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Name
Kathy Bates

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1948-06-28 (78 years old)

Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Biography

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).

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1991 Fried Green Tomatoes as Evelyn Couch
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still as Regina Jackson
2004 Around the World in 80 Days as Queen Victoria
1990 Misery as Annie Wilkes
2002 Dragonfly as Mrs. Belmont
1998 Swept from the Sea as Miss Swaffer
1998 The Waterboy as Mama Boucher
1992 Prelude to a Kiss as Leah Blier
2002 About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel
2008 Revolutionary Road as Mrs. Helen Givings
1996 Diabolique as Det. Shirley Vogel
2007 Fred Claus as Mother Claus
2002 My Sister's Keeper as Christine Chapman
1996 The Late Shift as Helen Kushnick
2007 Bee Movie as Janet Benson (voice)
2009 The Blind Side as Miss Sue
2007 P.S. I Love You as Patricia
2009 Chéri as Madame Peloux
2006 Failure to Launch as Sue
1978 Straight Time as Selma Darin
1994 North as Alaskan Mom
1995 Dolores Claiborne as Dolores Claiborne
2003 Misery Loves Company as Self
1998 Primary Colors as Libby Holden
2007 Christmas Is Here Again as Miss Dowdy (voice)
2024 Summer Camp as Ginny Moon
1995 Angus as Meg Bethune
2010 Valentine's Day as Susan
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks as Mrs. Canby
1999 Annie as Miss Agatha Hannigan
2006 Charlotte's Web as Bitsy the Cow (voice)
2001 American Outlaws as Ma James
1990 White Palace as Rosemary
1998 A Civil Action as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
1983 Two of a Kind as Furniture Man's Wife
2004 Little Black Book as Kippie Kann
2009 Personal Effects as Gloria
2006 Relative Strangers as Agnes Menure
2002 Love Liza as Mary Ann Bankhead
2008 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys as Charlotte Cartwright
2002 Unconditional Love as Grace Beasley
2011 A Little Bit of Heaven as Beverly Corbett
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Narrator (voice)
2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey as The Marquesa
2006 Bonneville as Margene Cunningham
2007 Guilty Hearts as The Judge
1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean as Stella Mae
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Hazel Quarrier
2011 You May Not Kiss the Bride as Bryan's Mother
1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Lunar Mom
1990 Men Don't Leave as Lisa Coleman
Soon The Smack as Babs
1993 A Home of Our Own as Frances Lacey
2011 Midnight in Paris as Gertrude Stein
2000 Bruno as Mother Superior
1996 The War at Home as Maurine Collier
1987 Summer Heat as Ruth
1994 Curse of the Starving Class as Ella Tate
1989 No Place Like Home as Bonnie Cooper
2021 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2014 Tammy as Lenore
1989 High Stakes as Jill
1987 My Best Friend Is a Vampire as Helen Blake
2024 A Family Affair as Leila Ford
1991 Shadows and Fog as Prostitute
2005 Ambulance Girl as Jane Stern
2023 Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self (archive footage)
2015 Boychoir as Headmistress
1992 Used People as Bibby Berman
2016 The Boss as Ida Marquette
2012 Cadaver as Beth
1989 Roe vs. Wade as Jessie
1987 Murder Ordained as Bobbi Birk
2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
2016 Complete Unknown as Nina
2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins as Maime Trotter
2016 Bad Santa 2 as Sunny Soke
2024 The Great Lillian Hall as Edith Wilson
1991 The Road to Mecca as Elsa Barlow
2003 Declaration of Independence as Self
1971 Taking Off as Audition Singer
2018 Krystal as Vera
1995 Talking With as Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Barbara Haggermaker
1998 The Effects of Magic as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1995 The West Side Waltz as Mr. Goo
2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
2007 The Golden Compass as Hester (voice)
2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Frances Marion (voice)
1992 Hostages as Peggy Say
2018 On the Basis of Sex as Dorothy Kenyon
1990 Dick Tracy as Mrs. Green
1986 The Morning After as Woman on Mateo Street
1996 The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self
2019 The Highwaymen as Ma Ferguson
2019 Richard Jewell as Bobi Jewell
2005 Rumor Has It... as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
2021 Home as Bernadette
2005 Hansel and Gretel as Narrator (voice)
2005 Warm Springs as Helena Mahoney
2005 Six Feet Under: In Memoriam as Herself
2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Sylvia Simon
2004 Tupperware! as Narrator
1986 Johnny Bull as Katherine Kovacs
1999 Baby Steps as Mrs. Mellon
2023 The Miracle Club as Eileen Dunne
2012 Reflections on Titanic as Self
1989 Signs of Life as Mary Beth Alder
2002 Making Rat Race as Herself
1997 Titanic as Molly Brown
1998 Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Self
1998 Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self
2001 Rat Race as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
2025 Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life as Self
2003 Celebrity Naked Ambition as Self (archive footage)
2014 Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk as Self – Stella Mae (archive footage)

1982 St. Elsewhere ( 2 episodes ) as Polly Miller
2001 Six Feet Under ( 11 episodes ) as Bettina
1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Haley
1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Sally Allison
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 China Beach ( 1 episode )
2005 The Office ( 8 episodes ) as Jo Bennett
1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode )
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Christine Chapman
2011 Harry's Law ( 34 episodes ) as Harriet 'Harry' Korn
2009 Alice ( 2 episodes ) as Queen of Hearts
2011 American Horror Story ( 26 episodes ) as Delphine LaLaurie
2024 Matlock ( 35 episodes ) as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock
2011 American Horror Story ( 13 episodes ) as Ethel Darling
2011 American Horror Story ( 12 episodes ) as Iris
2003 Two and a Half Men ( 1 episode ) as Charlie Harper
2011 American Horror Story ( 10 episodes ) as Agnes Mary Winstead
2017 Disjointed ( 20 episodes ) as Ruth
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 American Experience ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
2015 Lip Sync Battle ( 1 episode ) as Self
2011 American Horror Story ( 10 episodes ) as Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
2007 The Big Bang Theory ( 3 episodes ) as Mrs. Fowler
2017 FEUD ( 5 episodes ) as Joan Blondell
1987 Murder Ordained ( 2 episodes ) as Bobbi Birk
1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
2008 Stand Up to Cancer ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun ( 1 episode ) as Charlotte Everly
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1997 King of the Hill ( 1 episode ) as Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as D.O. Rothy (voice)
1953 The Oscars ( 5 episodes ) as Self
2010 Mike & Molly ( 1 episode ) as Kay
1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Audience Member
1994 The Stand ( 1 episode ) as Rae Flowers (uncredited)
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 American Experience ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
1995 MADtv ( 1 episode ) as Stuart's Grandma
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 Chelsea Lately ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
1949 The Emmy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Mary Beth Alder
Soon Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection ( 20 episodes )

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