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Personal Info

Known For Acting

Known Credits 166

Gender Female

Birthday June 28, 1948 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

• Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates
• קאת'י בייטס
• แคธี่ เบทส์
• کتی بیتس

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Kathy Bates

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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).

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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Known For

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  Titanic

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  Nữ Anh Hùng Misery

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  Nửa Đêm Ở Paris

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  Fried Green Tomatoes

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  Khát Vọng Tình Yêu

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  Ẩn Số Tình Yêu

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  The Waterboy

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  Richard Jewell

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  • Movies 118
  • TV Shows 48
• Department
  • Acting 169
  • Directing 9
  • Production 2

Acting

— Thelma as Thelma — The Smack as Babs

2025 Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life as Self 2025 The Emmy Awards 1 episode as Self 2025 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 1 episode as Self 2025 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter 1 episode as Self 2025 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1 episode as Self 2025 The Jennifer Hudson Show 1 episode as Self

2024 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 1 episode as Self 2024 Matlock 28 episodes as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock 2024 The Great Lillian Hall as Edith Wilson 2024 Chuyện mẹ chuyện sếp as Leila Ford 2024 Summer Camp as Ginny Moon

2023 Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self / Molly Brown (archive footage) 2023 The Miracle Club as Eileen Dunne 2023 Chúa Có Ở Đó Không? Là Tôi, Margaret as Sylvia Simon

2021 Home as Bernadette 2021 Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)

2019 Richard Jewell as Bobi Jewell 2019 Biệt Đội Xa Lộ as Ma Ferguson 2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as Barbara Haggermaker

2018 On the Basis of Sex as Dorothy Kenyon 2018 Truyện Kinh Dị Mỹ 10 episodes as Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie 2018 Stand Up to Cancer 1 episode as Self 2018 Vụ Nổ Lớn 3 episodes as Mrs. Fowler 2018 Krystal as Vera 2018 Lip Sync Battle 1 episode as Self

2017 Chelsea 1 episode as Self 2017 Cửa hàng cần sa 20 episodes as Ruth 2017 FEUD 5 episodes as Joan Blondell

2016 Ông Già Noel Xấu Tính 2 as Sunny Soke 2016 Truyện Kinh Dị Mỹ 10 episodes as Agnes Mary Winstead 2016 Complete Unknown as Nina 2016 The Boss as Ida Marquette

2015 Truyện Kinh Dị Mỹ 12 episodes as Iris 2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins as Maime Trotter 2015 Mike & Molly 1 episode as Kay 2015 Boychoir as Headmistress 2015 American Dad! 1 episode as D.O. Rothy (voice)

2014 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 1 episode as Self - Guest 2014 Truyện Kinh Dị Mỹ 13 episodes as Ethel Darling 2014 Tammy as Lenore 2014 Chelsea Lately 1 episode as Self (archive footage)

2013 Truyện Kinh Dị Mỹ 13 episodes as Delphine LaLaurie

2012 Cadaver as Beth 2012 Reflections on Titanic as Self 2012 Two and a Half Men 1 episode as Charlie Harper

2011 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1 episode as Self 2011 Nửa Đêm Ở Paris as Gertrude Stein 2011 You May Not Kiss the Bride as Bryan's Mother 2011 A Little Bit of Heaven as Beverly Corbett 2011 Harry's Law 34 episodes as Harriet 'Harry' Korn

2010 Ẩn Số Tình Yêu as Susan Milton 2010 Chuyện Văn Phòng 8 episodes as Jo Bennett

2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club as Pancho Barnes (Voice) 2009 Alice 2 episodes as Queen of Hearts 2009 Mái Ấm Gia Đình as Miss Sue 2009 Chéri as Madame Peloux 2009 Personal Effects as Gloria

2008 Khát Vọng Tình Yêu as Mrs. Helen Givings 2008 Ngày Trái Đất Ngừng Quay as Regina Jackson 2008 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys as Charlotte Cartwright

2007 Chiếc La Bàn Vàng as Hester (voice) 2007 Tái Bút: Anh Yêu Em as Patricia 2007 Fred Claus as Mother Claus 2007 Ong Vàng Phiêu Lưu Ký as Janet Benson (voice) 2007 Christmas Is Here Again as Miss Dowdy (voice) 2007 Guilty Hearts as The Judge

2006 Mạng Nhện Của Charlotte as Bitsy the Cow (voice) 2006 Bonneville as Margene Cunningham 2006 Relative Strangers as Agnes Menure 2006 Failure to Launch as Sue

2005 Rumor Has It... as Aunt Mitsy (uncredited) 2005 Six Feet Under: In Memoriam as Herself 2005 Ambulance Girl as Jane Stern 2005 Warm Springs as Helena Mahoney 2005 Hansel and Gretel as Narrator (voice)

