Kate Burton

Biography

Born 09/10/1957

Primarily a stage and television actress, Kate Burton managed to forge a career without constant comparisons to her late father, Richard Burton. She was perhaps best known to small screen viewers as Henry Winkler's liberal wife on the ill-fated sitcom "Monty" (Fox, 1994) and later, as a district...
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Awards

  • In 1996, received Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special
  • In 1983, received Theatre World Award

Highlights

  • In 2005, Cast in the HBO mini-series "Empire Falls" based on Richard Russo's novel
  • In 2005, Appeared with Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling in Marc Forster's "Stay"
  • In 2005, Portrayed Meredith's (Ellen Pompeo) mother, an ex-surgeon who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy"; earned an Emmy nomination in 2006 and 2007 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series

Family & Companions

  • Richard Burton: father (died in 1984)

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