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April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, IA
Biography:The daughter of a contractor father and an artist mother, "Kate Mulgrew" was the second oldest of eight children. At 18, Mulgrew headed to New York to study acting with "Stella Adler". She spent a grueling year or so pounding on casting-agency doors and making ends meet as a waitress and model. Then, on the same day in 1975, she landed two plum roles: Emily Webb in a stage revival of "Our Town", and Mary Ryan on the new ABC TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope". Four years later, she was tapped to play Kate Columbo, the previously never-seen wife of dishevelled TV detective Columbo ("Peter Falk"), on the prime-time series "Mrs. Columbo", later retitled "Kate Loves a Mystery". Columbo himself would never be seen on "Mrs. Columbo"; for that matter, few viewers saw Kate Mulgrew, since the rather ill-conceived series never built up much of an audience. Despite this setback, the actress persevered, starring in... Full Biography
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