Kate Collins (actress)

Kate Collins (born May 6, 1959) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Natalie Marlowe on the ABC soap opera All My Children, a role she originated in 1985.

Kate Collins
Born (1959-05-06) May 6, 1959[1]
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)
Charles Newell
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(m. 1992)​
Children2
Parent(s)Michael Collins
Patricia Collins

Personal life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Washington D.C., Collins is the eldest child of astronaut Michael Collins, who served as Command Module Pilot on the historic Apollo 11 mission (the first human Moon landing) in 1969.[2] She graduated from National Cathedral School[3] studied theater at Northwestern University and graduated in 1981.[4] After college, she worked in a number of regional theater groups and appeared in the off-Broadway productions of The Danube, Blood Moon and Clarissa.[5] In 1990, she starred in the soap opera spoof theatrical play Quiet on the Set.[6] She married Charles Newell, who is the Artistic Director of the Court Theatre in Chicago, in October 1992. They have two sons and live in Hyde Park, Chicago.[7]

Appearances on TV

Collins has guest starred on the daytime soap operas One Life to Live, Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow and Another World.[5] Collins was cast for All My Children in 1985 during her performances in the Broadway play Doubles.[4] Collins left All My Children in 1992, and the role was recast with Melody Anderson. The character was subsequently killed off on June 22, 1993. Collins returned to the show in 1997, 1998, and 2001 as Natalie's "spirit." She also played the role of Natalie's mentally ill sister, Janet Green from 1991 to 1992 and 2005 to 2007. In 2010 and 2011, Collins made several more appearances as Janet on the now-canceled All My Children.[8][9]

Collins also guest-starred on L.A. Law and co-hosted Good Morning America in 1989, where she substituted for regular host Joan Lunden.[10]

References
  1. https://www.interplanetary.org.uk/single-post/2019/07/19/142---Michael-Collins---Apollo
  2. "Soap Sleaze-Pot Kate Collins, An Astronaut's Daughter, Is Shooting for the Moon". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. Wozencraft, Ann (16 December 1987). "Soap-opera actress Collins moonstruck with Houston". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. "Soap Sleaze-Pot Kate Collins, An Astronaut's Daughter, Is Shooting for the Moon : People.com". www.people.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  5. "Kate Collins Leads Double Life". Harrisonburg Daily News Record. 9 November 1985. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. Hampton, Wilborn (16 August 1990). "Review/Theater; An Affectionate Soap-Opera Spoof". New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. "Interview |". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  8. "Interview | "All My Children" actor Kate Collins". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  9. "Kate Collins returns to AMC's orbit". soapcentral.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  10. "Kate Collins | Soaps.com". soaps.sheknows.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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