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Kate Capshaw
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<p>Kathleen Sue Spielberg (<i><a href="/facts/N%25C3%25A9e/FctFJcbg">née</a></i> 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 <a href="/facts/List_of_Indiana_Jones_characters/JdLkjjTC">Willie Scott</a>, an American nightclub singer and performer in <i><a href="/facts/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom/9LapELul">Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</a></i> (1984), directed by her eventual husband <a href="/facts/Steven_Spielberg/KeqLPKoS">Steven Spielberg</a>. Since then, she starred in <i><a href="/facts/Dreamscape_(1984_film)/KDv4HYuB">Dreamscape</a></i> (1984), <i><a href="/facts/Power_(1986_film)/D5t10gGR">Power</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/facts/SpaceCamp/aFfPRLSS">SpaceCamp</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/facts/Black_Rain_(1989_American_film)/CNqeSNcK">Black Rain</a></i> (1989), <i><a href="/facts/Love_Affair_(1994_film)/WqgeHfXy">Love Affair</a></i> (1994), <i><a href="/facts/Just_Cause_(film)/1Js3snwm">Just Cause</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/facts/The_Locusts_(film)/Yfcdpxpm">The Locusts</a></i> (1997), and <i><a href="/facts/The_Love_Letter_(1999_film)/GCI5hVN2">The Love Letter</a></i> (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. </p>