Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kathy Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Actor
as Babs
as Thelma
as Edith Wilson
as Leila Ford
as Ginny Moon
as Madeline Matlock
as Self (archive footage) / Molly Brown
as Eileen Dunne
as Sylvia Simon
as Bernadette
as Self (archive footage)
as Bobi Jewell
as Ma Ferguson
as Barbara Haggermaker
as Dorothy Kenyon
as Vera
as Ruth
as Joan Blondell
as Sunny Soke
as Nina
as Ida Marquette
as Self
as Maime Trotter
as Self
as Headmistress
as Lenore
as Self (archive footage)
as Beth
as Self
as Gertrude Stein
as Bryan's Mother
as Beverly Corbett
as Delphine LaLaurie
as Ethel Darling
as Iris
as Agnes Mary Winstead / Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
as Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
as Harriet Harry
as Susan Milton
as Kay
as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
as Miss Sue
as Madame Peloux
as Gloria
as Queen of Hearts
as Self - Guest
as Mrs. Helen Givings
as Regina Jackson
as Charlotte Cartwright
as Self
as Hester (voice)
as Patricia
as Mother Claus
as Janet Benson (voice)
as Miss Dowdy (voice)
as Mrs. Fowler
as Bitsy the Cow (voice)
as Margene Cunningham
as Agnes Menure
as Sue
as The Judge
as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
as Herself
as Jane Stern
as Helena Mahoney
as Narrator (voice)
as Jo Bennett
as D.O. Rothy (voice)
as The Marquesa
as Narrator (voice)
as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
as Kippie Kann
as Queen Victoria
as Self
as Self
as Charlie Harper
as Mary Ann Bankhead
as Roberta Hertzel
as Grace Beasley
as Mrs. Belmont
as Christine Chapman
as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
as Ma James
as Bettina
as Frances Marion (voice)
as Mother Superior
as Miss Agatha Hannigan
as Mrs. Mellon
as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
as Mama Boucher
as Libby Holden
as Miss Swaffer
as Molly Brown
as Self
as Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
as Maurine Collier
as Det. Shirley Vogel
as Helen Kushnick
as Self
as Charlotte Everly
as Mr. Goo
as Meg Bethune
as Dolores Claiborne
as Ella Tate
as Alaskan Mom
as Narrator
as Self
as Rae Flowers
as Frances Lacey
as Lunar Mom
as Bibby Berman
as Peggy Say
as Leah Blier
as Narrator (Voice)
as Evelyn Couch
as Hazel Quarrier
as Prostitute
as Elsa Barlow
as Annie Wilkes
as Rosemary
as Mrs. Green
as Lisa Coleman
as Bonnie Cooper
as Jill
as Jessie
as Mary Beth Alder
as Mrs. Canby
as Narrator (voice)
as Helen Blake
as Ruth
as Bobbi Birk
as Bobbi Birk
as Woman on Mateo Street
as Katherine Kovacs
as Charlotte Haley
as Furniture Man's Wife
as Stella Mae
as Selma Darin
as Sally Allison
as Audition Singer
as Self
as Self
as Christine Chapman
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer