| Kate Burton | ||
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| Date of birth September 10, 1957 | ||
| Place of birth Geneva, Switzerland | ||
| IMDb profile |
Katherine "Kate" Burton is a Swiss-born American actress who played four different characters on all three primary shows of the Law & Order franchise.
She had major recurring roles as Ellis Grey, the mother of Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo), on Grey's Anatomy (with Chandra Wilson and T.R. Knight), Vice President Sally Langston on Scandal (with Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Bellamy Young, Joshua Malina, Guillermo Diaz, Scott Foley, George Newbern, Dylan Minnette, Norm Lewis, and Joe Morton) and Marie Kessler on Grimm (with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Bree Turner, Claire Coffee, Reggie Lee, James Frain, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Jessica Tuck, Bailey Chase, and Reg E. Cathey)
Appearances[]
Law & Order
- Sisters of Mercy (1992) as Sister Bettina
- Armed Forces (2001), Darwinian (2004), Cut (2004), and For the Defense (2009) as Defense Attorney Erica Gardner
Law & Order: CI
- The Pardoner's Tale (2001) as Stephanie Uffland
Law & Order: SVU
- Bully (2011) as Annette Cole