Kate Capshaw
- Actress
- Producer
- Art Director
Kate Capshaw was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas, to
Beverley Sue (Simon), a beautician and travel agent, and Edwin Leon
Nail, an airline employee. Capshaw worked as a teacher with an MA in
Learning Disabilities. Her desire to be an actress led her to New York
where she landed a role on the soap
The Edge of Night (1956).
She met her future husband,
Steven Spielberg while beating out 120
actresses for the female lead in
Indiana Jones et le Temple maudit (1984).
