| Kate McNeil | |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1981–present |
| Children: | 2 |
Kate McNeil (born August 17, 1959) is an American actress. She starred in the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns from 1981 to 1984, and in 1983 had the leading role in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row. McNeil was also the female lead in the 1988 horror film Monkey Shines.
The daughter of the president of U.S. Cocoa Corporation, McNeil grew up in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In high school, she said, "I was in a lot of plays, and I was a bit wild."[1] She went on to study theater at Ithaca College.[1]
McNeil began her acting career on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1981. In 1982, she appeared in the low-budget comedy Beach House. The following year, she starred in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row.[2] 1985 saw Kate McNeil appearing in the miniseries Kane & Abel and in 1986 she was featured in another miniseries, North and South Book II. She co-starred in director George A. Romero's horror film Monkey Shines in 1988. In the 1990s, Kate McNeil appeared as Janet Gilchrist in the final three Waltons TV movies.
In the early 1990s, McNeil was a cast member of two television shows, WIOU and Bodies of Evidence. McNeil has also made numerous television guest appearances. She has appeared on Amazing Stories, Simon & Simon, Designing Women, Midnight Caller, Quantum Leap, The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote, Babylon 5, Diagnosis Murder, Veronica Mars, Bones, The Mentalist, and Mad Men.
McNeil has been married to Roy Friedland, a director and script writer,[1] since 1987. They have two children.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Beach House | Cindy | ||
| 1983 | Katherine 'Katey' Rose | |||
| 1988 | Monkey Shines | Melanie Parker | ||
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | Stacy | ||
| 1995 | Sudden Death | Kathi | ||
| 1997 | Shadow Dancer | Det. Frances Hayes | ||
| 2000 | Space Cowboys | Female Astronaut #1 | ||
| 2001 | Betty | |||
| 2001 | Glitter | Karen Diana | ||
| 2002 | Until Morning | Gillian Scott |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–1984 | As the World Turns | Karen Haines Stenbeck Dixon | TV series | |
| 1985 | Kane and Abel | Florentyna Rosnovski | TV miniseries | |
| 1986 | Vital Signs | Kristi | TV film | |
| 1986 | North and South | Augusta Barclay | TV miniseries | |
| 1987 | Amazing Stories | Patty O'Neil | Episode: "Blue Man Down" | |
| 1988 | Simon & Simon | Trish Van Alder | Episode: "The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall" | |
| 1988, 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Carrie Palmer, Kate Walden | Episodes: "Harbinger of Death", "A Virtual Murder" | |
| 1989 | Designing Women | Libby Coker | Episode: "The Junies" | |
| 1989–90 | Anything but Love | Gail | Episodes: "Hearts and Bones", "Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow" | |
| 1990 | Midnight Caller | Rev. Summer | Episode: "Planes" | |
| 1990 | Dana Buchanan | TV film | ||
| 1990–91 | WIOU | Taylor Young | Main role | |
| 1991 | Dear John | Carol | Episode: "Kirk's Ex-Wife" | |
| 1992–93 | Bodies of Evidence | Det. Nora Houghton | Main role | |
| 1993 | Quantum Leap | Olivia Barrett Covington | Episode: "The Leap Between States" | |
| 1993 | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Janet Gilchrist | TV film | |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Janice Rosen | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| 1995 | A Walton Wedding | Janet Gilchrist | TV film | |
| 1995 | Best Defense | Michelle Best | TV film | |
| 1996 | Jennifer Stratton / Joan | Episode: "Murder Murder" | ||
| 1996 | Escape Clause | Sarah Ramsay | TV film | |
| 1997 | A Walton Easter | Janet Gilchrist Walton | TV film | |
| 1997 | Sleeping with the Devil | Liz | TV film | |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Laura Dunbar | Episode: "To Everything a Season" | |
| 1998–99 | Pat Kennedy | Episodes: "Smooth Sailing", "Getting to Know You", "Love Floats: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" | ||
| 1999 | Providence | Randi | Episode: "Pig in Providence" | |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Marianne Harper | Episode: "Let's Dance" | |
| 1999 | Half a Dozen Babies | Lynda Smirz | TV film | |
| 2000 | Nan Wieder | Episode: "Theef" | ||
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Rose Torry | Episode: "Hard Cell" | |
| 2000 | One Kill | Maj. Leslie Nesbitt | TV film | |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | Dr. Clarkson | TV film | |
| 2001 | Family Law | Jenny | TV series | |
| 2001 | Sharon Woodbury | Episode: "Chaos Theory" | ||
| 2001 | ER | Mrs. Pendry | Episode: "Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain" | |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel | Sarah Berrington | Episode: "For All the Tea in China" | |
| 2003–04 | American Dreams | Doris Mason | Episodes: "The Long Goodbye", "Chasing the Past", "No Way Out" | |
| 2004 | NCIS | Comm. Margaret Green | Episode: "The Good Samaritan" | |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Atty. Marian Costello | Episode: "Two Families" | |
| 2005 | Cold Case | Beth Adams | Episode: "Blank Generation" | |
| 2005 | Cmdr. Collins | Episode: "Affliction" | ||
| 2005 | Veronica Mars | Betina Casablancas | Episode: "Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner" | |
| 2005 | Bones | Audrey Schilling | Episode: "The Girl in the Fridge" | |
| 2008 | Katherine Blakely | Episode: "The Thin Red Line" | ||
| 2010 | Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment | Christine Van Aken | TV documentary | |
| 2010 | Patricia Nelson | Episode: "Pasadena" | ||
| 2011 | Big Love | Sister Mary | Episodes: "A Seat at the Table", "Certain Poor Shepherds" | |
| 2012 | Mad Men | Edith Huff | Episode: "Dark Shadows" | |
| 2012 | Longmire | Maureen Mace | Episode: "An Incredibly Beautiful Thing" | |
| 2012 | Carol Adams | Episode: "Recruit" | ||
| 2016 | Code Black | Anne Stringer | Episode: "Blood Sport" | |
| 2016 | Grey's Anatomy | Tess' Mom | Episode: "I Am Not Waiting Anymore" | |
| 2021 | Them | Dr. Frances Moynihan | Episodes: "Day 9", "Day 10" |