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Kathy Bates
Born · June 28, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Bio
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathy Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
The Great Lillian Hall
Edith Wilson
6.1
2024
A Family Affair
Leila Ford
5.8
2024
Summer Camp
Ginny Moon
5.0
2024
Titanic: Stories From the Heart
Self (archive footage) / Molly Brown
7.0
2023
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Self (archive footage)
4.3
2021
Bad Santa 2
Sunny Soke
5.4
2016
Complete Unknown
Nina
5.1
2016
The Boss
Ida Marquette
5.8
2016
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Maime Trotter
6.6
2015
Boychoir
Headmistress
6.8
2014
Tammy
Lenore
5.3
2014
Cadaver
Beth
5.0
2012
Midnight in Paris
Gertrude Stein
7.5
2011
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Bryan's Mother
5.6
2011
A Little Bit of Heaven
Beverly Corbett
6.4
2011
Valentine's Day
Susan Milton
5.9
2010
The Blind Side
Miss Sue
7.7
2009
Chéri
Madame Peloux
6.1
2009
Personal Effects
Gloria
5.9
2009
Revolutionary Road
Mrs. Helen Givings
7.0
2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Regina Jackson
5.6
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Charlotte Cartwright
6.8
2008
P.S. I Love You
Patricia
7.2
2007
Fred Claus
Mother Claus
5.8
2007
Bee Movie
Janet Benson (voice)
6.0
2007
Christmas Is Here Again
Miss Dowdy (voice)
4.0
2007
Charlotte's Web
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
6.2
2006
Bonneville
Margene Cunningham
5.6
2006
Relative Strangers
Agnes Menure
5.2
2006
Failure to Launch
Sue
5.8
2006
Guilty Hearts
The Judge
5.4
2006
Ambulance Girl
Jane Stern
4.8
2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Marquesa
5.1
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2004
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
6.8
2004
Little Black Book
Kippie Kann
5.3
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
Queen Victoria
5.9
2004
Misery Loves Company
Self
7.0
2003
Love Liza
Mary Ann Bankhead
6.3
2002
About Schmidt
Roberta Hertzel
6.8
2002
Unconditional Love
Grace Beasley
6.0
2002
Dragonfly
Mrs. Belmont
6.5
2002
My Sister's Keeper
Christine Chapman
7.2
2002
Rat Race
The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
6.3
2001
American Outlaws
Ma James
6.0
2001
Bruno
Mother Superior
6.8
2000
Annie
Miss Agatha Hannigan
6.4
1999
A Civil Action
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
6.5
1998
The Waterboy
Mama Boucher
6.1
1998
Primary Colors
Libby Holden
6.3
1998
Swept from the Sea
Miss Swaffer
6.5
1998
The War at Home
Maurine Collier
7.2
1996
Diabolique
Det. Shirley Vogel
5.5
1996
The Late Shift
Helen Kushnick
6.3
1996
Angus
Meg Bethune
6.5
1995
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne
7.3
1995
Curse of the Starving Class
Ella Tate
4.1
1994
North
Alaskan Mom
5.0
1994
A Home of Our Own
Frances Lacey
6.7
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Lunar Mom
0.0
1993
Used People
Bibby Berman
5.4
1992
Prelude to a Kiss
Leah Blier
5.5
1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Evelyn Couch
7.7
1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Hazel Quarrier
6.3
1991
Shadows and Fog
Prostitute
6.7
1991
Misery
Annie Wilkes
7.8
1990
White Palace
Rosemary
6.1
1990
Men Don't Leave
Lisa Coleman
6.4
1990
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Mrs. Canby
5.5
1988
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Helen Blake
6.0
1987
Summer Heat
Ruth
4.2
1987
Two of a Kind
Furniture Man's Wife
6.0
1983
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Stella Mae
6.0
1982
The Smack
Babs
0.0
Thelma
Thelma
0.0
Matlock
Madeline 'Matty' Matlock · (10 episodes)
8.0
2024
The Miracle Club
Eileen Dunne
6.1
2023
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Sylvia Simon
7.3
2023
Home
Bernadette
6.8
2021
Richard Jewell
Bobi Jewell
7.4
2019
The Highwaymen
Ma Ferguson
6.8
2019
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Barbara Haggermaker
6.9
2019
On the Basis of Sex
Dorothy Kenyon
7.4
2018
Krystal
Vera
5.3
2018
Disjointed
Ruth · (20 episodes)
5.9
2017
FEUD
Joan Blondell · (5 episodes)
7.7
2017
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Lip Sync Battle
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
2015
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Reflections on Titanic
Self
7.3
2012
American Horror Story
Delphine LaLaurie · (13 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Ethel Darling · (13 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Iris · (12 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Agnes Mary Winstead · (10 episodes)
8.1
2011
American Horror Story
Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie · (10 episodes)
8.1
2011
Harry's Law
Harriet Harry · (34 episodes)
7.3
2011
Mike & Molly
Kay · (1 episode)
6.7
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Pancho Barnes (Voice)
5.2
2009
Alice
Queen of Hearts · (2 episodes)
6.6
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2009
Stand Up to Cancer
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2008
The Golden Compass
Hester (voice)
6.1
2007
The Big Bang Theory
Mrs. Fowler · (3 episodes)
7.9
2007
Rumor Has It...
Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
5.7
2005
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
Herself
8.5
2005
Warm Springs
Helena Mahoney
6.8
2005
The Office
Jo Bennett · (8 episodes)
8.6
2005
American Dad!
D.O. Rothy (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Hansel and Gretel
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2005
Two and a Half Men
Charlie Harper · (1 episode)
7.5
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Declaration of Independence
Self
10.0
2003
Making Rat Race
Herself
0.0
2002
Six Feet Under
Bettina · (22 episodes)
8.1
2001
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Frances Marion (voice)
7.0
2000
Baby Steps
Mrs. Mellon
0.0
1999
The Effects of Magic
Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
0.0
1998
Titanic
Molly Brown
7.9
1997
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
6.0
1997
King of the Hill
Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice) · (1 episode)
7.3
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Self
10.0
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
Charlotte Everly · (1 episode)
7.5
1996
The West Side Waltz
Mr. Goo
9.0
1995
Talking With
0.0
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
The Stand
Rae Flowers
0.0
1994
The Stand
Rae Flowers · (4 episodes)
6.8
1994
Tupperware!
Narrator
0.0
1994
Hostages
Peggy Say
6.5
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
1992
The Road to Mecca
Elsa Barlow
0.0
1991
Dick Tracy
Mrs. Green
6.1
1990
No Place Like Home
Bonnie Cooper
6.2
1989
High Stakes
Jill
3.0
1989
Roe vs. Wade
Jessie
6.8
1989
Signs of Life
Mary Beth Alder
4.0
1989
American Experience
Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
7.5
1988
China Beach
(1 episode)
7.3
1988
Murder Ordained
Bobbi Birk
5.0
1987
Murder Ordained
Bobbi Birk · (2 episodes)
5.5
1987
The Morning After
Woman on Mateo Street
5.9
1986
L.A. Law
Charlotte Haley · (1 episode)
7.0
1986
Johnny Bull
Katherine Kovacs
0.0
1986
St. Elsewhere
(2 episodes)
5.4
1982
Cagney & Lacey
(1 episode)
6.9
1982
Straight Time
Selma Darin
7.1
1978
The Love Boat
Sally Allison · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
Taking Off
Audition Singer
6.9
1971
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (2 episodes)
7.4
1962
The Oscars
Self · (5 episodes)
7.0
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Christine Chapman · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · (1 episode)
6.8
1944