Kathy Bates
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-06-28 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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).
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Acting
Thelma
as Thelma
The Smack
as Babs
(2024)
A Family Affair
as Leila Ford
(2024)
Summer Camp
as Ginny Moon
(2024)
The Great Lillian Hall
as Edith Wilson
(2023)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Sylvia Simon
(2023)
The Miracle Club
as Eileen Dunne
(2023)
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
(2021)
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Home
as Bernadette
(2019)
Richard Jewell
as Bobi Jewell
(2019)
The Highwaymen
as Ma Ferguson
(2019)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Barbara Haggermaker
(2018)
On the Basis of Sex
as Dorothy Kenyon
(2018)
Krystal
as Vera
(2016)
The Boss
as Ida Marquette
(2016)
Bad Santa 2
as Sunny Soke
(2016)
Complete Unknown
as Nina
(2015)
Boychoir
as Headmistress
(2015)
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Maime Trotter
(2014)
Tammy
as Lenore
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
(2012)
Cadaver
as Beth
(2011)
Midnight in Paris
as Gertrude Stein
(2011)
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Beverly Corbett
(2011)
You May Not Kiss the Bride
as Bryan's Mother
(2010)
Valentine's Day
as Susan Milton
(2009)
The Blind Side
as Miss Sue
(2009)
Personal Effects
as Gloria
(2009)
Chéri
as Madame Peloux
(2009)
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
(2008)
Revolutionary Road
as Mrs. Helen Givings
(2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Regina Jackson
(2008)
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Charlotte Cartwright
(2007)
Bee Movie
as Janet Benson (voice)
(2007)
The Golden Compass
as Hester (voice)
(2007)
P.S. I Love You
as Patricia
(2007)
Fred Claus
as Mother Claus
(2007)
Christmas Is Here Again
as Miss Dowdy (voice)
(2007)
Guilty Hearts
as The Judge
(2006)
Charlotte's Web
as Bitsy the Cow (voice)
(2006)
Failure to Launch
as Sue
(2006)
Relative Strangers
as Agnes Menure
(2006)
Bonneville
as Margene Cunningham
(2005)
Rumor Has It...
as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
(2005)
Warm Springs
as Helena Mahoney
(2005)
$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)
as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
(2005)
Ambulance Girl
as Jane Stern
(2005)
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
as Herself
(2005)
Hansel and Gretel
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Around the World in 80 Days
as Queen Victoria
(2004)
Little Black Book
as Kippie Kann
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as The Marquesa
(2004)
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
(2004)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
Misery Loves Company
as Self
(2003)
Declaration of Independence
as Self
(2002)
Dragonfly
as Mrs. Belmont
(2002)
About Schmidt
as Roberta Hertzel
(2002)
Love Liza
as Mary Ann Bankhead
(2002)
Unconditional Love
as Grace Beasley
(2002)
Making Rat Race
as Herself
(2002)
My Sister's Keeper
as Christine Chapman
(2001)
Rat Race
as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
(2001)
American Outlaws
as Ma James
(2000)
Bruno
as Mother Superior
(2000)
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
as Frances Marion (voice)
(1999)
Annie
as Miss Agatha Hannigan
(1999)
Baby Steps
as Mrs. Mellon
(1998)
The Waterboy
as Mama Boucher
(1998)
A Civil Action
as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
(1998)
Primary Colors
as Libby Holden
(1998)
Swept from the Sea
as Miss Swaffer
(1998)
The Effects of Magic
as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
(1998)
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
as Self
(1997)
Titanic
as Molly Brown
(1997)
(1996)
Diabolique
as Det. Shirley Vogel
(1996)
(1996)
The War at Home
as Maurine Collier
(1996)
The Late Shift
as Helen Kushnick
(1995)
Dolores Claiborne
as Dolores Claiborne
(1995)
Angus
as Meg Bethune
(1995)
The West Side Waltz
as Mr. Goo
(1995)
Talking With
as Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
(1994)
North
as Alaskan Mom
(1994)
Curse of the Starving Class
as Ella Tate
(1994)
Tupperware!
as Narrator
(1993)
A Home of Our Own
as Frances Lacey
(1993)
(1992)
Prelude to a Kiss
as Leah Blier
(1992)
Used People
as Bibby Berman
(1992)
Hostages
as Peggy Say
(1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Evelyn Couch
(1991)
Shadows and Fog
as Prostitute
(1991)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Hazel Quarrier
(1991)
The Road to Mecca
as Elsa Barlow
(1990)
Misery
as Annie Wilkes
(1990)
White Palace
as Rosemary
(1990)
Dick Tracy
as Mrs. Green
(1990)
Men Don't Leave
as Lisa Coleman
(1989)
High Stakes
as Jill
(1989)
Signs of Life
as Mary Beth Alder
(1989)
Roe vs. Wade
as Jessie
(1989)
No Place Like Home
as Bonnie Cooper
(1988)
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Mrs. Canby
(1987)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
as Helen Blake
(1987)
Murder Ordained
as Bobbi Birk
(1987)
Summer Heat
as Ruth
(1986)
The Morning After
as Woman on Mateo Street
(1986)
Johnny Bull
as Katherine Kovacs
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as Furniture Man's Wife
(1982)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
as Stella Mae
(1978)
Straight Time
as Selma Darin
(1971)
Taking Off
as Audition Singer
Crew
(2024)
The Great Lillian Hall
Executive Producer
(2005)
Ambulance Girl
Director
(2003)
Fargo
Director
(1999)
Dash and Lilly
Director
(1995)
Talking With
Director