Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline's 2 Kids: All About Owen and Greta Kline

Mar. 15, 2025

Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline with their kids Greta Kline and Owen Kline at the New York Film Festival premiere of “The Squid and the Whale” 2005.Photo:Jim Spellman/WireImage

Jim Spellman/WireImage

Phoebe CatesandKevin Klinehave been in the entertainment industry for decades but they’re also parents to their two kids: Owen and Greta.Most recently, they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, but they’ve been together since they met at an audition in 1982. The couple were married in a small wedding in March 1989, and they raised their children on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.“I was 40-ish, when I finally stopped obsessing about acting and thought it would be nice to have a life and actually got married,” Kline toldThe Guardianin 2014.He also went on to speak about the couple’s 16-year age gap. “If I had married someone my own age, the possibility of progeny would have been very slim,” the actor added. “I didn’t consciously say: ‘Hey, we could make babies; want to get married?’ It just happened that way.“Kline has acting credits dating back to the 1970s and has starred in films includingThe Big ChillandA Fish Called Wanda, the latter of which he won an Oscar for in 1989. Cates is best known for her roles in the 1980s filmsFast Times at Ridgemont HighandGremlins, but she took a step back from the spotlight to raise Owen and Greta.”We have agreed to alternate so that we’re never working at the same time,” Kline toldPlayboyin 1998 (viaEntertainment Weekly). ”[But] whenever it’s been her slot to work, Phoebe has chosen to stay with the children.”Owen and Greta are both now in their thirties, and they’ve each forged paths in the entertainment industry — Owen is a director, actor and cartoonist, and Greta is a musician and singer-songwriter.In 2015, Kline toldParadethat the whole family tries to get together for dinner at least once a week. “The kids haven’t banished us from their lives,” he said.Here’s everything to know about Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline’s kids: Owen and Greta.Owen Joseph Kline, 33Kevin Kline with his son Owen Kline attending the SNL 40th Anniversary Celebration at Rockefeller Plaza on February 15, 2015.Gary Gershoff/WireImageCates and Kline’s older child, Owen Joseph Kline, was born on October 14, 1991.After developing an early interest in comics, he went on to study film and illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.As an actor, Owen is known for his role as Frank Berkman in the 2005 hit filmThe Squid and the Whale, and he acted alongside his parents and sister in the 2001 filmThe Anniversary Party.Owen went back to school afterThe Squid and the Whale,tellingThe Guardianin 2022,“I never wanted to be in the industry.”“Being a child actor seemed a hellish path, and a quick way to embarrass yourself,” he added.Eventually he moved into directing, which saw his history as a cartoonist come together with his love of movies in his directorial debut. The A24-produced filmFunny Pages, which Owen toldThe Guardianwas 10 years in the making, premiered at theCannes Film Festivalin 2022.“I always made little short films as a kid and drew comics as well, but the thing that both had in common were focused on humor,”he saidat a promotional event in October 2022.Phoebe Cates and son Owen Kline during New York Film Critics Circle 71st Annual Awards Dinner.Robin Platzer/FilmMagicOwen continued, “When I was a very young kid — like 8, 9, 10 — I just wanted something that ran next to thePeanutsorGarfieldor something like that in the newspaper. I really just was focused on three-, four-panel kind of punchline comics and creating.“He went on to reveal how his childhood interests inspiredFunny Pages, saying, “I just thought a story of a cartoonist, in some way, who’s sort of trying to exaggerate a world that gets more and more extreme would be compelling.”In 2022, Owen spoke toThe Guardianabout how his mom and dad were, “Sosupportive,” of his movie. He added, “They wanted so badly for me to figure out a way to make my film.”As for fame and being in the spotlight, Owen views haven’t changed much since his early years.“I always sort of reviled show business,” Owen toldIndiewirethat same year. “It was always repugnant to me. I’m really someone who’s resistant to showing my face in general.”Greta Simone Kline, 30Singer Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos performs on stage at the Growlers 6 festival on October 29, 2017.Matt Cowan/GettyCates and Kline’s second child, Greta Simone Kline, was born on March 21, 1994.She’s a singer-songwriter in the indie-pop bandFrankie Cosmos, and she celebrated the 10th anniversary of her debut albumZentropyin 2024.Greta has been writing songs since she was 11, and in 2014, she talked toInterviewmagazine about how her “artist-friendly” family was an early source of inspiration.“My parents have both done some music stuff,” she said. “My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. I took piano lessons for, like, 10 years. Every Friday night, my family had music at our house.“The vocalist continued, “We’d have friends over and be able to be really loud and play music. That was really encouraging. It was mostly my aunt’s boyfriend, who taught me bass and my brother would play drums and we’d just make stuff up and ‘rock out.’ ”When she was in eighth grade, Greta said Owen started taking her to his friends’ shows to watch them perform.Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline with their daughter Greta Kline attending the New York premiere of “The Conspirator” at The Museum of Modern Art on April 11, 2011.Stephen Lovekin/Getty“I was always one of the younger people there, but we’d go to the Brooklyn house shows,” she toldInterview. “It was a really good scene to be a part of. I was like ‘Wow, people close to my age are making really cool music!’ [Frankie Cosmos] probably partially came from that realization.”Though Greta began high school among her peers, she eventually switched to homeschooling and after graduating in 2012, she enrolled at the New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. The aspiring artist didn’t stay in the classroom though as she left to pursue her music career.“I kind of felt like I was living a double life,” she toldWmagazine in 2016. “I was always running to play a show every weekend, so I didn’t make any college friends.”Like her brother, Greta appeared inThe Squid and the WhaleandThe Anniversary,but she toldWshe has no plans to return to acting.Meanwhile, her dad has attended many of her shows and even made headlines for an interaction he had with a music critic.“I got a review inTheNew York Times,” he toldParadein 2015. “The critic said, ‘There was a man at the back who looked like Kevin Kline and was shushing people.’ ”

