Kathy Bates

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

Known For: Acting

Born: Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 1948-06-28

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Straight Time	Selma Darin	71
2	1982	Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean	Stella Mae	60
3	1983	Two of a Kind	Furniture Man's Wife	59
4	1987	Summer Heat	Ruth	50
5	1988	Arthur 2: On the Rocks	Mrs. Canby	55
6	1990	Men Don't Leave	Lisa Coleman	65
7	1990	White Palace	Rosemary	61
8	1990	Misery	Annie Wilkes	77
9	1991	At Play in the Fields of the Lord	Hazel Quarrier	65
10	1991	Fried Green Tomatoes	Evelyn Couch	77
11	1992	Prelude to a Kiss	Leah Blier	56
12	1993	Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Lunar Mom	10
13	1993	A Home of Our Own	Frances Lacey	68
14	1994	North	Alaskan Mom	50
15	1995	Dolores Claiborne	Dolores Claiborne	73
16	1995	Angus	Meg Bethune	66
17	1996	The Late Shift	Helen Kushnick	64
18	1996	Diabolique	Det. Shirley Vogel	55
19	1996	The War at Home	Maurine Collier	69
20	1998	Swept from the Sea	Miss Swaffer	64
21	1998	Primary Colors	Libby Holden	63
22	1998	The Waterboy	Mama Boucher	60
23	1998	A Civil Action	Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)	65
24	1999	Annie	Miss Agatha Hannigan	64
25	2000	Bruno	Mother Superior	66
26	2001	Rat Race	The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)	63
27	2001	American Outlaws	Ma James	60
28	2002	My Sister's Keeper	Christine Chapman	72
29	2002	Dragonfly	Mrs. Belmont	65
30	2002	Unconditional Love	Grace Beasley	59
31	2002	About Schmidt	Roberta Hertzel	68
32	2002	Love Liza	Mary Ann Bankhead	64
33	2003	Misery Loves Company	Self	70
34	2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Queen Victoria	59
35	2004	Little Black Book	Kippie Kann	53
36	2004	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	Narrator (voice)	70
37	2004	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	The Marquesa	51
38	2006	Failure to Launch	Sue	58
39	2006	Relative Strangers	Agnes Menure	52
40	2006	Bonneville	Margene Cunningham	56
41	2006	Charlotte's Web	Bitsy the Cow (voice)	62
42	2007	Guilty Hearts	The Judge	55
43	2007	Christmas Is Here Again	Miss Dowdy (voice)	40
44	2007	Bee Movie	Janet Benson (voice)	60
45	2007	Fred Claus	Mother Claus	58
46	2007	P.S. I Love You	Patricia	72
47	2008	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys	Charlotte Cartwright	68
48	2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Regina Jackson	56
49	2008	Revolutionary Road	Mrs. Helen Givings	70
50	2009	Personal Effects	Gloria	60
51	2009	Chéri	Madame Peloux	61
52	2009	The Blind Side	Miss Sue	77
53	2010	Valentine's Day	Susan Milton	59
54	2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	Beverly Corbett	64
55	2011	You May Not Kiss the Bride	Bryan's Mother	56
56	2024	Summer Camp	Ginny Moon	52
57		The Smack	Babs	0
58	2011	Midnight in Paris	Gertrude Stein	75
59		Thelma	Thelma	0
60	1971	Taking Off	Audition Singer	69
61	1986	Johnny Bull	Katherine Kovacs	10
62	1986	The Morning After	Woman on Mateo Street	59
63	1987	Murder Ordained	Bobbi Birk	50
64	1987	My Best Friend Is a Vampire	Helen Blake	60
65	1989	Signs of Life	Mary Beth Alder	42
66	1989	Roe vs. Wade	Jessie	64
67	1989	High Stakes	Jill	26
68	1989	No Place Like Home	Bonnie Cooper	65
69	1990	Dick Tracy	Mrs. Green	61
70	1991	The Road to Mecca	Elsa Barlow	10
71	1991	Shadows and Fog	Prostitute	67
72	1992	Hostages	Peggy Say	59
73	1992	Used People	Bibby Berman	55
74	1994	Tupperware!	Narrator	70
75	1994	Curse of the Starving Class	Ella Tate	41
76	1995	Talking With	Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")	0
77	1995	The West Side Waltz	Mr. Goo	53
78	1996	The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful	Self	100
79	1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self	73
80	1997	Titanic	Molly Brown	79
81	1998	Titanic: Breaking New Ground	Self	70
82	1998	The Effects of Magic	Raphaella, the Magic Bunny	10
83	1998	Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes	Self	0
84	1999	Baby Steps	Mrs. Mellon	0
85	2000	Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood	Frances Marion (voice)	70
86	2002	Making Rat Race	Herself	0
87	2003	Declaration of Independence	Self	100
88	2004	Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy	Siren / Sea Hag (voice)	67
89	2005	Hansel and Gretel	Narrator (voice)	0
90	2005	Warm Springs	Helena Mahoney	68
91	2005	Ambulance Girl	Jane Stern	48
92	2005	Titanic: Behind The Scenes	Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)	0
93	2005	Six Feet Under: In Memoriam	Herself	85
94	2005	$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)	Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)	0
95	2005	Rumor Has It...	Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)	57
96	2007	The Golden Compass	Hester (voice)	61
97	2009	The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club	Pancho Barnes (Voice)	52
98	2012	Reflections on Titanic	Self	73
99	2012	Cadaver	Beth	35
100	2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)	70
101	2014	Tammy	Lenore	53
102	2015	Boychoir	Headmistress	67
103	2015	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Maime Trotter	66
104	2016	The Boss	Ida Marquette	58
105	2016	Complete Unknown	Nina	51
106	2016	Bad Santa 2	Sunny Soke	54
107	2018	Krystal	Vera	51
108	2018	On the Basis of Sex	Dorothy Kenyon	74
109	2019	The Death & Life of John F. Donovan	Barbara Haggermaker	69
110	2019	The Highwaymen	Ma Ferguson	67
111	2019	Richard Jewell	Bobi Jewell	74
112	2021	Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony	Self (archive footage)	45
113	2021	Home	Bernadette	67
114	2023	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Sylvia Simon	72
115	2023	The Miracle Club	Eileen Dunne	62
116	2023	Titanic: Stories from the Heart	Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)	70
117	2024	A Family Affair	Leila Ford	58
118	2024	The Great Lillian Hall	Edith Wilson	67

