Kate Schlesinger Biography

Kate Schlesinger started acting at age five as a bluebell in the garden in "Alice in Wonderland". In her teens and 20s she spent seven years acting at The Cleveland Playhouse. Later roles include Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate at Summit Stageworks, Miss Lucy in "Sweet Bird of Youth" at The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and Doris in "Same Time Next Year" at the Bickford. In 1996 she received Best Actress in a Reoccuring Role as Helene Haniff in "84 Charing Cross Road" and in 1997 Best Comic Actress as the Mother in "Brutality of Fact" at 12 Miles West from the Star Ledger. In addition Kate has performed numerously on the soap operas All My Children and The Guiding Light. Kate holds a Master Degree in Theatre Education from NYU.