Kate Jackson
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Catherine Elise Jackson was born on October 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. She is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress.
When she was still a child she used to practice signing autographs to her friends. Kate Jackson did appear in school productions such as The Mad Woman of Chaillot and put on skits with her sister at the Brookhill School for girls in Birmingham, Alabama (1966), but, when it came time to attend college, she chose the University of Mississippi (1966 - 1968) and the traditional major of History. She transferred from U Miss to Birmingham Southern College (1968) halfway through her sophomore year, and enrolled in her first theatre class, a history of theatre and speech course.
After a summer apprenticeship at the Stowe Playhouse in Stowe, Vermont, Jackson moved to New York in 1968 and enrolled at the distinguished American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Kate worked hard, appearing in various Academy productions such as "Night Must Fall", "Royal Gambit", "The Constant Wife" and "Little Moon of Alban". At the same time, to support herself she worked in various jobs. She modeled bridal gowns and worked as a tour guide at NBC for a while.
After she graduated the Academy in 1970 she got a call to audition for a role on a popular daytime horror soap opera. She won the role over several other actresses and got a year-long stint on Dark Shadows, the famous ABC gothic soap opera. She played Daphne Harridge, the ghost of a 19th century governess who tries to protect two children from her murderous lover. Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis impressed with Kate Jackson chose her to star in the feature film Night of Dark Shadows and after that, she decided it was time to try for better and bigger things in Hollywood.
Within moths after arriving in Hollywood, she was working on the Jimmy Stewart Show playing the part of a college student and made a series of guest appearances on various TV shows like on Bonanza and earned some television feature roles in The Medex with Burgess Meredith and Movin On co-starring with David Soul.
In 1978, Jackson married actor and producer Andrew Stevens. They subsequently divorced in 1980. She then married editor David Greenwald in 1982, but they divorced two years later. Her third marriage was to stuntman Tom Hart in 1991, but they also divorced two years later.
She successfully battled breast cancer twice, in 1987 and 1989.
Filmography
- "Criminal Minds" (1 episode, 2007)
- The Perfect Suspect (2006)
- "America's Top Sleuths" (2006)
- "Family Guy" (1 episode, 2006)
- No Regrets (2004)
- "Third Watch" (2 episodes, 2004)
- Larceny (2004)
- Miracle Dogs (2003)
- "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1 episode, 2002)
- "The Zeta Project" (1 episode, 2002)
- A Mother's Testimony (2001)
- Satan's School for Girls (2000)
- "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (1 episode, 2000)
- "Batman Beyond" (1 episode, 1999)
- "Twice in a Lifetime" (1 episode, 1999)
- Sweet Deception (1998)
- Error in Judgment (1998)
- "Dead Man's Gun" (1 episode, 1997)
- "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 1997)
- What Happened to Bobby Earl? (1997)
- Panic in the Skies! (1996)
- New Passages (1996)
- A Kidnapping in the Family (1996)
- Murder on the Iditarod Trail (1996)
- The Silence of Adultery (1995)
- Justice in a Small Town (1994)
- Armed and Innocent (1994)
- Empty Cradle (1993)
- Adrift (1993)
- Arly Hanks (1993)
- Homewrecker (1992)
- Quiet Killer (1992)
- The Stranger Within (1990)
- "Baby Boom" (10 episodes, 1988-1989)
- Loverboy (1989)
- "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (88 episodes, 1983-1987)
- Listen to Your Heart (1983)
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
- Making Love (1982)
- Dirty Tricks (1981)
- Thin Ice (1981)
- Inmates: A Love Story (1981)
- Topper (1979)
- "Charlie's Angels" (69 episodes, 1976-1979)
- "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1979)
- "The San Pedro Beach Bums" (1 episode, 1977)
- James at 15 (1977)
- Thunder and Lightning (1977)
- Death at Love House (1976)
- "The Rookies" (27 episodes, 1972-1976)
- Death Scream (1975)
- Death Cruise (1974)
- Killer Bees (1974)
- Satan's School for Girls (1973)
- Limbo (1972)
- Movin' On (1972)
- "Bonanza" (1 episode, 1972)
- The New Healers (1972)
- The Rookies (1972)
- "The Jimmy Stewart Show" (2 episodes, 1971)
- Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
- "Dark Shadows" (70 episodes, 1970-1971)