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee/Presenter	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Presenter	72
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Winner	72
4	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	72
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Christine Chapman	86
6	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
7	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
8	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
9	1977	The Love Boat	Sally Allison	63
10	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
11	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
12	1986	L.A. Law	Charlotte Haley	71
13	1987	Murder Ordained	Bobbi Birk	54
14	1988	China Beach		74
15	1988	American Experience	Narrator (voice)	74
16	1988	American Experience	Narrator	74
17	1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator (Voice)	100
18	1994	The Stand	Rae Flowers (uncredited)	68
19	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
20	1995	MADtv	Stuart's Grandma	69
21	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Charlotte Everly	75
22	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
23	1997	King of the Hill	Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)	74
24	1997	The View	Self	45
25	2001	Six Feet Under	Bettina	81
26	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
27	2003	Two and a Half Men	Charlie Harper	75
28	2005	American Dad!	D.O. Rothy (voice)	70
29	2005	The Office	Jo Bennett	86
30	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Mrs. Fowler	79
31	2008	Stand Up to Cancer	Self	74
32	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
33	2009	Alice	Queen of Hearts	66
34	2010	Mike & Molly	Kay	67
35	2011	Harry's Law	Harriet 'Harry' Korn	73
36	2011	American Horror Story	Delphine LaLaurie	81
37	2011	American Horror Story	Ethel Darling	81
38	2011	American Horror Story	Iris	81
39	2011	American Horror Story	Agnes Mary Winstead	81
40	2011	American Horror Story	Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie	81
41	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
42	2015	Lip Sync Battle	Self	64
43	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
44	2016	Chelsea	Self	51
45	2017	FEUD	Joan Blondell	77
46	2017	Disjointed	Ruth	61
47	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
48	2023	Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	70
49	2024	Matlock	Madeline 'Matty' Matlock	75

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