Kathy Bates
105 movies · 31 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 28, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Also known as
- Kathleen Doyle Bates · Кейти Бейтс
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.
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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
Kathy Bates: movies and TV shows
Acting (130)
- Upcoming The Smack
as Babs
- Upcoming
- 2024
- 2024 The Great Lillian Hall
as Edith Wilson
- 2024 A Family Affair
as Leila Ford
- 2024 Summer Camp
as Ginny Moon
- 2023 The Miracle Club
as Eileen Dunne
- 2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
as Sylvia Simon
- 2021 Home
as Bernadette
- 2019 Richard Jewell
as Bobi Jewell
- 2019 The Highwaymen
as Ma Ferguson
- 2019 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Barbara Haggermaker
- 2018 On the Basis of Sex
as Dorothy Kenyon
- 2018 Krystal
as Vera
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016 Bad Santa 2
as Sunny Soke
- 2016 Complete Unknown
as Nina
- 2016 The Boss
as Ida Marquette
- 2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins
as Maime Trotter
- 2015 Boychoir
as Headmistress
- 2014 Tammy
as Lenore
- 2012 Cadaver
as Beth
- 2011 American Horror Story · TV
as Delphine LaLaurie / Ethel Darling / Iris / Agnes Mary Winstead / Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie · 71 episodes
- 2011 Midnight in 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
- 2010
- 2010 Valentine's Day
as Susan
- 2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Pancho Barnes (Voice)
- 2009
- 2009 The Blind Side
as Miss Sue
- 2009 Chéri
as Madame Peloux
- 2009 Personal Effects
as Gloria
- 2008 Revolutionary Road
as Mrs. Helen Givings
- 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Regina Jackson
- 2008 Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
as Charlotte Cartwright
- 2007 The Golden Compass
as Hester (voice)
- 2007 P.S. I Love You
as Patricia
- 2007 Fred Claus
as Mother Claus
- 2007 Bee Movie
as Janet Benson (voice)
- 2007 Christmas Is Here Again
as Miss Dowdy (voice)
- 2007
- 2007 Guilty Hearts
as The Judge
- 2006 Charlotte's Web
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 Ambulance Girl
as Jane Stern
- 2005 Warm Springs
as Helena Mahoney
- 2005
- 2005
- 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 Little Black Book
as Kippie Kann
- 2004 Around the World in 80 Days
as Queen Victoria
- 2004 Tupperware!
as Narrator
- 2003
- 2002 Love Liza
as Mary Ann Bankhead
- 2002 About Schmidt
as Roberta Hertzel
- 2002 Unconditional Love
as Grace Beasley
- 2002 Dragonfly
as Mrs. Belmont
- 2002 My Sister's Keeper
as Christine Chapman
- 2001 American Outlaws
as Ma James
- 2001 Rat Race
as The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
- 2001
- 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
- 1998 A Civil Action
as Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
- 1998 The Waterboy
as Mama Boucher
- 1998 The Effects of Magic
as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
- 1998 Primary Colors
as Libby Holden
- 1998 Swept from the Sea
as Miss Swaffer
- 1997 Titanic
as Molly Brown
- 1997
- 1996 The War at Home
as Maurine Collier
- 1996 Diabolique
as Det. Shirley Vogel
- 1996 The Late Shift
as Helen Kushnick
- 1996
- 1995 The West Side Waltz
as Mr. Goo
- 1995
- 1995 Angus
as Meg Bethune
- 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
- 1993 A Home of Our Own
as Frances Lacey
- 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
as Lunar Mom
- 1992 Used People
as Bibby Berman
- 1992 Hostages
as Peggy Say
- 1992 Prelude to a Kiss
as Leah Blier
- 1992
- 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 Road to Mecca
as Elsa Barlow
- 1990 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 High Stakes
as Jill
- 1989 Roe vs. Wade
as Jessie
- 1989 Signs of Life
as Mary Beth Alder
- 1988
- 1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Mrs. Canby
- 1988
- 1987 My Best Friend Is a Vampire
as Helen Blake
- 1987 Summer Heat
as Ruth
- 1987 Murder Ordained
as Bobbi Birk
- 1987
- 1986 The Morning After
as Woman on Mateo Street
- 1986
- 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
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1978 Straight Time
as Selma Darin
- 1977
- 1971 Taking Off
as Audition Singer
- 1951
Behind the camera (11)
- 2024
- 2024 The Great Lillian Hall
Executive Producer
- 2005 Ambulance Girl
Director
- 2003 Fargo
Director
- 2002
- 2001
- 1999 Dash and Lilly
Director
- 1997
- 1995 Talking With
Director
- 1993
- 1993
Talk shows and appearances (34)
- 2025
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2023
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2021
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2016 Chelsea
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2015 Lip Sync Battle
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014
- 2012
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2008 Stand Up to Cancer
1 episode
- 2007 Chelsea Lately
1 episode
- 2005
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2003
- 2002
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1997
- 1996 The Daily Show
1 episode
- 1996
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
5 episodes
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
6 episodes