Background
Kitty Winn was born in Washington, District of Columbia As the daughter of an army officer James J. Winn and Molly Brown Winn. Her mother is the step-daughter of United States. Army General George Marshall.
Kitty Winn was born in Washington, District of Columbia As the daughter of an army officer James J. Winn and Molly Brown Winn. Her mother is the step-daughter of United States. Army General George Marshall.
She studied acting at Centenary Junior College and Boston University, graduating from the latter in 1966.
She is best known for her recurring role of Sharon Spencer in the horror film franchise The Exorcist. Early Life and Winn traveled widely during much of her childhood, including, time spent in United States, England, Germany, China, India and Japan. Her career has spanned a wide range of drama productions on stage, in motion pictures and on television
During her college years Winn acted in student productions at Centenary Junior College, Boston University, and Harvard College and summer stock for two summers at The Priscilla Beach Theatre south of Boston.
Shortly after college she joined the company at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco where she remained for four years under the artistic direction of William Balliol Although she went on to do several more films, such as The Exorcist, she always returned to her great love, the theatre.
Kitty retired in 1978 but returned to play Cordelia in The Tragedy of King Lear for KCET in 1983. She did not return to the stage again until 2011 when she played the lead in The Last Romance at the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
Foreign this performance she was nominated for a best actress award by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle.
Theatre Movies for Television Series for Television Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1971" in John Willis" Screen World, Volume 33. Her performance as Helen in The Panic in Needle Park (1971) is ranked #76 on Premiere Magazine"s 100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time (2006). The cast for Joe Papp"s New York Shakesphere in the Park production of Hamlet included Stacy Keach (Hamlet), James Earl Jones (Claudius), Colleen Dewhurst (Gertrude), and Kitty Winn (Ophelia).
After a stage absence of 29 years, Winn was nominated for a best actress award by the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle for her performance at San Jose Repertory Theatre in 2011.
Step-granddaughter of General of the Army and Secretary of State George C. Marshall.