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Kathy Bates

Birth name: Kathleen Doyle Bates

Birth date: 28.07.1948

Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Bertye Kathleen (née Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer.[1] Her great-great-grandfather was an immigrant from Ireland to New Orleans and served as President Andrew Jackson's doctor.[2] She has two older sisters, Mary and Patricia. Bates graduated from White Station High School in Memphis. She attended Southern Methodist University, majoring in theatre and was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and graduated in 1969. She moved to New York City in 1970 in order to pursue an acting career.[3] One of her first films was the Dustin Hoffman film Straight Time. In 1990, she would appear again with Hoffman in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy as a stenographer who couldn't understand the mumbling of Hoffman's character, Mumbles. Bates appeared off-Broadway in Terrence McNally's 1987 play Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, performed in little-seen films such as Summer Heat and The Morning After, and guest-starred in television shows such as L.A. Law before landing the role of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes, who holds her favorite author (played by James Caan) captive, in the 1990 thriller Misery, which was based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. She received her first Academy Award nomination for that role, winning Best Actress. Soon after, she starred with Jessica Tandy in the acclaimed 1991 movie Fried Green Tomatoes. In 1995, she turned in another applauded portrayal as the title character in Dolores Claiborne, although she was surprisingly not nominated for an Oscar. She also excelled in her role as the acid-tongued "dustbuster" political advisor Libby Holden in the 1998 Primary Colors, which was adapted from the book in which political journalist Joe Klein recounted his experiences on the Presidential campaign trail in 1991-1992. For this performance, she received her second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, though she did not win. She was nominated again, in 2002, for About Schmidt, though again, she was denied the award. Bates did her first nude scene at the age of 43 in the 1991 film, At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) and again for a scene in About Schmidt. As villain Annie Wilkes in Misery As villain Annie Wilkes in Misery Bates was nominated for the Emmy Award seven times: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996), and, twice again in the same category; as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999) and for the HBO Franklin Roosevelt biopic Warm Springs (2005). She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Lifetime Television's "Ambulance Girl" (2006), which she also directed. She appeared in ten episodes of the HBO cable television series Six Feet Under for which she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, as Bettina, in 2003. She also was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for 3rd Rock from the Sun in 1999, the same year that she was nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Movie for the Dashiell Hammett-Lillian Hellman biopic Dash & Lilly. Her Broadway appearances include Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July and the Robert Altman-directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean opposite Karen Black and Cher. She received a Tony Award nomination in 1983 for her stage role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother opposite Anne Pitoniak. The production of 'night, Mother ran over a year. One of her other successful New York stage productions was, Off-Broadway, in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune which ran 533 performances. McNally specifically wrote the play for Bates and F. Murray Abraham, who had to drop out and was replaced by Kenneth Welsh. The film version, with the title shortened to Frankie and Johnny starred Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer despite the fact that the play was the romance of "ordinary" looking people. In addition, numerous other parts were added, whereas the stage version was basically a two-performer play. Kathy Bates (right) with Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under. Kathy Bates (right) with Frances Conroy in Six Feet Under. Starting in the 1990s, Bates forged a formidable career as a director. She has directed episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, NYPD Blue, Oz, Six Feet Under, and Everwood. Bates has also directed the TV movies Dash and Lilly and the self-starring Ambulance Girl. In 2007, Bates will direct and also star in Have Mercy opposite Melanie Griffith.

