Acting
Kathy Bates
EN cinema · 119 credits
Born
28 June 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also known as Kathleen Doyle Bates · Кейти Бейтс
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).
Known for
Filmography
Summer Camp
as Ginny Moon
A Family Affair
as Leila Ford
The Great Lillian Hall
as Edith Wilson, Executive Producer
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
as Self (archive footage)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Sylvia Simon
The Miracle Club
as Eileen Dunne
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
Home
as Bernadette
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Barbara Haggermaker
The Highwaymen
as Ma Ferguson
Richard Jewell
as Bobi Jewell
Krystal
as Vera
On the Basis of Sex
as Dorothy Kenyon
The Boss
as Ida Marquette
Complete Unknown
as Nina
Bad Santa 2
as Sunny Soke
Boychoir
as Headmistress
The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Maime Trotter
Tammy
as Lenore
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
as Self – Stella Mae (archive footage)
A Little Bit of Heaven
as Beverly Corbett
You May Not Kiss the Bride
as Bryan's Mother
Midnight in Paris
as Gertrude Stein
Valentine's Day
as Susan
The Blind Side
as Miss Sue
Chéri
as Madame Peloux
Personal Effects
as Gloria
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Regina Jackson
Revolutionary Road
as Mrs. Helen Givings
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Charlotte Cartwright
Fred Claus
as Mother Claus
Bee Movie
as Janet Benson (voice)
P.S. I Love You
as Patricia
Christmas Is Here Again
as Miss Dowdy (voice)
Guilty Hearts
as The Judge
The Golden Compass
as Hester (voice)
Charlotte's Web
as Bitsy the Cow (voice)
Relative Strangers
as Agnes Menure
Bonneville
as Margene Cunningham
Ambulance Girl
as Jane Stern, Director
Rumor Has It...
as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
Hansel and Gretel
as Narrator (voice)
Warm Springs
as Helena Mahoney
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
as Herself
Around the World in 80 Days
as Queen Victoria
Little Black Book
as Kippie Kann
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Narrator (voice)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as The Marquesa
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
as Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
Tupperware!
as Narrator
Celebrity Naked Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Fargo
Director
Dragonfly
as Mrs. Belmont
About Schmidt
as Roberta Hertzel
My Sister's Keeper
as Christine Chapman
Love Liza
as Mary Ann Bankhead
Unconditional Love
as Grace Beasley
Making Rat Race
as Herself
American Outlaws
as Ma James
Rat Race
as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
Bruno
as Mother Superior
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
as Frances Marion (voice)
Annie
as Miss Agatha Hannigan
Baby Steps
1999
Baby Steps
as Mrs. Mellon
Dash and Lilly
Director
Swept from the Sea
as Miss Swaffer
The Waterboy
as Mama Boucher
Primary Colors
as Libby Holden
A Civil Action
as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
The Effects of Magic
as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
Titanic
as Molly Brown
Diabolique
as Det. Shirley Vogel
The Late Shift
as Helen Kushnick
The War at Home
as Maurine Collier
Dolores Claiborne
as Dolores Claiborne
Angus
as Meg Bethune
Talking With
as Big Eight (segment "Rodeo"), Director
The West Side Waltz
as Mr. Goo
North
as Alaskan Mom
Curse of the Starving Class
as Ella Tate
A Home of Our Own
as Frances Lacey
Prelude to a Kiss
as Leah Blier
Used People
as Bibby Berman
Hostages
as Peggy Say
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Evelyn Couch
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
as Hazel Quarrier
Shadows and Fog
as Prostitute
The Road to Mecca
1991
The Road to Mecca
as Elsa Barlow
Misery
as Annie Wilkes
White Palace
as Rosemary
Men Don't Leave
as Lisa Coleman
Dick Tracy
as Mrs. Green
No Place Like Home
as Bonnie Cooper
High Stakes
as Jill
Roe vs. Wade
as Jessie
Signs of Life
as Mary Beth Alder
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Mrs. Canby
Summer Heat
as Ruth
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
as Helen Blake
Murder Ordained
as Bobbi Birk
The Morning After
as Woman on Mateo Street
Johnny Bull
as Katherine Kovacs
Two of a Kind
as Furniture Man's Wife
Straight Time
as Selma Darin
Taking Off
as Audition Singer