Kate McNeil (born August 17, 1959) is an American television actress. She began her acting career on the soap opera As the World Turns in 1981. In 1982, she appeared in the low-budget comedy Beach House, billed as Kathy McNeil. The following year, she starred in the slasher film The House on Sorority Row where she was billed as Kathryn McNeil. 1985 saw Kate McNeil appearing in the miniseries Kane & Abel and in 1986 she was featured in another miniseries, North and South Book II. She co-starred in director George A. Romero's horror film Monkey Shines in 1988. In the 1990s, Kate McNeil appeared as Janet Gilchrist in the final three Waltons TV movies.In the early 1990s, Kate McNeil was a cast member of two television shows, WIOU and Bodies of Evidence. Kate McNeil has also made numerous television guest appearances. She has appeared on Amazing Stories, Simon & Simon, Designing Women, Midnight Caller, Quantum Leap, Murder, She Wrote, Babylon 5, Diagnosis Murder and many others.
Teaches Creative Writing at New Village Charter High School in Los Angeles, California. [2008]
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Auditioned for the 1983 slasher movie The House on Sorority Row (1983) by answering an ad in "Backstage" magazine. Another actress had already been cast in the part but had bowed out.
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Earned a Masters Degree in Special Education at California State University, Northridge.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
NCIS: Los Angeles
2012
TV Series
Carol Adams
Longmire
2012
TV Series
Maureen Mace
Mad Men
2012
TV Series
Edith Huff
Big Love
2011
TV Series
Sister Mary
Law & Order: LA
2010
TV Series
Patricia Nelson
Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment
2010
TV Series documentary
Christine Van Aken
The Mentalist
2008
TV Series
Katherine Blakely
Bones
2005
TV Series
Audrey Schilling
Veronica Mars
2005
TV Series
Betina Casablancas
Star Trek: Enterprise
2005
TV Series
Commander Collins
Cold Case
2005
TV Series
Beth Adams 2005
Without a Trace
2004
TV Series
Attorney Marian Costello
American Dreams
2003-2004
TV Series
Mrs. Mason / Doris Mason
NCIS
2004
TV Series
Cmdr. Margaret Green
Touched by an Angel
2002
TV Series
Sarah
Until Morning
2002
Gillian Scott
ER
2001
TV Series
Mrs. Pendry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2001
TV Series
Sharon Woodbury
Glitter
2001
Karen Diana
Family Law
2001
TV Series
Jenny
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
Betty
American Tragedy
2000
TV Movie
Dr. Clarkson
One Kill
2000
TV Movie
Maj. Leslie Nesbitt
Space Cowboys
2000
Female Astronaut #1
Nash Bridges
2000
TV Series
Rose Torry
The X-Files
2000
TV Series
Nan Wieder
Half a Dozen Babies
1999
TV Movie
Lynda Smirz
Ally McBeal
1999
TV Series
Marianne Harper
Providence
1999
TV Series
Randi
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998-1999
TV Series
Pat Kennedy
Promised Land
1997
TV Series
Laura Dunbar
Sleeping with the Devil
1997
TV Movie
Liz
A Walton Easter
1997
TV Movie
Janet Gilchrist Walton
Shadow Dancer
1997
Det. Frances Hayes
Escape Clause
1996
TV Movie
Sarah Ramsay
Diagnosis Murder
1996
TV Series
Jennifer Stratton / Joan
Sudden Death
1995
Kathi
A Walton Wedding
1995
TV Movie
Janet Gilchrist
Babylon 5
1994
TV Series
Janice Rosen
I'll Do Anything
1994
Stacy
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
TV Movie
Janet Gilchrist
Murder, She Wrote
1988-1993
TV Series
Kate Walden / Carrie Palmer
Bodies of Evidence
1992-1993
TV Series
Det. Nora Houghton
Quantum Leap
1993
TV Series
Olivia Barrett Covington
Dear John
1991
TV Series
Carol
WIOU
1990-1991
TV Series
Taylor Young
The Bakery
1990
TV Movie
Dana Buchanan
Anything But Love
1989-1990
TV Series
Gail
Midnight Caller
1990
TV Series
Rev. Summer
Designing Women
1989
TV Series
Libby Coker
Simon & Simon
1988
TV Series
Trish Van Alder
Monkey Shines
1988
Melanie Parker
Amazing Stories
1987
TV Series
Patty O'Neil
North and South, Book II
1986
TV Mini-Series
Augusta Barclay
Vital Signs
1986
TV Movie
Kristi
Kane & Abel
1985
TV Mini-Series
Florentyna Rosnovski
The House on Sorority Row
1983
Katherine (as Kathryn McNeil)
Beach House
1982
Cindy (as Kathy McNeil)
As the World Turns
1956
TV Series
Karen Haines Stenbeck Dixon (1981-1984)
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines
2014
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2010
TV Series documentary
Melanie Parker
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film