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American actress
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Female
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9 January 1943(Philadelphia, USA)
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Harvard University
Wells College
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Kathryn Walker (born January 9, 1943) is an American theater, television and film actress.
Walker was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wells College in Aurora, New York, and was a Fulbright Scholar in music and drama.
In 2008, Walker published a novel, A Stopover in Venice (Knopf, ISBN 0-307-26706-7).
Personal life
Walker's relationship with writer Douglas Kenney lasted until his death in 1980 at the age of 33. She was married to singer James Taylor from 1985 to 1995.
In popular culture
Walker was portrayed in the film Burton & Taylor by Sarah Hadland, and in the film A Futile and Stupid Gesture by Emmy Rossum.
Broadway
- The Good Doctor (1973–1974)
- Mourning Pictures (1974)
- A Touch of the Poet (1977–1978) as Sara Melody
- Private Lives (1983) as Amanda Prynne and, in other shows, as Sybil Chase
- Wild Honey (1986–1987) as Anna Petrovna