Phoebe CatesandKevin Klinehave been in the entertainment industry for decades but they’re also parents to their two kids: Owen and Greta.

Most recently, they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, but they’ve been together since they met at an audition in 1982. The couple were married in a small wedding in March 1989, and they raised their children on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

“I was 40-ish, when I finally stopped obsessing about acting and thought it would be nice to have a life and actually got married,” Kline toldThe Guardianin 2014.

He also went on to speak about the couple’s 16-year age gap. “If I had married someone my own age, the possibility of progeny would have been very slim,” the actor added. “I didn’t consciously say: ‘Hey, we could make babies; want to get married?’ It just happened that way.”

Kline has acting credits dating back to the 1970s and has starred in films includingThe Big ChillandA Fish Called Wanda, the latter of which he won an Oscar for in 1989. Cates is best known for her roles in the 1980s filmsFast Times at Ridgemont HighandGremlins, but she took a step back from the spotlight to raise Owen and Greta.

”We have agreed to alternate so that we’re never working at the same time,” Kline toldPlayboyin 1998 (viaEntertainment Weekly). ”[But] whenever it’s been her slot to work, Phoebe has chosen to stay with the children.”

Owen and Greta are both now in their thirties, and they’ve each forged paths in the entertainment industry — Owen is a director, actor and cartoonist, and Greta is a musician and singer-songwriter.

In 2015, Kline toldParadethat the whole family tries to get together for dinner at least once a week. “The kids haven’t banished us from their lives,” he said.

Here’s everything to know about Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline’s kids: Owen and Greta.

Owen Joseph Kline, 33

Kevin Kline with his son Owen Kline attending the SNL 40th Anniversary Celebration at Rockefeller Plaza on February 15, 2015.Gary Gershoff/WireImage

Gary Gershoff/WireImage

Cates and Kline’s older child, Owen Joseph Kline, was born on October 14, 1991.

After developing an early interest in comics, he went on to study film and illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.

