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Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Actor · Born September 10, 1957 · Geneva, Switzerland

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Biography

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. 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.

Acted in 104

2010s

  1. 2019

    Perfect Harmony

    Julie · 1 episode

  2. 2018
  3. 2017

    Noël Coward's Present Laughter

    Liz Essendine

  4. 2016
  5. 2015
  6. Identity Theft

    Anna

  7. Amok

    Dr. Wilson

  8. 2014
  9. 2013
  10. Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Live from Lincoln Center

    Mrs. Mullin

  11. 2012

    Mariachi Gringo

    Anne

  12. 2011
  13. 2010
  14. The Deep End

    Grace Graham · 1 episode

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Washingtonienne

    Joy

  3. Spooner

    Alice Spooner

  4. 2008
  5. Hidden Treasure of the Mississippi

    Aunt Birdy

  6. 2006
  7. 2005
  8. 2004
  9. 2003

    Working Shakespeare

    TV

  10. Three Sisters

    Olga

  11. 2002

    Obsessed

    Sara Miller

  12. 2001
  13. 2000

    The Opportunists

    Rest Home Sister

1980s

  1. 1987

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Ophelia

  2. 1986
  3. 1985
  4. Evergreen

    Agatha Bradford · 1 episode

  5. 1984

    Ellis Island

    Vanessa Ogden · 3 episodes

  6. 1983

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice

  7. 1982

1950s

  1. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Abigail · 1 episode

Appearances9

2020s

  1. 2021

    Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

    Narrator (voice)

  2. The Codebreaker

    Narrator (voice)

  3. 2020

    The Vote

    Narrator (voice) · 2 episodes

2010s

  1. 2011

    Caris' Peace

    Self

2000s

  1. 2005

    Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea

    Narrator (voice)

1990s

  1. 1996

    Looking for Richard

    Self