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 o…
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Acting (50)
Summer Camp
Ginny Moon
You May Not Kiss the Bride
Bryan's Mother
A Little Bit of Heaven
Beverly Corbett
Valentine's Day
Susan
The Blind Side
Miss Sue
Chéri
Madame Peloux
Personal Effects
Gloria
Revolutionary Road
Mrs. Helen Givings
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Regina Jackson
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Charlotte Cartwright
P.S. I Love You
Patricia
Fred Claus
Mother Claus
Bee Movie
Janet Benson (voice)
Christmas Is Here Again
Miss Dowdy (voice)
Guilty Hearts
The Judge
Charlotte's Web
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
Bonneville
Margene Cunningham
Relative Strangers
Agnes Menure
Failure to Launch
Sue
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Marquesa
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Narrator (voice)
Little Black Book
Kippie Kann
Around the World in 80 Days
Queen Victoria
Misery Loves Company
Self
Love Liza
Mary Ann Bankhead
About Schmidt
Roberta Hertzel
Unconditional Love
Grace Beasley
Dragonfly
Mrs. Belmont
My Sister's Keeper
Christine Chapman
American Outlaws
Ma James
Annie
Miss Agatha Hannigan
A Civil Action
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
The Waterboy
Mama Boucher
Primary Colors
Libby Holden
Swept from the Sea
Miss Swaffer
Diabolique
Det. Shirley Vogel
The Late Shift
Helen Kushnick
Angus
Meg Bethune
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne
North
Alaskan Mom
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Lunar Mom
Prelude to a Kiss
Leah Blier
Fried Green Tomatoes
Evelyn Couch
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Hazel Quarrier
Misery
Annie Wilkes
White Palace
Rosemary
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Mrs. Canby
Two of a Kind
Furniture Man's Wife
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Stella Mae
Straight Time
Selma Darin
