From her early beginnings on Bonanza (1959) to the comedy of Alley McBeal (1997), Kate has captured the eye of America through Television. She has appeared in more TV series than any other actress to date.
Kate landed a role on the daytime soap opera Dark Shadows (1966). Not an awesome beginning, if you ever watch the re-runs of the series – some really bad acting there. Satan’s School for Girls (1973) and Killer Bees (1974) don’t sound like great movie titles but it was a pathway to Television.
These early movie roles led her long running TV series like The Rookies (1972) as Jill Danko the tough-minded nurse. As Sabrina Duncan on Charlie’s Angels (1976) she became an intelligent beautiful sleuth. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983), Kate portrayed Mrs. Amanda King, spy with the secret agent Bruce Boxleitner. Her last major TV series was Baby Boom (1988) as a spin off from the original movie with Diane Keaton.
Kate has been married three times. Her first husband was actor, Andrew Stevens (1979-1980) movie producer. Second husband, David Greenwald (1982-1984) film editor and her third was Tom Hart (1991-1993) stuntman. Kate became a compulsive actress taking on more and more roles that caused her marriages to be short lived
Trying to find her niche Kate tried comedy through the remake of Topper (1979 starring with her first husband, Andrew Stevens) but the film that made her career with a cutting edge was Making Love (1982). This film was about a wife’s discovery of her husband’s homosexuality.
Kate’s greatest character role has been her own life. Discovering a breast tumor, Kate underwent surgery and within a short time found that the cancer remained and had a mastectomy done. Kate now is a major spokeswoman for the cause of defeating and recognizing breast cancer in America.
By the age of 45 she discovered that her health problems were not over. Having defeated cancer she now faced a childhood birth defect of having a hole in her heart. She underwent open-heart surgery to repair the damage (1994).
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