2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey as The Marquesa 2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing as Narrator (voice) 2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy as Siren / Sea Hag (voice) 2004 Cuốn Sách Nhỏ Màu Đen as Kippie Kann 2004 80 Ngày Vòng Quanh Thế Giới as Queen Victoria 2004 American Experience 1 episode as Narrator (voice)

2003 Declaration of Independence as Self 2003 Dưới Sáu Tấc Đất 11 episodes as Bettina 2003 The View 2 episodes as Self 2003 Golden Globe Awards 2 episodes as Self - Nominee / Presenter 2003 The Daily Show 1 episode as Self 2003 Misery Loves Company as Self

2002 Love Liza as Mary Ann Bankhead 2002 About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel 2002 Unconditional Love as Grace Beasley 2002 Mật Hiệu Chuồn Chuồn as Mrs. Belmont 2002 Making Rat Race as Herself 2002 Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Christine Chapman 2002 My Sister's Keeper as Christine Chapman

2001 Ông Vua Đồi Gió 1 episode as Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice) 2001 Cuộc Đua Cam Go as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited) 2001 American Outlaws as Ma James

2000 MADtv 1 episode as Stuart's Grandma 2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood as Frances Marion (voice) 2000 Bruno as Mother Superior

1999 Annie as Miss Agatha Hannigan 1999 Baby Steps as Mrs. Mellon 1999 3rd Rock from the Sun 1 episode as Charlotte Everly

1998 A Civil Action as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited) 1998 Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes as Self 1998 Inside the Actors Studio 1 episode as Self 1998 The Waterboy as Mama Boucher 1998 The Effects of Magic as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny 1998 Titanic: Breaking New Ground as Self 1998 Primary Colors as Libby Holden 1998 Swept from the Sea as Miss Swaffer

1997 Titanic as Molly Brown 1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self 1997 Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self - Winner

1996 The War at Home as Maurine Collier 1996 Diabolique as Det. Shirley Vogel 1996 The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful as Self 1996 The Late Shift as Helen Kushnick 1996 Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self - Audience Member

1995 The West Side Waltz as Mr. Goo 1995 Angus as Meg Bethune 1995 Great Performances 1 episode as Self 1995 Talking With as Big Eight (segment "Rodeo") 1995 Dolores Claiborne as Dolores Claiborne

1994 Curse of the Starving Class as Ella Tate 1994 North as Alaskan Mom 1994 The Stand 1 episode as Rae Flowers (uncredited) 1994 Tupperware! as Narrator

1993 A Home of Our Own as Frances Lacey 1993 American Experience 1 episode as Narrator 1993 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories 1 episode as Narrator (voice) 1993 The Oscars 5 episodes as Self 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun as Lunar Mom 1993 Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self

1992 Used People as Bibby Berman 1992 Hostages as Peggy Say 1992 Prelude to a Kiss as Leah Blier

1991 Fried Green Tomatoes as Evelyn Couch 1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord as Hazel Quarrier 1991 Shadows and Fog as Prostitute 1991 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 2 episodes as Self 1991 The Road to Mecca as Elsa Barlow 1991 Golden Globe Awards 1 episode as Self - Nominee

1990 Nữ Anh Hùng Misery as Annie Wilkes 1990 White Palace as Rosemary 1990 Dick Tracy as Mrs. Green 1990 Men Don't Leave as Lisa Coleman

1989 No Place Like Home as Bonnie Cooper 1989 L.A. Law 1 episode as Charlotte Haley 1989 High Stakes as Jill 1989 Roe vs. Wade as Jessie 1989 China Beach 1 episode 1989 Signs of Life as Mary Beth Alder

1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks as Mrs. Canby

1987 Bạn Thân Tôi Là Ma Cà Rồng as Helen Blake 1987 Summer Heat as Ruth 1987 Murder Ordained 2 episodes as Bobbi Birk 1987 Murder Ordained as Bobbi Birk

1986 The Morning After as Woman on Mateo Street 1986 Cagney & Lacey 1 episode 1986 St. Elsewhere 2 episodes as Polly Miller 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 1978 The Love Boat 1 episode as Sally Allison

1971 Taking Off as Audition Singer

Directing

2005 Ambulance Girl … Director

2003 Fargo … Director

2002 Everwood 1 episode … Director

2001 Dưới Sáu Tấc Đất 5 episodes … Director

1999 Dash and Lilly … Director

1998 Oz 1 episode … Director

1997 NYPD Blue 1 episode … Director

1996 Homicide: Life on the Street 1 episode … Director

1995 Talking With … Director

Production

2024 Matlock 19 episodes … Executive Producer 2024 The Great Lillian Hall … Executive Producer

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