---
name: "Kitty Winn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kitty-winn"
fi1m_id: "kitty-winn"
imdb_id: "nm0935345"
tmdb_id: 57921
wikidata_id: "Q446486"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:05:30.455266+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kitty Winn

## Identity

Kitty Winn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kitty-winn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kitty-winn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0935345
- **TMDB ID:** 57921
- **Wikidata ID:** Q446486
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Winn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446486, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57921

Actor. Born 21 February 1943 in Washington, D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1943, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Active:** 1973–1977
- **Also known as:** Katherine Winn
- **Frequently works with:** [Linda Blair](https://film.one/person/linda-blair.md), [Max von Sydow](https://film.one/person/max-von-sydow.md)
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Horror 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $462m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Winn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446486, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57921

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Kojak*](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Exorcist II: The Heretic*](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md) (38)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kitty Winn, also credited as Katherine Winn, is an American actress. She was born on 21 February 1943 in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Boston University. She began her career in theatre, performing with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco for four years and making her Broadway debut in 1969 in *The Three Sisters*.

Winn is known for her film roles as Helen in *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), for which she received the Best Actress award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, and as Sharon Spencer in *The Exorcist* (1973) and its sequel *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977). She also appeared in *They Might Be Giants* (1971) and several television series including *Kojak* and *The Streets of San Francisco*. Much of her work was in theatre; she largely retired from acting in the early 1980s, with a brief return for a stage role in 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Fi1m 38, as Sharon Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Carla Magid — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Fi1m 89, as Sharon Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Tragedy of King Lear* (1982), as Cordelia
- *The Eddie Capra Mysteries* (1978), series, Actor
- *Mirrors* (1978), as Marianne Whitman
- *The Last Hurrah* (1977), as Maeve Skeffington
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), as Sharon Spencer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Peeper* (1975), as Mianne Prendergast
- *Beacon Hill* (1975), series, as Rosamond Lassiter
- *Miles To Go Before I Sleep* (1975), as Maggie Stanton
- *The Exorcist* (1973), as Sharon Spencer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *Message to My Daughter* (1973), as Miranda Thatcher
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Carla Magid — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Barbara Talmadge
- *Man on a String* (1972), as Angela Canyon
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *They Might Be Giants* (1971), as Grace
- *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), as Helen
- *The House That Would Not Die* (1970), as Sara Dunning
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Maeve Skeffington

## Awards

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1971: Best Actress (won), for *The Panic in Needle Park*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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