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Kate Burton

Actor

Kate Burton

Born September 10, 1957 in Geneva, Switzerland55 films

Kate Burton is a Swiss-born Welsh-American stage and screen actress. She is best known for her TV roles as Vice President Sally Langston on ABC's Scandal, Vera Quinn on the Audience Network's series Full Circle, and Dr. Ellis Grey on ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

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She holds an BA in Russian Studies and European History from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
127 Hours poster7.1127 Hours2010Remember Me poster7.1Remember Me2010Unfaithful poster6.7Unfaithful2002Stay poster6.6Stay2005The Ice Storm poster6.9The Ice Storm1997The First Wives Club poster6.7The First Wives Club1996Dumb Money poster6.7Dumb Money2023Barefoot poster6.7Barefoot2014

Filmography

55 films as actor
  1. TBAA Great Depression
  2. 2026Death on the BrandywineAnn Riley
  3. 2025The SurrenderBarbara
  4. 2025Violent EndsDarlene Woodley
  5. 2025Oscar Wilde About America
  6. 2024gutsGabby
  7. 2023Our SonMaggie "Miggie"
  8. 2023Dumb MoneyElaine Gill
  9. 2023Heaven, I SupposeCheryl
  10. 2023The Anne Frank Gift ShopIlse
  11. 2022BreakingTami Stackhouse
  12. 2019Where'd You Go, BernadetteEllen Idelson
  13. 2018At First LightKate
  14. 2017Noël Coward's Present LaughterLiz Essendine
  15. 2015MartyrsEleanor
  16. 2015Identity TheftAnna
  17. 2015Bleeding HeartMartha
  18. 2015AmokDr. Wilson
  19. 2014Don't Look BackDr. Jeanette Barnes
  20. 2014BarefootMrs. Wheeler
  21. 2013Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln CenterMrs. Mullin
  22. 2012Mariachi GringoAnne
  23. 2012Liberal ArtsSusan
  24. 20122 Days in New YorkBella
  25. 2011PunctureSenator O'Reilly
  26. 2010127 HoursAron's Mom
  27. 2010Remember MeJanine
  28. 2010ConsentSusan
  29. 2009WashingtonienneJoy
  30. 2009SpoonerAlice Spooner
  31. 2008What Just HappenedDoctor Randall
  32. 2008Max PayneNicole Horne
  33. 2008Hidden Treasure of the MississippiAunt Birdy
  34. 2008Quid Pro QuoMerilee
  35. 2006SherrybabyMarcia Swanson
  36. 2005StayMrs. Letham
  37. 2003The Diary of Ellen RimbauerConnie Posey
  38. 2003Three SistersOlga
  39. 2002ObsessedSara Miller
  40. 2002SwimfanCarla Cronin
  41. 2002UnfaithfulTracy
  42. 2000The OpportunistsRest Home Sister
  43. 1998CelebrityRobin's Friend Cheryl
  44. 1997Ellen FosterAbigail Montford
  45. 1997The Ice StormDorothy Franklin
  46. 1996MistrialKatherine Donohue
  47. 1996The First Wives ClubWoman in Bed
  48. 1996AugustHelen Blathwaite
  49. 1995Notes for My DaughterBrenda Gardner
  50. 1993Love MattersDeborah
  51. 1993Life with MikeyMrs. Burns
  52. 1987Uncle Tom's CabinOphelia
  53. 1986Big Trouble in Little ChinaMargo
  54. 1983Alice in WonderlandAlice
  55. 1969Anne of the Thousand DaysServing Maid (uncredited)