Katherine Mayfair (formerly Davis) is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by Dana Delany and first appeared in the series' fourth season premiere on September 30, 2007 as the focus of the yearly mystery.
Katherine is generally characterized by her cold demeanour and impressive domestic skills. Though initially a homemaker, Kat...
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Katherine Mayfair (formerly Davis) is a fictional character created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by Dana Delany and first appeared in the series' fourth season premiere on September 30, 2007 as the focus of the yearly mystery.
Katherine is generally characterized by her cold demeanour and impressive domestic skills. Though initially a homemaker, Katherine started a catering business with neighbour, Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), with whom she shares "a heated rivalry." She has been married twice, to Wayne Davis (Gary Cole) and Adam Mayfair (Nathan Fillion), but both relationships ended in divorce. Katherine has had two children: Dylan Davis (Hailee Denham), her daughter who died as a young child, and Dylan Mayfair (Lyndsy Fonseca), her adoptive daughter. Delany left the series during the sixth season, and the character has relocated to Paris indefinitely.
Delany's portrayal of the...
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