Kathy Bates

Acting · 3.2 popularity

Age

Movies

117

Born: June 28, 1948
From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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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).

Works

117 films

Titanic

19977.9

Bee Movie

20076.0

The Blind Side

20097.7

Misery

19907.8

The Golden Compass

20076.1

The Day the Earth Stood Still

20085.7

Midnight in Paris

20117.5

P.S. I Love You

20077.2

Charlotte's Web

20066.2

Rat Race

20016.3

Fried Green Tomatoes

19917.7

Dick Tracy

19906.2

Revolutionary Road

20087.0

Failure to Launch

20065.8

Around the World in 80 Days

20046.0

Richard Jewell

20197.4

The Waterboy

19986.1

A Family Affair

20245.7

Valentine's Day

20105.9

Rumor Has It...

20055.7

The Boss

20165.8

The Highwaymen

20196.8

A Home of Our Own

19937.0

Fred Claus

20075.8

Dragonfly

20026.6

Bad Santa 2

20165.4

About Schmidt

20026.9

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

20237.2

White Palace

19906.6

A Civil Action

19986.5

On the Basis of Sex

20187.3

North

19945.1

Celebrity Naked Ambition

20035.0

Dolores Claiborne

19957.3

The Miracle Club

20236.3

Straight Time

19787.1

Primary Colors

19986.3

Diabolique

19965.5

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys

20086.9

American Outlaws

20015.9

Personal Effects

20096.0

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

20196.9

Summer Camp

20245.4

Tammy

20145.3

You May Not Kiss the Bride

20115.6

Chéri

20096.1

The Great Gilly Hopkins

20156.6

Little Black Book

20045.3

Complete Unknown

20165.1

A Little Bit of Heaven

20116.3

Shadows and Fog

19916.7

Annie

19996.5

Boychoir

20156.8

Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy

20046.8

My Best Friend Is a Vampire

19876.0

Two of a Kind

19835.9

Men Don't Leave

19906.3

Warm Springs

20056.6

Prelude to a Kiss

19925.6

The Great Lillian Hall

20247.0

Reflections on Titanic

20127.2

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

19826.0

Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life

2025

Used People

19925.8

The Morning After

19866.0

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

19916.5

The Late Shift

19966.4

Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony

20214.5

Unconditional Love

20026.0

Roe vs. Wade

19896.0

Relative Strangers

20065.3

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

19885.5

Krystal

20185.1

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

20047.0

Angus

19956.6

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

20045.2

Love Liza

20026.4

Home

20216.7

Baby Steps

199910.0

Hansel and Gretel

2005

Tupperware!

20047.5

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

20237.0

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

199610.0

Bonneville

20065.6

Guilty Hearts

20075.8

Taking Off

19716.9

Summer Heat

19874.7

Swept from the Sea

19986.4

Declaration of Independence

20037.7

Cadaver

20123.0

Christmas Is Here Again

20074.3

The War at Home

19967.0

Signs of Life

19894.9

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

Titanic: Breaking New Ground

19987.0

Murder Ordained

19875.0

My Sister's Keeper

20027.2

No Place Like Home

19896.7

The Road to Mecca

19915.5

Making Rat Race

2002

Bruno

20006.5

Curse of the Starving Class

19944.6

Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

20058.7

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

20007.7

Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk

2014

The West Side Waltz

19956.2

Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun

19935.0

Johnny Bull

19865.5

Ambulance Girl

20055.6

The Smack

2026

Hostages

19926.1

High Stakes

19893.4

Misery Loves Company

20038.0

The Effects of Magic

19984.5

Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes

19989.0

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club

20096.2

Talking With

1995