The New York-based actress, who also appeared in Seinfeld and Law & Order: SVU, died Saturday January 22 in Florida after a long fight against lung cancer, which she had already defeated in the past, but which returned last year
He thought he had defeated him, but last year the lung cancer returned and he eventually won, taking Kathryn Kates away at the age of 73. The confirmation came from the management of the actress, who, in an official statement sent to the Deadline website, celebrated the courage and wisdom of the Orange Is The New Black star, who died on Saturday 22 January in Florida. She will always be remembered as the powerful force of nature she was – we read in the post on the agency’s Instagram page, accompanying a beautiful smiling photo of the actress -. He loved this job and had infinite patience. A true icon.
Born in New York, Kates started with the theater, then moved on to TV in the mid-90s and among her most illustrious appearances are Matlock, Thunder Alley, Seinfeld (where she participated in two episodes) and, above all, , Orange Is The New Black (she was Amy Kanter-Bloom, the mother of Piper Chapman’s ex-boyfriend) and Law & Order: SVU (she was Judge Marlene Simons). Recently, however, the actress appeared in the short film Welcome to Sarajevo and in the prequel of The Sopranos, The Many Saints of New Jersey.
Kates leaves behind a brother, Joshua, and a sister, Mallory. Keep me alive in your beautiful hearts with unforgettable memories. Teach others what you have learned from me and I will live forever, reads the caption of the last post on the actress’s Instagram page, where she is seen reading a sonnet from the poem Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep.
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