KATHY BATES

 

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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee to Langdon Doyle Bates) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. She is perhaps best known for her role as Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film Misery.

 

 

Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in the film Misery

 

Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes in the film Misery

 

 

Life and career

 

Bates graduated from White Station High School in Memphis. She attended the Southern Methodist University, majoring in theatre and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and graduated in 1969.

 

She 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.

 

She 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.

 

In 1991, she married actor Tony Campisi, with whom she had lived for 12 years previously. They divorced in 1997.

 

 

Kathy Bates

 

Kathy Bates

 

 

Trivia

  • Bates is also the Executive Committee Chair of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.

  • Bates' nickname is Bobo.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • She was often mistaken for comedian Roseanne Barr, who in turn spoofed Bates' role in Misery in a Saturday Night Live sketch.

  • 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.

 

 

Academy Awards

  • 1990 - Best Actress - Misery (Won)

  • 1998 - Best Supporting Actress - Primary Colors (Nominated)

  • 2002 - Best Supporting Actress - About Schmidt (Nominated)

 

 

 

FILMOGRAPHY

 

Actress:

  1. First Comes Love (2008) (pre-production) (attached) .... Grace

  2. P.S., I Love You (2008) (post-production) .... Elizabeth

  3. Christmas Is Here Again (2007) (post-production) (voice) .... Miss Dowdy

  4. Fred Claus (2007) (post-production)

  5. Bee Movie (2007) (post-production) (voice)

  6. Charlotte's Web (2006) (voice) .... Bitsy the Cow

  7. Bonneville (2006) .... Margene

  8. Relative Strangers (2006) .... Agnes Menure

  9. Failure to Launch (2006) .... Sue

  10. Solace (2006/I) .... Marrows Wife

  11. Have Mercy (2006)

  12. Rumor Has It... (2005) (uncredited) .... Aunt Mitzi
    ... aka Rumour Has It... (Australia) (Canada: English title) (New Zealand: English title)

  13. 3 & 3 (2005) .... The Judge

  14. Ambulance Girl (2005) (TV) .... Jane Stern

  15. "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)

  16. Warm Springs (2005) (TV) .... Helena Mahoney

  17. 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)

  18. Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (2004) (V) (voice) .... The Sea Hag

  19. Little Black Book (2004) .... Kippie Kann

  20. Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... Queen Victoria

  21. The Ingrate (2004) .... The Judge

  22. Unconditional Love (2002) .... Grace Beasley

  23. About Schmidt (2002) .... Roberta Hertzel

  24. Dragonfly (2002) .... Mrs. Belmont
    ... aka Im Zeichen der Libelle (Germany)

  25. My Sister's Keeper (2002) (TV) .... Christine Chapman

  26. Love Liza (2002) .... Mary Ann Bankhead

  27. "King of the Hill" .... Motorcycle Officer (1 episode, 2001)
        - Lupe's Revenge (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Motorcycle Officer

  28. American Outlaws (2001) .... Ma James

  29. Rat Race (2001) (uncredited) .... The Squirrel Lady
    ... aka Course folle (Canada: French title)

  30. "Mad TV" .... Stuart's Grandma (1 episode, 2000)
        - Episode #6.2 (2000) TV Episode .... Stuart's Grandma

  31. Bruno (2000) .... Mother Superior
    ... aka The Dress Code (USA: alternative title)

  32. Annie (1999) (TV) .... Miss Agatha Hannigan

  33. Baby Steps (1999) .... Mrs. Mellon

  34. "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

  35. A Civil Action (1998) (uncredited) .... Bankruptcy Judge

  36. The Waterboy (1998) .... Helen 'Mama' Boucher

  37. The Effects of Magic (1998) .... Voice of Raphaella, the Magic Bunny

  38. Primary Colors (1998) .... Libby Holden
    ... aka Mit aller Macht (Germany)
    ... aka Primary Colors (France)

  39. Titanic (1997) .... Molly Brown

  40. Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Miss Swaffer
    ... aka Amy Foster (UK)
    ... aka Balayé par la mer (Canada: French title)

