Mary Kate McGeehan

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Mary Kate McGeehan
Other namesKate McGeehan, Mary Kathleen McGeehan-Hatch
Occupationactress
Years active1981–2012
Spouse Kerry Hatch [1]
Children1

Mary Kate McGeehan is an American actress and screenwriter. Her acting career has spanned several decades and she has appeared in a number of TV productions throughout the 1980s, 90s and 2000s into the 2010s. She is the daughter of American actor Patrick McGeehan [2] and Lawrence Welk biographer Bernice McGeehan, [3] and was born on October 7, 1953.[ citation needed ]

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Career

She is best known to television viewers for her role as Linda Gioberti (originally Linda Caproni) in the 1980s prime-time drama series Falcon Crest . She appeared in the series from 1982 to 1984, [4] when her character was killed in a plane crash. [5] McGeehan read for a small role at Lorimar that led to being added to the cast as a regular. [6] Prior to her work on Falcon Crest, she played a nurse extra for several years on General Hospital . [7]

In the mid-80s, she also appeared in the highly successful American sci-fi-action-adventure TV series Knight Rider , starring as "Jennifer Knight" in the episode titled "Knight of the Juggernaut" from 1985. [8] [9]

She worked as the dialogue coach for Dylan Sprouse and Cole Sprouse following the 2004 pilot of the Disney Channel's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005).[ citation needed ] She is also on the staff at Gary Spatz's The Playground - A Young Actors Conservatory (2006).[ citation needed ]

She and her writing partner, Susan Shaughnessy, won 5th place in the American Screenwriters Association International Screenplay Competition, for their black comedy script, "Bearded Ladies" (May 2005).[ citation needed ]

Patent

In 1994, she filed for a patent for an apparatus to allow for easier scenery changes, specifically intended for decorating children's rooms. The patent was granted on June 4, 1996. [10] [11]

Selected TV credits

Filmography

Personal life

She married Kerry Hatch of Oingo Boingo in September 1984. [1] In 2016, Kerry Hatch filed for divorce, but the case was dismissed. [21]

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