- Born
- Birth nameKara Drummond Wilson
- Kara Wilson was born on June 18, 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Children of the New Forest (1964), Mackenzie (1980) and Jane Eyre (1970). She has been married to Tom Conti since July 2, 1967. They have one child.
- SpouseTom Conti(July 2, 1967 - present) (1 child)
- Children
- Has appeared on stage, TV and film with husband Tom Conti.
- Took up painting and studied at Camden Arts Centre where she remained off and on for ten years. In recent years she has had several exhibitions of her paintings, including one at the Netherbow at the Edinburgh Festival. In 1992 she exhibited with other artists at the Hooper Gallery, St. Johns Wood and in 1993 at the Wabe Gallery, Hampstead.
- In 1993 she co-wrote and performed "The Story of Robert Burns," a programme of songs, verse and anecdotes about the Scottish poet. In 1994 she wrote and performed "The Young Pretender," the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie, and took this production to the Borders Festival in Scotland in October 1995 with her daughter Nina, an actress and ventriloquist.
- Acted in numerous productions with the Glasgow University Dramatic Society, playing leading roles in Strindberg's "The Stronger," "Lysistrata," "The Crucible," and "Love's Labour's Lost." As the Society's president, she ran a small theatre company and took productions to both the Edinburgh and Student Drama Festivals.
- Educated at The Park School in Glasgow, and later majored in Psychology from Glasgow University.
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