for-TV movie) - Charlotte (1986)
- See You in the MorningSee You in the Morning (film)See You in the Morning is a 1989 romantic comedy film written and directed by Alan J. Pakula, and starring Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige and Farrah Fawcett. It features music by Nat "King" Cole and Cherri Red. The original music score was composed by Michael Small.-Plot:Larry Livingstone falls in love...
- Aunt Matilda (1989) - Law & OrderLaw & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
: (episode: "Prescription for DeathPrescription for DeathPrescription for Death was the first episode on the long-running crime drama television series Law & Order. It was aired on September 13, 1990. Although it was the first episode of the series to air, it was not originally intended to be the pilot. "Everybody's Favorite Bagman", which aired on...
") - Grey-haired lady (1990)
Stage credits
- Danton's Death (October 21, 1965 - November 1965)
- The Rimers of Eldritch - Martha Truit (February 20, 1967 – March 19, 1967)
- Watercolor & Criss-Crossing (January 21, 1970 - January 24, 1970)
- Postcards (March 16, 1970 - March 28, 1970)
- A Doll's HouseA Doll's HouseA Doll's House is a three-act play in prose by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premièred at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month....
- Anne Marie (January 13, 1971 - June 26, 1971) - Hedda GablerHedda GablerHedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
(February 17, 1971 - June 19, 1971) - Ring Around the Bathtub - Nurse Sampson (April 29, 1972 - April 29, 1972)
- Last of Mrs. Lincoln - Mrs. McCollough (December 12, 1972 - February 4, 1973)
- Our TownOur TownOur Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
- Mrs. Gibbs (August 3, 1976 - August 7, 1976) - The Shadow BoxThe Shadow BoxThe Shadow Box is a play written by actor Michael Cristofer. The play made its Broadway debut on March 31, 1977. The original cast included Simon Oakland as Joe, Laurence Luckinbill as Brian, Mandy Patinkin as Mark, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Felicity, and Vincent Spano as Steve.-Plot synopsis:The...
(August 1, 1978 - August 5, 1978) - Man and Superman - Mrs. Whitefield (December 14, 1978 - February 18, 1979)
- Camino RealCamino Real (play)Camino Real is a 1953 play by Tennessee Williams. In the introduction to the Penguin edition of the play, Williams directs the reader to use the Anglicized pronunciation "Cá-mino Réal." The play takes its title from its setting, alluded to El Camino Real, a dead-end place in a Spanish-speaking town...
- The Gypsy (June 28, 1979 – July 7, 1979) - The MatchmakerThe MatchmakerThe Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder.The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford's 1835 one-act farce A Day Well Spent had been extended into a full-length play entitled Einen Jux will er sich machen by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842...
- Miss Flora Van (July 10, 1979 - July 14, 1979) - The Man Who Came to DinnerThe Man Who Came to DinnerThe Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. It debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City. It then enjoyed a number of New York and London revivals. The first London production was staged at The Savoy Theatre starring Robert...
(June 26, 1980 - September 7, 1980) - Frankenstein - Frau Mueller (January 4, 1981 - January 14, 1981)
- A Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe EggA Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a 1967 play by English playwright Peter Nichols, first staged at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland before transferring to London's West End theatres in 1968.-Plot summary:Characters* Bri* Grace* Joe* Freddie...
- Grace August 11, 1985 - August 22, 1985) - Steel MagnoliasSteel MagnoliasSteel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....
- Clairee (March 28, 1987 - February 25, 1990) - Inherit the WindInherit the Wind (play)Inherit the Wind is a play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. The play, which debuted in 1955, is a parable that fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials.-Background:...
- Mrs. Brady (July 24, 1990 - August 4, 1990)