
Acting
Jeanne Bates
EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
20 May 1918
Died
28 November 2007 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Berkeley, California, USA
Jeanne Bates (May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007) was an American actress. After performing in radio serials, she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1942 which began her career in films both in bit parts and larger roles in a series of horror films and noirs, including The Return of the Vampire (1943) and Shadows in the Night (1946). In her later career, Bates would collaborate with David Lynch on his films Eraserhead (1977) and Mulholland Drive (2001), the latter of which was her last film credit before her death in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanne Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography

Mulholland Drive
as Irene

Dream Lover
as Jeanne

Public Enemy #2
as Nurse

Grand Canyon
as Mrs. Mencken

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Mrs. Felt

Die Hard 2
as Northeast Plane - Older Woman

Mom
as Emily Dwyer

Getting Married
as Divorced Woman

Eraserhead
as Mrs. X

Gus
as Nurse

The Strangler
as Clara Thomas

The Slowest Gun in the West
as The Wife

Vice Raid
as Marilyn

Blood Arrow
as Almee

Trooper Hook
as Ann Weaver

Guns Don't Argue
as Mrs. Ross Baxter

Sabaka
as Durga

Death of a Salesman
as Mother (uncredited)

The Mask of Diijon
as Victoria

Tonight and Every Night
as W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)

The Soul of a Monster
as Ann Winson

The Black Parachute
as Olga - Peasant Woman

Sundown Valley
as Sidney Hawkins

The Racket Man
as Phyllis Lake

Sergeant Mike
as Terry Arno

She's a Soldier Too
as 'Red' Burns (uncredited)

Shadows in the Night
as Adele Carter

It's Murder
as Mrs. Tom Blair

The Chance of a Lifetime
as Mary Watson

The Phantom
as Diana Palmer

The Return of the Vampire
as Miss Northcutt (uncredited)





