Kathy Bates
Acting
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).
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Edith Wilson
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Leila Ford
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Ginny Moon
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Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
... 2023
Eileen Dunne
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Sylvia Simon
... 2023
Bernadette
... 2021
Self (archive footage)
... 2021
Bobi Jewell
... 2019
Ma Ferguson
... 2019
Barbara Haggermaker
... 2019
Dorothy Kenyon
... 2018
Vera
... 2018
Sunny Soke
... 2016
Nina
... 2016
Ida Marquette
... 2016
Maime Trotter
... 2015
Headmistress
... 2015
Lenore
... 2014
Self (archive footage)
... 2014
Beth
... 2012
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Gertrude Stein
... 2011
Bryan's Mother
... 2011
Beverly Corbett
... 2011
Susan Milton
... 2010
Pancho Barnes (Voice)
... 2009
Miss Sue
... 2009
Madame Peloux
... 2009
Gloria
... 2009
Mrs. Helen Givings
... 2008
Regina Jackson
... 2008
Charlotte Cartwright
... 2008
Hester (voice)
... 2007
Patricia
... 2007
Mother Claus
... 2007
Janet Benson (voice)
... 2007
Miss Dowdy (voice)
... 2007
The Judge
... 2007
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
... 2006
Margene Cunningham
... 2006
Agnes Menure
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Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
... 2005
Herself
... 2005
Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
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Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
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Jane Stern
... 2005
Helena Mahoney
... 2005
Narrator (voice)
... 2005
The Marquesa
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Narrator (voice)
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Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
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Kippie Kann
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Queen Victoria
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Self
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Mary Ann Bankhead
... 2002
Roberta Hertzel
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Grace Beasley
... 2002
Mrs. Belmont
... 2002
Herself
... 2002
Christine Chapman
... 2002
The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
... 2001
Ma James
... 2001
Frances Marion (voice)
... 2000
Mother Superior
... 2000
Miss Agatha Hannigan
... 1999
Mrs. Mellon
... 1999
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
... 1998
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Mama Boucher
... 1998
Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
... 1998
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Libby Holden
... 1998
Miss Swaffer
... 1998
Molly Brown
... 1997
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Maurine Collier
... 1996
Det. Shirley Vogel
... 1996
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Helen Kushnick
... 1996
Mr. Goo
... 1995
Meg Bethune
... 1995
Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
... 1995
Dolores Claiborne
... 1995
Ella Tate
... 1994
Alaskan Mom
... 1994
Narrator
... 1994
Frances Lacey
... 1993
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Bibby Berman
... 1992
Peggy Say
... 1992
Leah Blier
... 1992
Evelyn Couch
... 1991
Hazel Quarrier
... 1991
Prostitute
... 1991
Elsa Barlow
... 1991
Annie Wilkes
... 1990
Rosemary
... 1990
Mrs. Green
... 1990
Lisa Coleman
... 1990
Bonnie Cooper
... 1989
Jill
... 1989
Jessie
... 1989
Mary Beth Alder
... 1989
Mrs. Canby
... 1988
Helen Blake
... 1987
Ruth
... 1987
Bobbi Birk
... 1987
Woman on Mateo Street
... 1986
Katherine Kovacs
... 1986
Furniture Man's Wife
... 1983
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Selma Darin
... 1978
Audition Singer
... 1971
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