Kate Burton Movies and Career Information

Katherine "Kate" Burton (born September 10, 1957) is an American actress. Burton was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the daughter of producer Sybil Burton (née Williams) and actor Richard Burton. She was the stepdaughter of actress Elizabeth Taylor and Jordan Christopher. Burton earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies and European history from Brown University in 1979. She also studied at Yale University School of Drama in 1983. In 2007, Burton was given an honorary doctorate from Brown University. Burton is married to Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director of the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles and one of the producers of the Broadway musicals The Drowsy Chaperone and Curtains. They have two children, a son Morgan Ivor (born May 14, 1988) and a daughter Charlotte Frances (born January 19, 1998). Burton's first notable role on Broadway was in a 1982 production of the Noel Coward play Present Laughter, which was directed by George C. Scott. The following year, she appeared in the Broadway production of Doonesbury, playing J.J. Several key roles followed, including roles in Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter and Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane. In 2002, she