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| Born | Kathleen Doyle Bates June 28, 1948 Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Occupation | Film, stage, television actress, television director, singer, producer, composer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1971 - present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Tony Campisi (1991-1997) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-, two-time Golden Globe-, and two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American theatrical, film and television actress, and a stage and television director.
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Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of 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 to pursue an acting career.[3]
One of her first films was the Milos Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as "Bobo Bates"), wherein she sings an original song "Even Horses Had Wings". 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 Clair 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 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 the her second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, though she did not win. She was nominated again, in 2002, for About Schmidt, and did not win. 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. More recently, she and Terry Bradshaw played the parents of Matthew McConaughey's character in the 2006 film Failure to Launch Bates featured in an uncredited cameo in the miniseries of Stephen Kings The Stand.
Bates was nominated Emmy Award seven times: Outstanding actor 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 play was later filmed as Frankie and Johnny, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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.That same year, she re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road, based on Richard Yates's critically acclaimed novel. It is scheduled for a 2008 release.
Television:
In 1983, unknown Bates superbly played prison inmate "Belle" on the soap opera "All My Children". She tormented and belittled a young Erica Kane (Susan Lucci) who shared a jail cell with her. Erica had been in jail for an alleged murder. Bell Told Erica she would be leaving the jail cell in a body bag if she narked on her bullish behaviour. This is the first time Kathy Bates can be seen playing a villian. The series of the 1983 episodes can be seen on Youtube.
In 1991, Bates married actor Tony Campisi, with whom she had lived for 12 years previously. They divorced in 1997. She is the Executive Committee Chair of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. Lives in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. Sold her english style Hollywood hills mansion to actor Jon Cryer. She was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2003, but has since made a full recovery. She shared her story with the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance in September 2008 in a PSA and interview.[4][5]
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1971 | Taking Off | Audition Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings' | as Bobo Bates |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Selma Darin | |
| 1982 | Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Stella Mae | |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Furniture man's wife | |
| 1986 | The Morning After | Woman on Mateo Street | |
| 1987 | Summer Heat | Ruth | |
| 1988 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Helen Blake | as Kathy D. Bates |
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Mrs. Canby | ||
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Mary Beth Alder | |
| High Stakes | Jill | ||
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Lisa Coleman | |
| Dick Tracy | Mrs. Green | ||
| White Palace | Rosemary | ||
| Misery | Annie Wilkes | Won - Academy Award Won - Golden Globe Award |
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| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hazel Quarrier | |
| Fried Green Tomatoes | Evelyn Couch | Nominated - Golden Globe Award | |
| 1992 | The Road to Mecca | Elsa Barlow | |
| Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | ||
| Prelude to a Kiss | Leah Blier | ||
| Used People | Bibby Berman | ||
| 1993 | A Home of Our Own | Frances Lacey | |
| 1994 | North | Alaskan mom | |
| Curse of the Starving Class | Ella Tate | ||
| The Stand | Rae Flowers | Uncredited | |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Dolores Claiborne | |
| Angus | Meg Bethune | ||
| 1996 | Diabolique | Det. Shirley Vogel | |
| The War at Home | Maurine Collier | ||
| The Late Shift | Helen Kushnick | Won - Golden Globe Award Won - Screen Actors Gulid Award Nominated - Emmy Award |
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| 1997 | Swept from the Sea | Miss Swaffer | |
| Titanic | Molly Brown | ||
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden | Nominated - Academy Award Nominated - Golden Globe Award Won - Screen Actors Guild Award |
| The Effects of Magic | Raphaella, the Magic Bunny | voice | |
| The Waterboy | Helen 'Mama' Boucher | Won - Blockbuster Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Role | |
| A Civil Action | Bankruptcy judge | uncredited | |
| 1999 | Annie | Miss Agatha Hannigan | Nominated - Emmy Award Nominated - Golden Globe Award |
| 3rd Rock From the Sun | Charlotte Everly | Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| Dash and Lily | Director | Nominated - Emmy Award for directing | |
| 2001 | Rat Race | The Squirrel Lady | uncredited |
| American Outlaws | Ma James | ||
| 2002 | Love Liza | Mary Ann Bankhead | |
| Dragonfly | Mrs. Belmont | ||
| About Schmidt | Roberta Hertzel | Nominated - Academy Award Nominated - Golden Globe Award |
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| Unconditional Love | Grace Beasley | ||
| My Sister's Keeper | Christine Chapman | Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award | |
| 2003 | Six Feet Under | Bettina | Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Queen Victoria | |
| Little Black Book | Kippie Kann | ||
| The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Narrator | documentary | |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | The Marquesa | ||
| 2005 | Rumour Has It | Aunt Mitsy | uncredited |
| 3 & 3 | The Judge | ||
| Warm Springs | Helena Mahoney | Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Sue | |
| Have Mercy | |||
| Solace | Marrow's wife | ||
| Ambulance Girl | Jane Stern | Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| Relative Strangers | Agnes Menure | ||
| Bonneville | Margene | ||
| Charlotte's Web | Bitsy the Cow | voice | |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Janet Benson | voice |
| Fred Claus | Mother Claus | ||
| The Golden Compass | Hester | voice | |
| PS, I Love You | Patricia | ||
| Christmas Is Here Again | Miss Dowdy | voice | |
| 2008 | The Family That Preys | Charlotte Cartwright | |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Secretary of Defense, Dr. Regina Jackson | awaiting release | |
| Revolutionary Road | Mrs. Helen Givings | awaiting release | |
| Personal Effects | TBA | post-production | |
| 2009 | Cheri | Madame Peloux | post-production |
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1999 | Baby Steps | ||
| 2004 | The Ingrate |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy |
Academy Award for Best Actress 1990 for Misery |
Succeeded by Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs |
| Preceded by Michelle Pfeiffer for The Fabulous Baker Boys |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama 1991 for Misery |
Succeeded by Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs |
| Preceded by Kim Basinger for L.A. Confidential |
Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture 1998 for Primary Colors |
Succeeded by Angelina Jolie for Girl, Interrupted |
| Preceded by Shirley Knight for Indictment: The McMartin Trial |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made of Television 1997 for The Late Shift |
Succeeded by Angelina Jolie for George Wallace |
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| NAME | Bates, Kathy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bates, Kathleen Doyle |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress, director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1948-6-28 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memphis, Tennessee U.S. |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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