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Alias Name(s): Katherine Burton
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Birthday: 9-10-1957
Kate BurtonMore Photos Kate was born in Switzerland in 1957, but she was raised in Manhattan after her parents got divorced. Her parents were Richard Burton and Sybil Williams Christopher. Kate is also the step daughter of Elizabeth Taylor and Jordan Christopher. She earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and European history from Brown University in 1979; and she studied at Yale University school of...

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To Have and to Hold
Monday 21 January 2008 on NBC

Joe brings a reluctant Allison with him to a party at a prospective employer's house. Later on, the employer's daughter disappears, leading Allison to connect her recent dreams about Paris to the disappearance. Now it's up to Allison to save the daughter, which coincidentally will also secure...

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Kate Burton (actress) is not Kate Burton (aid worker) who was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip in December 2005. (edit)
Kate's son Morgan is of 2006 pursuing a career in acting at Brown University. (edit)
During her studying at Yale University, Kate's roommate was Jane Kaczmarek. And it is interesting that Kate set a blind date between Jane and Bradley Withfort, and later two of them married. (edit)
Kate also earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and European history in 1979 from Brown University. (edit)
List of awards and nominations

1983; Theatre World Award, Present Laughter.
1990; Drama Desk nomination for "Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play", Some Americans Abroad
1995; Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special", Notes for My Daughter.
2002;
1) Tony Award nomination for "Best Actress in a Play", Hedda Gabler
2) Tony Award nomination for "Best Actress in a Featured Role", The Elephant Man.
2006;
1) Drama League Award nomination for "Distinguished Performance", The Constant Wife.
2) Tony Award nomination for "Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play", The Constant Wife.
3) Emmy Award nomination for "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series", Grey's Anatomy. (edit)

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Kate Burton: (her advice to aspiring actors) I always say that you just never know. You think you can make a plan, but there is no plan. You have to keep yourself open and your heart full, and be open to the experience. The most important thing is that you have to be happy in your life. Your career cannot be your source of happiness. Your family and friends need to be the source of your happiness. Your career is an expression of you, but it can't be all of you. (edit)
Kate Burton: (about her sister Jessica) Jessica is mentally retarded which is very difficult. But she has been in a home for a very long time and it is something that has become part of our lives. Everybody has something in their family and it's hard... I feel fortunate that my father was so successful that he made the money he did so he could support her for the rest of her life. Certainly my life would have been different if Jessica had been all right. I wouldn't have been the daughter of Richard Burton. There would have been two of us to share things. (edit)
Kate Burton: (basically about her acting career) I feel very grateful to make my living as an actor. That was always my hope and my plan, to make my living this way. I didn't become an actor to win an award. I certainly didn't become an actor to be a star. I thought if I get to play interesting roles, and I get to be challenged and I get to make my living... that's enough for me. (edit)
Kate Burton (about her family): Basically, I'm part of this large, creative, mildly crazy, loosely connected loving family. But... really, these days, who isn't? (edit)
Kate Burton (about her acting roles): I'm usually the sweet wife... or the sweet dead wife. (edit)

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Grey's Anatomy
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The Practice
Susan Alexander
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100 Centre Street
My Brother's Keeper
Sheila Byrne
Brooklyn Bridge
Keeping up with the Joneses
Susan Lowenberg Jones
Grey's Anatomy
Walk On Water
Ellis Grey
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Ellen Foster
Abigail
Intimate Portrait
Elizabeth Taylor
Herself
Judging Amy
Silent Era
Dr. Sheri Jordan
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This actress has the skills of being someone great on television.
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