Kathy Bates
Acting
🎂 1948-06-28
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​
Cast credits(168)
Self
2015
Self
1996
Self
1962
Self - Guest
2009
Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
1997
Charlie Harper
2003
Self
1997
D.O. Rothy (voice)
2005
Jo Bennett
2005
Self
1971
Mrs. Fowler
2007
Self
2016
Delphine LaLaurie
2011
Ethel Darling
2011
Iris
2011
Agnes Mary Winstead
2011
Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
2011
Bettina
2001
Charlotte Everly
1996
Self
2003
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
Charlotte Haley
1986
Self
2014
Self (archive footage)
2007
Sally Allison
1977
Madeline 'Matty' Matlock
2024
Molly Brown
1997
Self
1953
1982
Self
2015
Kay
2010
Self
2022
Joan Blondell
2017
Narrator (voice)
1988
Narrator
1988
Rae Flowers (uncredited)
1994
Christine Chapman
1951
Ruth
2017
Self
2023
Queen of Hearts
2009
Narrator (Voice)
1992
1982
Janet Benson (voice)
2007
Harriet 'Harry' Korn
2011
Miss Sue
2009
Self
2008
1988
Mrs. Helen Givings
2008
Stuart's Grandma
1995
Sylvia Simon
2023
Annie Wilkes
1990
Evelyn Couch
1991
Self
1994
Leila Ford
2024
Hester (voice)
2007
The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
2001
Regina Jackson
2008
Mama Boucher
1998
Sue
2006
Ma Ferguson
2019
Patricia
2007
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
2006
Susan Milton
2010
Gertrude Stein
2011
Dorothy Kenyon
2018
Queen Victoria
2004
Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
2005
Mother Claus
2007
Charlotte Cartwright
2008
Libby Holden
1998
Bobi Jewell
2019
Lenore
2014
Mrs. Green
1990
Roberta Hertzel
2002
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
1998
Eileen Dunne
2023
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Kippie Kann
2004
Alaskan Mom
1994
Ginny Moon
2024
Ma James
2001
Mrs. Belmont
2002
Helena Mahoney
2005
Beverly Corbett
2011
Sunny Soke
2016
Ida Marquette
2016
Rosemary
1990
Miss Agatha Hannigan
1999
Prostitute
1991
Bobbi Birk
1987
Maime Trotter
2015
Madame Peloux
2009
Edith Wilson
2024
Headmistress
2015
Furniture Man's Wife
1983
Barbara Haggermaker
2019
Gloria
2009
Det. Shirley Vogel
1996
Nina
2016
Self (archive footage)
2014
Woman on Mateo Street
1986
Bernadette
2021
Self (archive footage)
2021
Bryan's Mother
2011
Leah Blier
1992
Mary Ann Bankhead
2002
Hazel Quarrier
1991
Agnes Menure
2006
Miss Swaffer
1998
Lisa Coleman
1990
Selma Darin
1978
Mrs. Canby
1988
Grace Beasley
2002
Bobbi Birk
1987
Miss Dowdy (voice)
2007
The Marquesa
2004
Narrator (voice)
2004
Audition Singer
1971
Frances Lacey
1993
Meg Bethune
1995
Mary Beth Alder
1989
Vera
2018
Ruth
1987
Bibby Berman
1992
Self
2012
Helen Blake
1987
Self
1997
Maurine Collier
1996
Mother Superior
2000
Jessie
1989
Stella Mae
1982
Helen Kushnick
1996
Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
2004
Thelma
Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
1998
Jane Stern
2005
Frances Marion (voice)
2000
Peggy Say
1992
Self
1996
Margene Cunningham
2006
Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
2023
Beth
2012
Ella Tate
1994
Herself
2002
Katherine Kovacs
1986
Lunar Mom
1993
Jill
1989
Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
2005
The Judge
2007
Christine Chapman
2002
Herself
2005
Babs
Mr. Goo
1995
Self
2003
Bonnie Cooper
1989
Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
2005
Self
2003
Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
1995
Self
1998
Narrator (voice)
2005
Elsa Barlow
1991
Mrs. Mellon
1999
Self
1998
Narrator
1994
Pancho Barnes (Voice)
2009
