A Look Into Her Career, Marriage, Children

April 2024 · 5 minute read

Kathryn Holcomb is another 70s and 80s actress who found fame in some of the popular roles in movies like How The West was Won, and many others. Though she is an actress herself, she is often connected to the famous actors, Bruce Boxleitner of Scarecrow and the English actor Ian Ogilvy by marriage.

Since then, not much is heard about the actress and what she has been up to. Her long absence in movies makes many wonder if her career had peaked within that period and has made many fans curious as to what became of the actress. Here is all we found out about her.

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Who Is Kathryn Holcomb?

She is an American actress most popular for her earlier roles in the 70s and 80s movies. Except for the fact that she was born in 1951, details about her life are quite sketchy. Unlike her, her current husband, Ian Ogilvy, 80 traces his origins to Woking in Surrey, England.

Notwithstanding the absence of details about her early life, she found success as an actress and married fellow actors as well as raised offspring in the same industry. Her husband, Ogilvy later became a naturalized citizen of the US.

Kathryn Debuted Her Acting Career in 1973

Going by the sparse details about her early life, Kathryn’s early movie credits date back to 1973 with her role as Kitty Holcomb in Supersonic Supergirls. She went on to enjoy quite the fame with other movie roles she took. As a result, she sold her acting to many.

The 73 years old appeared in quite a number of movies before she suddenly went quiet. Even though she is still alive, it is quite unclear why she stopped acting. Here are some of her movies:

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Kathryn Holcomb was Married Twice

The actress’s love life is filled with its moments. So far she has shared her married life with two men that happen to belong to the same industry as herself.

Bruce Boxleitner(1977-1987)

Obviously, Kathryn met her first husband, Bruce Boxleitner on the set of her popular film How The  West Was Born. Not long after she and Bruce started dating and sealed their union by getting married in 1977.

Kathryn’s first marriage to her co-actor husband, Bruce Boxleitner lasted for a decade before it fell apart. While on-screen, they acted as siblings but off the screen, they were a couple. They never revealed the cause of their divorce.

Ian Ogilvy(1992-Date)

Though her first marriage ended in divorce, it did not deter her from moving on. In fact, she soon tied the knot with another actor who is of English stock. They got married in 1992 and through the highs and lows, they are still together.

Although this is Kathryn’s second marriage, it is not Ian’s first as well. He was once married to Diane Sarah Patricia hart between 1968 ad 1983 but that marriage ended in a divorce.

The How The West Was Won Actress Is A Mother Of Two Children

Despite her first marriage only lasting a decade compared to the second, Kathryn became a mother of two from that union. Her two children,  Sam and Lee Boxleitner remain the enduring part of that long-dead relationship.

Her two sons born on July 19, 1980, and 1985 respectively followed in Kathryns and her ex-husbands’ footsteps. Both men have appeared in both on-screen and off-screen production. They also co-founded Blue House Productions.

One of their biggest collaboration is the work on Downstairs which was quite successful at some of the world’s biggest film festivals like the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.

Notably her oldest son, Sam started out acting as well as singing but later shifted his career gear to full acting. Moreso, she is the stepmother of Ian Ogilvy’s son, Titus from his first marriage.

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