Happy Birthday actor Kate Mulgrew
Born: Katherine Kiernan Maria Mulgrew
April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA
At age 17, she left home and traveled to New York City to study acting. At New York University, she was accepted into Stella Adler’s Conservatory. At the end of her junior year, she left the university to commit herself full time to her craft. Her early career included portraying Mary Ryan for two years on the ABC soap opera Ryan’s Hope (1975) while also playing the role of Emily in the American Shakespeare Theatre production of “Our Town” in Stratford, Connecticut. When Kate was only 23, she played Kate Columbo in a series created especially for her, Mrs. Columbo (1979). In this series, she was playing the wife of one of television’s most beloved detectives, Lt. Columbo. While a critical success, the series was canceled after two seasons.
In 1993, Kate separated…
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