As an actor, Owen is known for his role as Frank Berkman in the 2005 hit filmThe Squid and the Whale, and he acted alongside his parents and sister in the 2001 filmThe Anniversary Party.

Owen went back to school afterThe Squid and the Whale,tellingThe Guardianin 2022,“I never wanted to be in the industry.”

“Being a child actor seemed a hellish path, and a quick way to embarrass yourself,” he added.

Eventually he moved into directing, which saw his history as a cartoonist come together with his love of movies in his directorial debut. The A24-produced filmFunny Pages, which Owen toldThe Guardianwas 10 years in the making, premiered at theCannes Film Festivalin 2022.

“I always made little short films as a kid and drew comics as well, but the thing that both had in common were focused on humor,”he saidat a promotional event in October 2022.

Phoebe Cates and son Owen Kline during New York Film Critics Circle 71st Annual Awards Dinner.Robin Platzer/FilmMagic

Robin Platzer/FilmMagic

Owen continued, “When I was a very young kid — like 8, 9, 10 — I just wanted something that ran next to thePeanutsorGarfieldor something like that in the newspaper. I really just was focused on three-, four-panel kind of punchline comics and creating.”

He went on to reveal how his childhood interests inspiredFunny Pages, saying, “I just thought a story of a cartoonist, in some way, who’s sort of trying to exaggerate a world that gets more and more extreme would be compelling.”

In 2022, Owen spoke toThe Guardianabout how his mom and dad were, “Sosupportive,” of his movie. He added, “They wanted so badly for me to figure out a way to make my film.”

As for fame and being in the spotlight, Owen views haven’t changed much since his early years.

“I always sort of reviled show business,” Owen toldIndiewirethat same year. “It was always repugnant to me. I’m really someone who’s resistant to showing my face in general.”

Greta Simone Kline, 30

Singer Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos performs on stage at the Growlers 6 festival on October 29, 2017.Matt Cowan/Getty

Matt Cowan/Getty

Cates and Kline’s second child, Greta Simone Kline, was born on March 21, 1994.

She’s a singer-songwriter in the indie-pop bandFrankie Cosmos, and she celebrated the 10th anniversary of her debut albumZentropyin 2024.

Greta has been writing songs since she was 11, and in 2014, she talked toInterviewmagazine about how her “artist-friendly” family was an early source of inspiration.

“My parents have both done some music stuff,” she said. “My family was very artist-friendly, so that was encouraging. I took piano lessons for, like, 10 years. Every Friday night, my family had music at our house.”

The vocalist continued, “We’d have friends over and be able to be really loud and play music. That was really encouraging. It was mostly my aunt’s boyfriend, who taught me bass and my brother would play drums and we’d just make stuff up and ‘rock out.’ ”

When she was in eighth grade, Greta said Owen started taking her to his friends’ shows to watch them perform.

Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline with their daughter Greta Kline attending the New York premiere of “The Conspirator” at The Museum of Modern Art on April 11, 2011.Stephen Lovekin/Getty

Stephen Lovekin/Getty

“I was always one of the younger people there, but we’d go to the Brooklyn house shows,” she toldInterview. “It was a really good scene to be a part of. I was like ‘Wow, people close to my age are making really cool music!’ [Frankie Cosmos] probably partially came from that realization.”

Though Greta began high school among her peers, she eventually switched to homeschooling and after graduating in 2012, she enrolled at the New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. The aspiring artist didn’t stay in the classroom though as she left to pursue her music career.

“I kind of felt like I was living a double life,” she toldWmagazine in 2016. “I was always running to play a show every weekend, so I didn’t make any college friends.”

Like her brother, Greta appeared inThe Squid and the WhaleandThe Anniversary,but she toldWshe has no plans to return to acting.

Meanwhile, her dad has attended many of her shows and even made headlines for an interaction he had with a music critic.

“I got a review inTheNew York Times,” he toldParadein 2015. “The critic said, ‘There was a man at the back who looked like Kevin Kline and was shushing people.’ ”

source: people.com