  41. The War at Home (1996) .... Maurine Collier

  42. Diabolique (1996) .... Det. Shirley Vogel

  43. The Late Shift (1996) (TV) .... Helen Kushnick

  44. The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Goo

  45. Angus (1995) .... Meg Bethune
    ... aka Angus - Voll Cool (Germany)

  46. Talking with (1995) (TV)

  47. Dolores Claiborne (1995) .... Dolores Claiborne

  48. Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Ella Tate

  49. North (1994) .... Alaskan Mom

  50. "The Stand" (1994) (mini) TV Series (uncredited) .... Rae Flowers
    ... aka Stephen King's The Stand

  51. A Home of Our Own (1993) .... Frances Lacey

  52. Hostages (1993) (TV) .... Peggy Say

  53. Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993) (V) .... Lunar Mom

  54. Used People (1992) .... Bibby Berman

  55. Prelude to a Kiss (1992) .... Leah Blier

  56. Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Prostitute

  57. The Road to Mecca (1992) .... Elsa Barlow

  58. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Evelyn Couch
    ... aka Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (UK)

  59. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) .... Hazel Quarrier

  60. Misery (1990) .... Annie Wilkes

  61. White Palace (1990) .... Rosemary

  62. Dick Tracy (1990) .... Mrs. Green

  63. Men Don't Leave (1990) .... Lisa Coleman

  64. No Place Like Home (1989) (TV)

  65. "L.A. Law" .... Charlotte Haley (1 episode, 1989)
        - One Rat, One Ranger (1989) TV Episode .... Charlotte Haley

  66. High Stakes (1989) .... Jill
    ... aka Melanie Rose

  67. Roe vs. Wade (1989) (TV)

  68. Signs of Life (1989) .... Mary Beth Alder
    ... aka One for Sorrow, Two for Joy

  69. "China Beach" .... Jan (1 episode, 1989)
        - The World: Part 2 (1989) TV Episode .... Jan

  70. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) .... Mrs. Canby

  71. 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)

  72. Summer Heat (1987) .... Ruth

  73. Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) .... Bobbi Birk

  74. "St. Elsewhere" .... Polly (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
        - Visiting Daze (1987) TV Episode .... Polly
        - Up and Down (1986) TV Episode .... Polly

  75. The Morning After (1986) .... Woman on Mateo Street

  76. "Cagney & Lacey" .... Brenda Harris (1 episode, 1986)
        - Revenge (1986) TV Episode .... Brenda Harris

  77. Johnny Bull (1986) (TV) .... Katherine Kovacs

  78. "All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Belle Bodelle (unknown episodes, 1984)
    ... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title)

  79. Two of a Kind (1983) .... Furniture Man's Wife

  80. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) .... Stella Mae

  81. Straight Time (1978) .... Selma Darin

  82. "The Love Boat" .... Doreen Allison (1 episode, 1978)
        - Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle/Cinderella Story (1978) TV Episode .... Doreen Allison

  83. "The Doctors" (1963) TV Series .... Phyllis (unknown episodes, 1977)

  84. Taking Off (1971) (as Bobo Bates) .... Audition Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings'

Director:

  1. Have Mercy (2006)

  2. Ambulance Girl (2005) (TV)

  3. Fargo (2003) (TV)

  4. "Six Feet Under" (5 episodes, 2001-2003)
        - Twilight (2003) TV Episode
        - Making Love Work (2003) TV Episode
        - Out, Out, Brief Candle (2002) TV Episode
        - The New Person (2001) TV Episode
        - An Open Book (2001) TV Episode

  5. "Everwood" (1 episode, 2002)
    ... aka Our New Life in Everwood (UK: new syndication title)
        - The Great Doctor Brown (2002) TV Episode

  6. Dash and Lilly (1999) (TV)

  7. "Oz" (1 episode, 1998)
        - Family Bizness (1998) TV Episode

  8. "NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 1997)
        - I Love Lucy (1997) TV Episode

  9. "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1 episode, 1996)
    ... aka Homicide (USA: informal short title)
        - Scene of the Crime (1996) TV Episode

