American actress and producer

Kate Capshaw

Kathleen Sue Spielberg, known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American retired actress, producer and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband, Steven Spielberg. She subsequently 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). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

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1953

November 3

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What else happened on this day, through history

361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
1090 The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.
1333 The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

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The world in 1953

When Kate arrived

april 13 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
april 24 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
april 25 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
april 27 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.

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André Malraux 1901–1976 French theorist and author (born 1901) Anna Wintour 1949– English-American journalist Annibale Carracci 1560–1609 Italian painter and illustrator (born 1560) Cathy Jamieson 1956– Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice Claire van Kampen 1953–2025 English director and composer (born 1953) David Armstrong-Jones 1961– 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman Diego Alessi 1971– Italian race car driver Dwight Yorke 1971– Tobagonian footballer and coach John Mitchel 1815– Irish journalist and activist (died 1875)

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Alex Grey 1953– American visual artist and author Alex Lifeson 1953– Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Alister McGrath 1953– Irish priest, historian, and theologian Andy Partridge 1953– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Angélica Aragón 1953– Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer Arielle Dombasle 1953– French-American actress and model Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor

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