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Kate Wilkinson (born October 25, 1916, San Francisco, California; died February 9, 1993, New York, NY) was an actress in the United States, best known for her roles as Viola Stapleton in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, a role she played from 1975 to 1981, and Clara Hudson on Another World, which she played from 1987 to 1989. In addition to making many guest appearances in supporting roles on television as well as a number of films, she also was a regular on theatre. Among the roles she played on the stage were Mrs. McCollough in 1974's Last of Mrs. Lincoln (she also reprised her role in the 1976 film version), and Clairee in the original stage version of Steel Magnolias in (1987) (a role Olympia Dukakis would play in the film version). She passed away in 1993 at the age of 76. Her last role was a 1990 guest appearance in the drama Law and Order.

Filmography

# Edge of Night - Mrs. Perkins (1966) # Love is a Many Splendored Thing - Sister Irene (1973) # F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Last of the Belles (1974) # First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington - Mrs. Chamberlayne (1975) # Guiding Light - Viola Stapleton (1975 - 81) # Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976) # Diary of the Dead - Ethel 1980 # A Mistaken Charity (made-for-TV movie) - Charlotte (1986) # Another World - Clara Hudson (1987 - 89) # See You in the Morning - Aunt Matilda (1989) # Law and Order - Grey haired lady (1990)

Stage credits

# Danton's Death - (October 21, 1965 - November 1965) # The Rimers of Eldritch - Martha Truit (February 20 - March 19, 1967) # Watercolor & Criss-Crossing - (January 21, 1970 - January 24, 1970) # Postcards - (March 16, 1970 - March 28, 1970) # A Doll's House - Anne Marie (January 13, 1971 - June 26, 1971) # Hedda Gabler - (February 17, 1971 - June 19, 1971) # Ring Around the Bathtub - Nurse Sampson (April 29, 1972 - Apr 29, 1972) # The Last of Mrs. Lincoln - Mrs. McCollough (December 12, 1972 - February 4, 1973) # Man and Superman - Mrs. Whitefield (Deccember 14, 1978 - February 18, 1979) # The Man Who Came to Dinner - (June 26, 1980 - September 7, 1980) # Frankenstein - Frau Mueller (January 4 - 14 1981) # Steel Magnolias
- Clairee (March 28, 1987 - February 25, 1990)

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