  10. Talking with (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

  1. Relative Strangers (2006) (performer: "Agnes Menure Lullaby", "Can't Tell the Difference")

  2. Unconditional Love (2002) (performer: "Can't Smile Without You") ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain")

  3. Annie (1999) (TV) (performer: "Little Girls", "Little Girls (Reprise #1)", "Easy Street", "Little Girls (Reprise #2)")

  4. The War at Home (1996) (performer: "We Gather Together", "The Old Rugged Cross", "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder")

Miscellaneous Crew:

  1. Unconditional Love (2002) (singer)

  2. Taking Off (1971) (singer: "Even the Horses Had Wings")

Producer:

  1. The Ingrate (2004) (executive producer)

Composer:

  1. Taking Off (1971) (song "Even the Horses Had Wings") (as Bobo Bates)

Self:

  1. "CMT Insider" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2006)
        - Special Edition: Charlotte's Web (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 4 March 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself

  2. "Sunday Morning Shootout" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode #3.23 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself

  3. "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode #2.103 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself

  4. Life and Loss: The Impact of 'Six Feet Under' (2006) (TV) .... Herself

  5. Six Feet Under: In Memoriam (2005) (TV) .... Herself

  6. The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV) .... Herself

  7. The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) (voice) .... Narrator

  8. Premiere Women in Hollywood Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter

  9. "The American Experience" .... Narrator (1 episode, 2004)
        - Tupperware! (2004) TV Episode .... Narrator

  10. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003) (TV) .... Herself
    ... aka AFI's 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains: America's Greatest Screen Characters (USA: complete title)

  11. The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role/Presenter: Past winner recollections/Past winner

  12. TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003) (TV) .... Presenter
    ... aka 1st Annual TV Land Awards (USA: short title)

  13. "The View" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
        - Episode dated 26 February 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  14. "Connie Chung Tonight" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
        - Episode dated 13 January 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  15. "The Daily Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
        - Episode dated 13 January 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself

  16. Declaration of Independence (2003) (V) .... Herself

  17. "Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (5 episodes, 2002)
    ... aka H˛ (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka H2: Hollywood Squares (USA: fifth season title)
        - Episode dated 3 May 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Guest Appearance
        - Episode dated 2 May 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Guest Appearance
        - Episode dated 1 May 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Guest Appearance
        - Episode dated 30 April 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Guest Appearance
        - Episode dated 29 April 2002 (2002) TV Episode .... Guest Appearance

  18. Misery Loves Company (2002) (V) .... Herself

  19. Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Frances Marion

  20. "Dennis Miller Live" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
        - Dogs (1999) TV Episode .... Herself

  21. The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  22. Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999) (TV) .... Herself

  23. 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999) (TV)

  24. The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) .... Herself

  25. 'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery (1998) (V) .... Herself

  26. "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Herself (1 episode, 1998)
        - Episode #4.12 (1998) TV Episode .... Herself

  27. To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (1998) (TV) .... Herself

  28. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1998)
        - Episode dated 3 April 1998 (1998) TV Episode .... Herself

  29. The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) .... Herself - Past Winner

  30. Titanic: Breaking New Ground (1998) (TV) .... Mrs. Margaret Brown

  31. The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996) (TV) .... Herself

  32. The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: 'A Few Good Men' Film Clip

  33. In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992) (TV) .... Herself

  34. The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Actor

  35. Laughing Back: Comedy Takes a Stand (1992) (TV) .... Herself

  36. "Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories" .... Herself (1 episode)
        - Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Herself

  37. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1990-1991)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 17 December 1991 (1991) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 17 April 1991 (1991) TV Episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 18 December 1990 (1990) TV Episode .... Herself

  38. The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) (TV) .... Herself - Best Actress Winner

Archive Footage:

  1. San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Annie Wilkes

  2. "Cinema mil"
        - Episode #1.10 (2005) TV Episode .... Herself

  3. Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) (TV)

  4. Femmes Fatales: Sharon Stone (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself

  5. Titanic Explorer (1997) (VG) (uncredited) .... Margaret Brown

  6. Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V) .... Herself

 

 

 

LINKS and REFERENCE

 

Kathy Bates at the Internet Movie Database

 

 

 

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