Kathleen York
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Kathleen York is an EMI recording artist singer-songwriter, and Academy Award nominated songwriter as well as a film and television actor. She is also known as Bird York.
Her song, "In the Deep", on her album The Velvet Hour was featured in the movie Crash and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. On March 5, 2006, York performed the song live at the 78th Academy Awards ceremony. Her songs have also appeared in Nip Tuck, CSI: NY, House and Everwood, and she wrote and performed all the songs for the 2001 season of the Paul Haggis CBS series Family Law.
As an actor, Kathleen has starred in numerous films, mini series and television projects, among them a recurring role as Andrea Wyatt on multi Emmy Award winning series The West Wing' and soon to be recurring on ABC's Desperate Housewives in the 2006-2007 season. She also starred as a young Naomi Judd in the four hour NBC mini series about the country singer's life. Other credits include films with Tom Waits (Cold Feet), Tom Cavanaugh, (Sublime in 2007), Curb Your Enthusiasm (in the episode "The Massage"), Northern Lights (with Diane Keaton), a cameo in Crash, and starring roles in indie films Sister Island, The Big Day and Footsteps as well as many other major film and television projects.
Public Name: Kathleen York
Birth Name: Kathleen York
Birth Date: 26 August 1938
Place of Birth: Aurora, Minnesota, USA
Filmography
- Footsteps, 2007 (post-production)
- Sublime, 2007
- "Desperate Housewives", 2006 TV Episode
- "The West Wing", 2000-2006 TV Episode
- Fatal Desire, 2006 (TV)
- "Malcolm in the Middle", 2006 TV Episode
- "In Justice", 2006 TV Episode
- A House Divided, 2006 (TV)
- "Wild Card", 2005 TV Episode
- "The O.C.", 2004-2005 TV Episode
- Soccer Moms, 2005 (TV)
- Crash, 2004
- "Miss Match", 2003 TV Episode
- "The Guardian", 2002 TV Episode
- "For the People", 2002 TV Episode
- "Philly", 2002 TV Episode
- "Curb Your Enthusiasm", 2001 TV Episode
- The Big Day, 2001
- "Family Law", 2001 TV Episode
- "Vengeance Unlimited", 1998 TV Series
- "The Practice", 1998 TV Episode
- Icebergs: The Secret Life of a Refrigerator, 1998 (TV)
- Northern Lights, 1997 (TV)
- Dead Men Can't Dance, 1997
- To Dance with Olivia, 1997 (TV)
- Nightjohn, 1996 (TV)
- A Season in Purgatory, 1996 (TV)
- "Murder One", 1995-1996 TV Episode
- Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge, 1995 (TV)
- Dream Lover, 1994
- "The John Larroquette Show", 1993 TV Episode
- Love, Lies & Lullabies, 1993 (TV)
- Gregory K, 1993 (TV)
- "Key West", 1993 TV Episode
- Cries of Silence, 1993
- Darkman, 1992 (TV)
- "Veronica Clare", 1991 TV Episode
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, 1991
- I Love You to Death, 1990
- Flashback, 1990
- "Tales from the Crypt", 1989 TV Episode
- Cold Feet, 1989
- Checking Out, 1989
- "Aaron's Way", 1988 TV Series
- Astronomy, 1988
- Aaron's Way: The Harvest, 1988 (TV)
- Winners Take All, 1987
- The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, 1987 (TV)
- Thompson's Last Run, 1986 (TV)
- "Simon & Simon", 1986 TV Episode
- Chase, 1985 (TV)
- This Child Is Mine, 1985 (TV)
- "Our Family Honor", 1985 TV Episode
- Not My Kid, 1985 (TV)
- Protocol, 1984












