Kathy Bates

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Kathleen Doyle Bates - Actress born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1948. She attended the Southern Methodist University and majored in Theatre and graduated in 1969. She graduated from White Station High in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She did her first ever nude scene at the age of 43 in At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991). She undressed again for a jacuzzi scene in About Schmidt (2002). She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. Her nickname is Bobo.

Filmography

Little Black Book (2004) .... Kippie Kann
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... Queen Victoria
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) .... The Marquesa
(2003)
Unconditional Love (2002) .... Grace Beasley
About Schmidt (2002) .... Roberta Hertzel
Dragonfly (2002) .... Mrs. Belmont
My Sister's Keeper (2002) (TV) .... Christine Chapman
Love Liza (2002) .... Mary Ann Bankhead
American Outlaws (2001) .... Ma James
Rat Race (2001) .... The Squirrel Lady
Bruno (2000) .... Mother Superior
Baby Steps (1999)
Annie (1999) (TV) .... Miss Hannigan
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
Titanic Explorer (1997) .... Margaret Brown
Titanic (1997) .... Margaret 'Molly' Brown
Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Miss Swaffer
The War at Home (1996) .... Maurine Collier
Diabolique (1996) .... Shirley Voguel
The Late Shift (1996) (TV) .... Helen Kushnick
The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Goo
Angus (1995) .... Meg Bethune
Talking with (1995) (TV)
Dolores Claiborne (1995) .... Dolores Claiborne
Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Ella Tate
North (1994) .... Alaskan Mom
The Stand (1994) .... Rae Flowers
A Home of Our Own (1993) .... Frances Lacey
Hostages (1993) (TV) .... Peggy Say
The Road to Mecca (1992) .... Elsa Barlow
Used People (1992) .... Bibby Berman
Prelude to a Kiss (1992) .... Leah Blier
Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Prostitute
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Evelyn Couch
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
High Stakes (1989) .... Jill
Signs of Life (1989) .... Mary Beth Alder
No Place Like Home (1989) (TV)
Roe vs. Wade (1989) (TV)
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 (1988)

Summer Heat (1987) .... Ruth
Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) .... Bobbi Burk
Johnny Bull (1986) (TV) .... Katherine Kovacs
Morning After, The (1986) .... Woman on Mateo Street
"All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Belle Bodelle (1984)
Nadia (1984) (TV) (uncredited) .... Romanian Judge
Two of a Kind (1983) .... Furniture Man's Wife
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean(1982)
Straight Time (1978) .... Selma Darin
Taking Off (1971) (as Bobo Bates) .... Audition *Singer: 'Even the Horses Had Wings'