Katherine Burton (born September 10 1957) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning British actress.
Kate Burton is a Scottish aid worker who was kidnapped together with her parents from the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip on December 28, 2005.
Seven kidnappers armed with automatic rifles pulled over the car occupied by Kate Burton and her parents Hugh and Winnie Burton and then bundled them into a white vehicle on December 28, 2005, as she was showing her parents around the Palestinian town of Rafah close to the border with Egypt.
The Palestinian authorities stepped up efforts to find the three persons by setting up road blocks in the area. The militant group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades condemned the kidnappings. There were also public protests in Gaza calling for their release.
Palestinian mediators said on December 30 that they expected the hostages to be released shortly. Subsequently, all three hostages were released on December 30. The family released a statement saying that Kate intended to continue working in Gaza.
Daughter of Richard Burton (I) and Sybil Williams.
Her husband is a theatre director, born c. 1958.
Son, Morgan Ritchie, and daughter, Charlotte, with Michael Ritchie.
Husband Ritchie is the director of Massachusetts' Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Earned a BA in Russian studies and European history from Brown University.
Studied at Yale University School of Drama, where she was a classmate of Jane Kaczmarek.
In 2002, she was nominated for two Tony Awards: as Best Actress (Play) for portraying the title character in a revival of Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler," and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of "The Elephant Man". This made her one of only three actors (the others are Amanda Plummer and Dana Ivey) to be Tony-nominated for two acting awards in the same year.
Step-daughter of actor Jordan Christopher.
Mother of Morgan Ritchie.
Former stepdaughter of Elizabeth Taylor (I) and Sally Hay.
Highly respected and talented audio book reader. She is constantly represented among best-selling audio titles.
Playwright/actor Emlyn Williams (I) was her godfather.
