Kevin Kline

Actor

Male

Born Oct 24, 1947

Age 65

Hometown St. Louis, Missouri

Other Names Kline, Kevin Delaney

Kevin Delaney Kline is an American stage and film actor. An Academy Award winner for his supporting role in the comedy hit Fish Called Wanda, AA Fish Called Wanda, he also won two Tony Awards and was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and an Emmy Award.… Read More

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Premiere of Sony Pictures Classics' 'Darling Companion' at the Egyptian Theatre

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Apr 17, 2012

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Kevin Kline and Kasey Premiere Of Sony Pictures Classics' 'Darling Companion' at the Egyptian The...

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Apr 16, 2012

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Kevin Kline during an interview for the film 'Darling Companion' at the Regency Hotel

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Apr 11, 2012

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Kevin Kline during an interview for the film 'Darling Companion' at the Regency Hotel

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Phoebe Cates
Married 1989 - Present
Sally Field
Dated 1982
Patti LuPone
Dated 1972
Klaus Kinski
Dated 1970
Glenn Close
Dated 1970
JoBeth Williams
Dated

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Kevin Kline

Age 65

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Robert Joseph Kline

Father
Peggy Kline

Mother

siblings

Kate Kline May

Sister

children

Greta Kline

Daughter, Age 19
Owen Kline
Son

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Jay Weston: Joe Papp Documentary Is Superb Depiction Of Complex Man
Huffington Post - Jan 22, 2013

Joe Papp I grew up in New York during the age of Joe Papp. For those of my Huffington readers who don't know who Joe Papp was, I will explain him by noting that he was a young, tough theatrical impresario who changed the way millions of New Yorkers thought about free pubic theatre in general and Shakespeare in particular. From the mid-50s until he died in 1991, he was probably the most important theatrical figure in that city, perhaps in the country, influencing hordes of people f...
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Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
Huffington Post Sports - Oct 24, 2012

Happy Wednesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for October 24, 2012 from Len Berman at www.ThatsSports.com. 1. Quick Hits Game 1 of the World Series is tonight in San Francisco with the Giants hosting the Tigers. Detroit's Game 1 pitcher Justin Verlander was asked if he's dating model Kate Upton, he said "I'm not confirming or denying anything." John Farrell was introduced as the new Red Sox manager yesterday. The Miami Marlins fired manager Ozzie Guillen. NHL players offe...
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Peggy Siegal: Remembering Lois Smith
Huffington Post - Oct 08, 2012

In 1977, for the entire year I sent my resume to Lois Smith, the actress, begging and hounding for a job. Finally, the actress called me up and said I sounded like a lovely young lady but I have been writing to the wrong Lois Smith. She gave me the other Lois Smith's phone number. I called Lois, co-owner of Pickwick Public Relations and told her the story. Lois was so charmed by my perseverance that she instantly hired me. She was my mentor and greatly influenced me with her k...
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Thanks For The $1 M, Meryl
Huffington Post - Oct 05, 2012

NEW YORK — Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Pap, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron. The announcement was timed to Thursday's unveiling of the nonprofit's $40 million face-lift to its 158-year-old headquarters in Astor Place. Streep has performed for the Public for decades, starting in 1975 and including "Henry V" in 1976 and "Mother Courage and Her Children" in 2006. This summer, she played Juliet o...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1947 Birth Born on October 24, 1947.

TEENAGE

1965 17 Years Old Kline graduated from the Catholic Saint Louis Priory School in 1965; in 1997, the school named its new auditorium the Kevin Kline Theater, and Kline did a benefit performance of selections from Shakespeare at the dedication. … Read More

TWENTIES

1970 22 Years Old 1 More Event

After joining the on-campus theater group "Vest Pocket Players" as an undergraduate, he fell in love with the theater and switched to acting, graduating from IU in 1970.

1972 24 Years Old In 1972, he joined with fellow Juilliard graduates, including Patti LuPone and David Ogden Stiers, and formed the City Center Acting Company (now The Acting Company), under the aegis of John Houseman. … Read More

1976 28 Years Old In 1976, Kline left The Acting Company and settled in New York City, doing a brief stint as the character "Woody Reed" in the now-defunct soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

1977 29 Years Old He followed this with a return to the stage in 1977 to play Clym Yeobright opposite Donna Theodore as Eustacia Vye in The Hudson Guild Theater production of Dance on a Country Grave, Kelly Hamilton's musical version of Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native.

THIRTIES

1978 30 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1978 he played the role of Bruce Granit, a matinée idol caricature, in Harold Prince's On the Twentieth Century, for which he won his first Tony Award.

1981 33 Years Old In 1981, Kline appeared with rock diva Linda Ronstadt and singer Rex Smith in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Central Park production of The Pirates of Penzance, winning another Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical, for his comically dashing portrayal of the Pirate King. … Read More

1982 34 Years Old Dubbed "the American Olivier" by New York Times theater critic Frank Rich for his stage acting, Kline finally ventured into film in 1982 in Alan J. Pakula's Sophie's Choice. … Read More

FORTIES

1989 41 Years Old 1 More Event

In 1989, Kline won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the British comedy A Fish Called Wanda, in which he played a painfully inept American ex-CIA thug opposite John Cleese's genteel British barrister and Jamie Lee Curtis' femme fatale/con woman. … Read More

FIFTIES

2006 58 Years Old The Kevin Kline Awards honor theatre professionals in St. Louis in a wide array of categories, which include best actor and actress, set design, choreography, and original play. The first awards ceremony took place on March 20, 2006.

LATE ADULTHOOD

2008 60 Years Old … In January 2008, Kline won a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Jaques in Kenneth Branagh's film As You Like It, adapted from Shakespeare's play. … Read More

2010 62 Years Old It bypassed theatres and was sent straight to HBO in the U.S. Kline's film The Conspirator premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and was described as an "old fashioned historical thriller". … Read More

2012 64 Years Old Kline also starred in the 2012 comedy Darling Companion alongside Diane Keaton.

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