Kathryn Kates Biography – Kathryn Kates Wiki
Kathryn Kates was an American actress majorly recognized fr her recurring role on Seinfeld in the episodes “The Rye” and “The Dinner Party.” She started her career in Los Angeles. Kates is one of 25 actors (including fellow member John Larroquette) who are founding members of The Colony Theatre. With her colleague, they took up residence at The Studio Theatre in the Silver Lake District of Los Angeles. For the next 25 years, she along with her colleagues there produced award-winning stage productions. During the first six years of The Colony’s existence (1975 to 1981), Kates, along with Barbara Beckley, was co-general manager of The Colony and together they produced all of the company’s plays.
She has the distinction of being the only actress to ever play opposite John Larroquette as his mother, lover, and wife: as his mother in Enter Laughing (Cast Theatre, 1974), his wife in A Company of Wayward Saints (Colony Theatre 1978);[5] and his lover in The Lady’s Not For Burning (Colony Theatre, 1979). She also appeared in many other of The Colony’s L.A. Drama Critics’ Circle award-winning productions such as The Grapes Of Wrath and Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles (El Rey Theatre with Ed Harris). Over the years, The Colony Theatre has evolved from a small ensemble of actors into a well-established, award-winning, nationally recognized theatre, renowned for high-quality productions. It has been listed in the Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac as one of “25 Notable US Theater Companies.”
Kates had a recurring role in the Netflix/Lionsgate series Orange Is the New Black, written by Jenji Kohan, playing Jason Biggs’ mother. She was a series lead in the CBS/Showtime pilot Gurland on Gurland, playing Myrna Birnbaum. She also appeared in Reggie Rock Bythewood’s pilot for the BET network, Gun Hill, as Bora. One of Kates’s most memorable roles is her recurring appearance on Seinfeld as The Counter Woman in the iconic episodes “The Dinner Party” (1994) and “The Rye” (1996). Other recurring roles have been on the Disney series Lizzie McGuire as the zany neighbor, Mrs. Carrabino (“You’re a Good Man, Lizzie McGuire”, 2002 and “My Fair Larry”, 2003), on Pam Am (2011) as the nosy neighbor, Mrs. Luckovich, as June Starr in Judging Amy with Tyne Daly (2003), as Ginny in Caroline in the City, as Mrs. Bowman in Hudson Street (1996), and as Mable Maloney in a two-part Matlock, “The Witness Killings” (1991).
She has worked in film, for director Daryl Wein in Lola Versus starring Greta Gerwig, Debra Winger, and Bill Pullman; and for Paul Moshe Mones in Dovid Moyer as Odel, the Orthodox cook. She has also worked with such notable directors as Don Siegel (in Jinxed! opposite Bette Midler, 1982) and Lamont Johnson in the television movie Life of The Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982) with Carol Burnett. She has received acting awards, winning the Drama Logue Award for best actress for her role as Ruby in Marsha Norman’s Getting Out (1982), and in 2010 getting a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the MITF in NYC for her work in Gray Matters as the high-powered agent, Miriam Berger (2010).
Since relocating to New York City in 2006, she has featured in over twenty Off and Off Off-Broadway productions, has toured Europe (Bucharest, Sibiu, and Stockholm) with Saviana Stanescu’s Waxing West, and has worked in some of New York’s most iconic venues, such as The Public, La Mama Etc., Urban Stages, The Soho Playhouse, The Cherry Lane, and several times on Theatre Row. She was the Palestinian Aunt in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Food and Fadwa, on Theatre Row in Herman Kline’s Midlife Crisis, and, more recently starred along with Greg Mullavey and Gaby Hoffmann in The Last Seder. She was a company member of Daniel Talbott’s Rising Phoenix Rep.
Kathryn Kates Age
She was born on September 15, 1948, in New York, New York, United States, and died on January 22, 2022. She was 73 years.
Kathryn Kates Family
She was the second daughter of Louis Kates and his wife, actress Madlyn Cates. She is survived by her siblings her brother Joshua Kates, his wife Sue Ann, and sister Mallory Kates.
Kathryn Kates Death
She passed on after battling lung cancer on January 22, 2022, at the age of 73. Her representatives confirmed the news of her demise on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, to CNN.
“After a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer, Kathryn passed away peacefully this past Saturday surrounded by her brother Josh, his wife Sue Ann, and her sister Mallory. We can confirm that Kathryn was 73 years old,” Headline Talent Agency said to CNN in a statement.
“Kathryn was our client for many years, and about one year ago, after finding out that the lung cancer she was treated for 20 years ago had returned, we grew even closer. She was incredibly brave, thoughtful, wise, and loving. Kathryn approached every role she ever played, as well as her daily life with the greatest of passion. We will do our best to honor her incredible legacy. The world truly lost one of the good ones.”
The agency posted a tribute to Kates from its verified Instagram account on Monday: “Our mighty @officialkathrynkates has passed away. She will always be remembered and adored in our hearts as the powerful force of nature she was. She loved this craft and had enough patience to fill 10 ships. A true icon. We will miss you.”
Kathryn Kates Cause of Death
She died of lung cancer on January 22, 2022, at the age of 73.
Kathryn Kates Instagram
Her official Instagram handle was @officialkathrynkates.