Filmography

# First Comes Love (2008) .... Grace # Revolutionary Road (2008) .... Mrs. Helen Givings # The Golden Compass (2007) .... Hester ... aka His Dark Materials: Northern Lights (UK) # P.S., I Love You (2007) (completed) .... Elizabeth # Christmas Is Here Again (2007) (voice) .... Miss Dowdy # Fred Claus (2007) .... Mother Claus # Bee Movie (2007) (voice) .... Janet Benson # Charlotte's Web (2006) (voice) .... Bitsy the Cow ... aka Schweinchen Wilbur und seine Freunde (Germany) # Bonneville (2006) .... Margene # Relative Strangers (2006) .... Agnes Menure # Failure to Launch (2006) .... Sue # Solace (2006/I) .... Marrows Wife # Have Mercy (2006) # Rumor Has It... (2005) (uncredited) .... Aunt Mitsy ... aka Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title) # 3 & 3 (2005) .... The Judge # Ambulance Girl (2005) (TV) .... Jane Stern # "Six Feet Under" .... Bettina (10 episodes, 2003-2005) - Everyone's Waiting (2005) TV Episode .... Bettina - All Alone (2005) TV Episode .... Bettina - The Rainbow of Her Reasons (2005) TV Episode .... Bettina - The Black Forest (2004) TV Episode .... Bettina - Grinding the Corn (2004) TV Episode .... Bettina (5 more) # Warm Springs (2005) (TV) .... Helena Mahoney # The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) .... The Marquesa ... aka Pont du roi Saint-Louis, Le (France) ... aka Puente de San Luis Rey, El (Spain) # Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004) (V) (voice) .... The Sea Hag # Little Black Book (2004) .... Kippie Kann # Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... Queen Victoria # The Ingrate (2004) .... The Judge # Unconditional Love (2002) .... Grace Beasley # About Schmidt (2002) .... Roberta Hertzel # Dragonfly (2002) .... Mrs. Belmont ... aka Im Zeichen der Libelle (Germany) # My Sister's Keeper (2002) (TV) .... Christine Chapman # Love Liza (2002) .... Mary Ann Bankhead # "King of the Hill" .... Motorcycle Officer (1 episode, 2001) - Lupe's Revenge (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Motorcycle Officer # American Outlaws (2001) .... Ma James # Rat Race (2001) (uncredited) .... The Squirrel Lady ... aka Course folle (Canada: French title) # "Mad TV" .... Stuart's Grandma (1 episode, 2000) - Episode #6.2 (2000) TV Episode .... Stuart's Grandma # Bruno (2000) .... Mother Superior ... aka The Dress Code (USA: alternative title) # Annie (1999) (TV) .... Miss Agatha Hannigan # Baby Steps (1999) .... Mrs. Mellon # "3rd Rock from the Sun" .... Charlotte Everly (1 episode, 1999) ... aka 3rd Rock (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Life As We Know It - Alien Hunter (1999) TV Episode .... Charlotte Everly # A Civil Action (1998) (uncredited) .... Bankruptcy Judge # The Waterboy (1998) .... Helen 'Mama' Boucher # The Effects of Magic (1998) .... Voice of Raphaella, the Magic Bunny # Primary Colors (1998) .... Libby Holden ... aka Mit aller Macht (Germany) ... aka Primary Colors (France) # Titanic (1997) .... Molly Brown # Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Miss Swaffer ... aka Amy Foster (UK) ... aka Balayé par la mer (Canada: French title) # The War at Home (1996) .... Maurine Collier # Diabolique (1996) .... Det. Shirley Vogel # The Late Shift (1996) (TV) .... Helen Kushnick # The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Goo # Angus (1995) .... Meg Bethune ... aka Angus - Voll Cool (Germany) # Talking with (1995) (TV) # Dolores Claiborne (1995) .... Dolores Claiborne # Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Ella Tate # North (1994) .... Alaskan Mom # "The Stand" (1994) (mini) TV Series (uncredited) .... Rae Flowers ... aka Stephen King's The Stand # A Home of Our Own (1993) .... Frances Lacey # Hostages (1993) (TV) .... Peggy Say # Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993) (V) .... Lunar Mom # Used People (1992) .... Bibby Berman # Prelude to a Kiss (1992) .... Leah Blier # Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Prostitute # The Road to Mecca (1992) .... Elsa Barlow # Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Evelyn Couch ... aka Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (UK) # At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) .... Hazel Quarrier # Misery (1990) .... Annie Wilkes # White Palace (1990) .... Rosemary # Dick Tracy (1990) .... Mrs. Green # Men Don't Leave (1990) .... Lisa Coleman # No Place Like Home (1989) (TV) # "L.A. Law" .... Charlotte Haley (1 episode, 1989) - One Rat, One Ranger (1989) TV Episode .... Charlotte Haley # High Stakes (1989) .... Jill ... aka Melanie Rose # Roe vs. Wade (1989) (TV) # Signs of Life (1989) .... Mary Beth Alder ... aka One for Sorrow, Two for Joy # "China Beach" .... Jan (1 episode, 1989) - The World: Part 2 (1989) TV Episode .... Jan # Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) .... Mrs. Canby # My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988) (as Kathy D. Bates) .... Helen Blake ... aka I Was a Teenage Vampire ... aka Teenage Vampire (Philippines: English title) # Summer Heat (1987) .... Ruth # Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) .... Bobbi Birk # "St. Elsewhere" .... Polly (2 episodes, 1986-1987) - Visiting Daze (1987) TV Episode .... Polly - Up and Down (1986) TV Episode .... Polly # The Morning After (1986) .... Woman on Mateo Street # "Cagney & Lacey" .... Brenda Harris (1 episode, 1986) - Revenge (1986) TV Episode .... Brenda Harris # Johnny Bull (1986) (TV) .... Katherine Kovacs # "All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Belle Bodelle (unknown episodes, 1984) ... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title) # Two of a Kind (1983) .... Furniture Man's Wife # Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) .... Stella Mae # Straight Time (1978) .... Selma Darin # "The Love Boat" .... Doreen Allison (1 episode, 1978) - Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle/Cinderella Story (1978) TV Episode .... Doreen Allison # "The Doctors" (1963) TV Series .... Phyllis (unknown episodes, 1977) # Taking Off (1971) (as Bobo Bates) .... Audition Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings'