Kathy Bates
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-06-28 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also known As
Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates
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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 n...
Acting
1991
as Evelyn Couch
2008
as Regina Jackson
2004
as Queen Victoria
1990
as Annie Wilkes
2002
as Mrs. Belmont
1998
as Miss Swaffer
1992
as Leah Blier
1998
as Mama Boucher
2002
as Roberta Hertzel
2008
as Mrs. Helen Givings
1996
as Det. Shirley Vogel
2007
as Mother Claus
2002
as Christine Chapman
1996
as Helen Kushnick
2007
as Janet Benson (voice)
2009
as Miss Sue
2007
as Patricia
2009
as Madame Peloux
2006
as Sue
1978
as Selma Darin
1994
as Alaskan Mom
1995
as Dolores Claiborne
2003
as Self
1998
as Libby Holden
2007
as Miss Dowdy (voice)
2024
as Ginny Moon
1995
as Meg Bethune
2010
as Susan Milton
1988
as Mrs. Canby
1999
as Miss Agatha Hannigan
2006
as Bitsy the Cow (voice)
2001
as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
2001
as Ma James
1990
as Rosemary
1998
as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
1983
as Furniture Man's Wife
2009
as Gloria
2004
as Kippie Kann
2006
as Agnes Menure
2002
as Mary Ann Bankhead
2008
as Charlotte Cartwright
2002
as Grace Beasley
2011
as Beverly Corbett
2004
as Narrator (voice)
2004
as The Marquesa
2006
as Margene Cunningham
2007
as The Judge
1982
as Stella Mae
1991
as Hazel Quarrier
2011
as Bryan's Mother
1993
1990
as Lisa Coleman
-
as Babs
1993
as Frances Lacey
2011
as Gertrude Stein
2000
as Mother Superior
1996
as Maurine Collier
1987
as Ruth
-
as Thelma
1994
as Ella Tate
1989
as Bonnie Cooper
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Lenore
1989
as Jill
1987
as Helen Blake
2024
as Leila Ford
1991
as Prostitute
2005
as Jane Stern
2023
as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
1992
as Bibby Berman
2015
as Headmistress
2016
as Ida Marquette
2012
as Beth
1989
as Jessie
1987
as Bobbi Birk
2004
as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
2016
as Nina
2015
as Maime Trotter
2016
as Sunny Soke
2024
as Edith Wilson
1991
as Elsa Barlow
2003
as Self
1971
as Audition Singer
2018
as Vera
1995
as Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
2019
as Barbara Haggermaker
1998
as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
1995
as Mr. Goo
2009
as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
2007
as Hester (voice)
2000
as Frances Marion (voice)
1992
as Peggy Say
2018
as Dorothy Kenyon
1990
as Mrs. Green
1986
as Woman on Mateo Street
1996
2019
as Ma Ferguson
2019
as Bobi Jewell
2005
as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Bernadette
2005
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Helena Mahoney
2005
as Herself
2023
as Sylvia Simon
1994
as Narrator
1986
as Katherine Kovacs
1999
as Mrs. Mellon
2023
as Eileen Dunne
2012
as Self
1989
as Mary Beth Alder
2002
as Herself
1997
as Molly Brown
2005
as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
1998
as Self
2005
as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage)
Production
1999
as Director
2005
as Director
2003
as Director
2024
as Executive Producer
1995
as Director
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