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Kathy Bates

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Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates 2006.jpg
Born Kathleen Doyle Bates
June 28, 1948 (age 65)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation Actress, director
Years active 1971–present
Spouse(s) Tony Campisi (m. 1991–97); divorced
Website
mskathybates.com
Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948)[1] is an American actress and film director. After appearing in several minor roles in film and television during the 1970s and the 1980s, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe.[2] She followed this with major roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured role as Molly Brown in Titanic (1997).
She received a Tony Award nomination for her 1983 performance in the Broadway play 'night, Mother. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in Primary Colors (1998), for which she also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for About Schmidt (2002). Her television work has resulted in eleven Emmy Award nominations, two of which were for her starring role on the television series Harry's Law[3] and most recently, a win for her acclaimed guest appearance on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper, a role formerly portrayed by Charlie Sheen. She most recently co-starred in the third season of the FX television series American Horror Story, portraying Delphine LaLaurie.[4]

Early life

Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the youngest of three daughters of Bertye Kathleen (née Talbert; 1907–1997), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates (1900–1989), a mechanical engineer.[1] Her paternal grandfather was lawyer and author Finis L. Bates. One of her great-great-grandfathers emigrated from Ireland to New Orleans, Louisiana, and served as President Andrew Jackson's doctor.[5] She graduated from White Station High School, and later attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in theatre, is a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and graduated in 1969. She moved to New York City in 1970 to pursue an acting career.[6] She was raised Methodist.[citation needed]

Career

Bates' history of Broadway appearances includes 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 for more than 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. She succeeded Amy Irving in the off-Broadway production of The Road to Mecca in 1988.
Bates' first feature film was the 1971 Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as "Bobo Bates"), wherein she sings an original song "Even Horses Had Wings". Bates' next feature was the Dustin Hoffman film Straight Time (1978). In 1977, Bates made her soap opera debut as Phyllis on NBC's soap opera The Doctors. From 1983 to 1984, she played prison inmate Belle Bodelle on All My Children and from 1984 to 1985, she played Evelyn Maddox on One Life to Live.
In 1990, she would appear again with Hoffman in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy as a stenographer. She appeared in films such as Summer Heat and The Morning After, while guest-starring 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 film Misery, based on the Stephen King novel. Bates 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, based on the novel by comedic actress Fannie Flagg.
In 1995, Bates played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, a film adaption of another Stephen King novel, although she was not nominated for an Oscar. In 1997, Bates played Molly Brown in James Cameron's Titanic. Based on the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, the film went on to earn more than US$1.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide.[7]
Bates also excelled in her role as the acid-tongued "dustbuster" political advisor Libby Holden in the 1998 drama film Primary Colors, which was adapted from the book in which political journalist Joe Klein novelized his experiences on the Presidential campaign trail in 1991–1992. For this performance, she received her second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. In 2002 she received her third nomination, for About Schmidt. More recently, she and Terry Bradshaw played the parents of Matthew McConaughey's character in the 2006 film Failure to Launch. Bates was featured in an uncredited cameo in the miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.
Bates has been nominated for an Emmy Award[8] eight 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 and received a Supporting Actress nomination for Alice.
She appeared in 10 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. She also had a recurring guest role on the American version of The Office as Jo Bennett.
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 directed the television movies Dash and Lilly and the self-starring Ambulance Girl. She directed and co-starred in Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith. In 2008, she re-teamed with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road. She starred in David E. Kelley's legal drama Harry's Law, which began airing on NBC on January 17, 2011, but was cancelled on May 14, 2012.[9]
In 2012, Bates made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode, "Why We Gave Up Women", which aired on April 30, 2012. In the episode Charlie has returned as a ghost to haunt his brother, Alan (Jon Cryer). He tells Alan that after a life of womanizing and debauchery, he was sent to hell and condemned to spend eternity in a woman's body. This guest appearance resulted in Bates' winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. It was Bates' first Emmy win after nine nominations. In 2013, she began starring in the American Horror Story series' third season, Coven as Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist who is brought back into the modern world after spending years buried alive.

Affiliations

Bates is the Executive Committee Chair of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.[10]

