 In 1987, she appeared in "Throw Momma from the Train" as Margaret, Billy Crystal's character's ex-wife.In 1992, Kate appeared on "Murphy Brown" as Hillary Wheaton, a Toronto-based anchorwoman brought in to replace Murphy Brown during her maternity leave, but who turned out to have the same problem with alcoholism as Brown had previously dealt with at the beginning of the series.Also in 1992, she played a guest-starring role as a soap-opera star who kills her husband and tries to cover it up, on "Murder, She Wrote", episode number 170, titled "Ever After".