Kathy Bates
Acting
🎂 1948-06-28
Kathleen Doyle Bates 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).
Cast credits(166)
Charlie Harper
2003
D.O. Rothy (voice)
2005
Self
1996
Jo Bennett
2005
Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
1997
Mrs. Fowler
2007
Delphine LaLaurie
2011
Ethel Darling
2011
Iris
2011
Agnes Mary Winstead
2011
Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
2011
Self
1962
Sally Allison
1977
Self - Guest
2009
Molly Brown
1997
Self
2022
Self
2015
Narrator (voice)
1988
Narrator
1988
Charlotte Everly
1996
Self
1971
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Audience Member
1944
Bettina
2001
Self
2014
Self
1997
Charlotte Haley
1986
1982
Self
2003
1982
Kay
2010
Miss Sue
2009
Self
2015
Madeline 'Matty' Matlock
2024
Self (archive footage)
2007
Self
1953
Self
2016
Janet Benson (voice)
2007
1988
Harriet 'Harry' Korn
2011
Joan Blondell
2017
Leila Ford
2024
Self
2023
Mama Boucher
1998
Annie Wilkes
1990
Regina Jackson
2008
Mrs. Helen Givings
2008
Rae Flowers (uncredited)
1994
Patricia
2007
The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
2001
Hester (voice)
2007
Ma Ferguson
2019
Evelyn Couch
1991
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
2006
Queen Victoria
2004
Gertrude Stein
2011
Susan Milton
2010
Ruth
2017
Bobi Jewell
2019
Sue
2006
Dolores Claiborne
1995
Lenore
2014
Libby Holden
1998
Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
2005
Dorothy Kenyon
2018
Mrs. Belmont
2002
Self (archive footage)
2014
Frances Lacey
1993
Ma James
2001
Mother Claus
2007
Rosemary
1990
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
1998
Kippie Kann
2004
Sylvia Simon
2023
Self
2003
Mrs. Green
1990
Alaskan Mom
1994
Madame Peloux
2009
Eileen Dunne
2023
Sunny Soke
2016
Miss Agatha Hannigan
1999
Woman on Mateo Street
1986
Leah Blier
1992
Ida Marquette
2016
Narrator (Voice)
1992
Ginny Moon
2024
Headmistress
2015
Beverly Corbett
2011
Bryan's Mother
2011
Mr. Goo
1995
Mother Superior
2000
Roberta Hertzel
2002
Det. Shirley Vogel
1996
Prostitute
1991
Jane Stern
2005
Mrs. Canby
1988
Charlotte Cartwright
2008
Vera
2018
Christine Chapman
1951
Furniture Man's Wife
1983
Grace Beasley
2002
Gloria
2009
Barbara Haggermaker
2019
Self
2008
Self (archive footage)
2021
Narrator (voice)
2004
Edith Wilson
2024
Queen of Hearts
2009
Miss Swaffer
1998
Helen Kushnick
1996
Babs
Agnes Menure
2006
Frances Marion (voice)
2000
Jessie
1989
Ruth
1987
The Marquesa
2004
Nina
2016
Bobbi Birk
1987
Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
2004
Jill
1989
Self
2012
Mary Ann Bankhead
2002
Stuart's Grandma
1995
Maime Trotter
2015
Self
1997
Helena Mahoney
2005
Bonnie Cooper
1989
Peggy Say
1992
Helen Blake
1987
Thelma
Meg Bethune
1995
Lisa Coleman
1990
The Judge
2007
Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
2023
Audition Singer
1971
Maurine Collier
1996
Christine Chapman
2002
Bobbi Birk
1987
Selma Darin
1978
Bibby Berman
1992
Mary Beth Alder
1989
Ella Tate
1994
Miss Dowdy (voice)
2007
Narrator
1994
Stella Mae
1982
Lunar Mom
1993
Self
1998
Hazel Quarrier
1991
Self
1994
Margene Cunningham
2006
Bernadette
2021
Self
1998
Katherine Kovacs
1986
Self
1996
Herself
2002
Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
1998
Elsa Barlow
1991
Self
2003
Mrs. Mellon
1999
Pancho Barnes (Voice)
2009
Beth
2012
Narrator (voice)
2005
Herself
2005
Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
1995