Cancer battles

Bates has successfully battled ovarian cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. In September 2012, she revealed via Twitter that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two months earlier and had undergone a double mastectomy.[11][12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Taking Off Audition Singer 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
1986 Johnny Bull Katherine Kovacs Television film
1987 Murder Ordained Bobbi Birk Television movie
1987 Summer Heat Ruth
1987 My Best Friend Is a Vampire Helen Blake as Kathy D. Bates
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Mrs. Canby
1989 Signs of Life Mary Beth Alder
1989 Roe vs. Wade Unknown Television film
1989 No Place Like Home Boonie Cooper Television film
1989 High Stakes Jill
1990 Men Don't Leave Lisa Coleman
1990 Dick Tracy Mrs. Green
1990 White Palace Rosemary
1990 Misery Annie Wilkes
1991 Shadows and Fog Prostitute
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord Hazel Quarrier
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Evelyn Couch
1992 The Road to Mecca Elsa Barlow
1992 Prelude to a Kiss Leah Blier
1992 Used People Bibby Berman
1993 Hostages Peggy Say Television film
1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun Lunar Mom Direct-to-video
1993 A Home of Our Own Frances Lacey
1994 North Alaskan mom
1994 Curse of the Starving Class Ella Tate
1995 Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne
1995 Angus Meg Bethune
1995 The West Side Waltz Mr. Goo Television film
1996 The Late Shift Helen Kushnick Television film
1996 Diabolique Det. Shirley Vogel
1996 The War at Home Maurine Collier
1997 Swept from the Sea Miss Swaffer
1997 Titanic Molly Brown
1998 Primary Colors Libby Holden
1998 The Effects of Magic Raphaella, the Magic Bunny voice
1998 The Waterboy Helen "Mama" Boucher
1998 A Civil Action Bankruptcy judge uncredited
1999 Annie Miss Agatha Hannigan Television film
1999 Baby Steps Mrs. Mellon short film
1999 Dash and Lily Director
2000 Bruno Mother Superior
2001 Rat Race The Squirrel Lady uncredited
2001 American Outlaws Ma James
2002 My Sister's Keeper Christine Chapman Television film
2002 Love Liza Mary Ann Bankhead
2002 Dragonfly Mrs. Belmont
2002 About Schmidt Roberta Hertzel
2002 Unconditional Love Grace Beasley
2004 Around the World in 80 Days Queen Victoria
2004 Little Black Book Kippie Kann
2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy Sea Hag voice
2004 The Ingrate The Judge short film
2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Narrator documentary
2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Marquesa
2005 Hansel and Gretel Narrator direct-to-video
2005 Guilty Hearts The Judge
2005 Rumor Has It... Aunt Mitsy uncredited
2005 Ambulance Girl Jane Stern Television film
2005 Warm Springs Helena Mahoney Television film
2006 Failure to Launch Sue
2006 Have Mercy Unknown
2006 Solace Marrow's wife
2006 Relative Strangers Agnes Menure
2006 Bonneville Margene
2006 Charlotte's Web Bitsy the Cow voice
2007 Bee Movie Janet Benson voice
2007 Fred Claus Mother Claus
2007 The Golden Compass Hester voice
2007 P.S. I Love You Patricia
2007 Christmas Is Here Again Miss Dowdy voice
2008 The Family That Preys Charlotte Cartwright
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Secretary of Defense, Dr. Regina Jackson
2008 Revolutionary Road Mrs. Helen Givings
2009 Cheri Madame Charlotte Peloux
2009 Personal Effects Gloria
2009 The Blind Side Miss Sue
2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Narrator
2010 Valentine's Day Susan Milton
2011 Midnight in Paris Gertrude Stein
2011 You May Not Kiss the Bride Bryan's Mother
2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Beverly Corbett
2014 Tammy Lenore Post-production
2014 The Great Gilly Hopkins Maime Trotter
2015 Boychoir
Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1977 The Doctors Phyllis Unknown episodes
1978 The Love Boat Sally Allison 3 episodes
1984 All My Children Belle Bodelle Unknown episodes
1984 One Life to Live Evelyn Maddox Episode: "December 17, 1984"
1986 Cagney & Lacey Brenda Harris Episode: "Revenge"
1986–87 St. Elsewhere Polly 2 episodes
1989 China Beach Jan Episode: "The World: Part 2"
1989 L.A. Law Charlotte Haley Episode: "One Rat, One Ranger"
1993–2004 The American Experience Narrator 2 episodes
1994 The Stand Rae Flowers (uncredited) Episode: "The Plague"
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun Charlotte Everly Episode: "Alien Hunter"
2000 MADtv Stuart's Grandma Episode: "#6.2"
2001 King of the Hill Police Officer Episode: "Lupe's Revenge"
2003–05 Six Feet Under Bettina 10 episodes
2009 Alice Queen of Hearts 2 episodes
2010–11 The Office Jo Bennett 8 episodes
2011–12 Harry's Law Harriet Korn 34 episodes
2012 Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper Episode: "Why We Gave Up Women"
2013–14 American Horror Story: Coven Delphine LaLaurie 10 episodes
2014 Mike & Molly Kay McKinnon Episode: "Three Girls And an Urn"
2014 American Horror Story: Freak Show[13] TBD

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominated work Result
1991 Academy Awards Best Actress Misery Won
1991 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Misery Won
1991 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Misery Won
1992 Saturn Awards Best Actress Misery Nominated
1992 American Comedy Awards Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture Fried Green Tomatoes Nominated
1992 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Fried Green Tomatoes Nominated
1993 BAFTA Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Fried Green Tomatoes Nominated
1995 Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Supporting Actress North Nominated
1996 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actress Dolores Clairborne Nominated
1996 Saturn Awards Best Actress Dolores Clairborne Nominated
1996 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie The Last Shift Nominated
1997 American Comedy Awards Funniest Female Performer on Television The Late Shift Won
1997 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Late Shift Won
1997 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film The Late Shift Won
1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Late Shift Won
1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress in a Drama Titanic Won
1998 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Titanic Nominated
1999 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Primary Colors Nominated
1999 American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Primary Colors Won
1999 BAFTA Awards BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Primary Colors Nominated
1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress in a Drama Primary Colors Won
1999 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Primary Colors Won
1999 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Primary Colors Won
1999 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Primary Colors Nominated
1999 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Primary Colors Nominated
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Primary Colors Won
1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress in a Comedy The Waterboy Won
1999 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Dash and Lilly Nominated
1999 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 3rd Rock from the Sun Nominated
2000 American Comedy Awards Funniest Female Performer on Television Annie Won
2000 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Annie Nominated
2000 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Annie Nominated
2000 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Annie Nominated
2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Annie Nominated
2003 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role About Schmidt Nominated
2003 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film My Sister's Keeper Nominated
2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie My Sister's Keeper Nominated
2003 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2004 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Six Feet Under Nominated
2005 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Warm Springs Nominated
2006 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Ambulance Girl Nominated
2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast Revolutionary Road Won
2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Alice Nominated
2011 Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Acting Midnight in Paris Nominated
2011 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Harry's Law Nominated
2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Harry's Law Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Harry's Law Nominated
2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Two and a Half Men Won
2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Midnight in Paris Nominated
2014 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actress American Horror Story: Coven Nominated
2014 Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film American Horror Story: Coven Nominated
2014 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on Television American Horror Story: Coven Nominated


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