credits of
Kathy Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 31st, 2024 | Summer Camp | Ginny Moon | 5.3 | |
May 11th, 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Gertrude Stein | 7.5 | |
April 3rd, 2011 | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Bryan's Mother | 5.6 | |
February 3rd, 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Beverly Corbett | 6.3 | |
February 10th, 2010 | Valentine's Day | Susan Milton | 5.9 | |
November 20th, 2009 | The Blind Side | Miss Sue | 7.7 | |
April 8th, 2009 | Chéri | Madame Peloux | 6.1 | |
March 5th, 2009 | Personal Effects | Gloria | 6 | |
December 19th, 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Mrs. Helen Givings | 7 | |
December 10th, 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Regina Jackson | 5.7 | |
September 12th, 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Charlotte Cartwright | 6.8 | |
November 15th, 2007 | P.S. I Love You | Patricia | 7.2 | |
November 9th, 2007 | Fred Claus | Mother Claus | 5.9 | |
October 28th, 2007 | Bee Movie | Janet Benson (voice) | 6 | |
October 20th, 2007 | Christmas Is Here Again | Miss Dowdy (voice) | 4.3 | |
July 30th, 2007 | Guilty Hearts | The Judge | 5.8 | |
December 7th, 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Bitsy the Cow (voice) | 6.2 | |
September 11th, 2006 | Bonneville | Margene Cunningham | 5.6 | |
May 1st, 2006 | Relative Strangers | Agnes Menure | 5.3 | |
March 10th, 2006 | Failure to Launch | Sue | 5.8 | |
December 22nd, 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | The Marquesa | 5.2 | |
October 12th, 2004 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Narrator (voice) | 7 | |
August 6th, 2004 | Little Black Book | Kippie Kann | 5.3 | |
June 16th, 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Queen Victoria | 5.9 | |
January 1st, 2003 | Misery Loves Company | Self | 8 | |
December 30th, 2002 | Love Liza | Mary Ann Bankhead | 6.4 | |
December 12th, 2002 | About Schmidt | Roberta Hertzel | 6.9 | |
August 23rd, 2002 | Unconditional Love | Grace Beasley | 6 | |
February 22nd, 2002 | Dragonfly | Mrs. Belmont | 6.5 | |
January 27th, 2002 | My Sister's Keeper | Christine Chapman | 7.2 | |
August 17th, 2001 | American Outlaws | Ma James | 6 | |
April 16th, 2000 | Bruno | Mother Superior | 6.5 | |
November 7th, 1999 | Annie | Miss Agatha Hannigan | 6.5 | |
December 25th, 1998 | A Civil Action | Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
November 6th, 1998 | The Waterboy | Mama Boucher | 6.1 | |
March 20th, 1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden | 6.3 | |
January 23rd, 1998 | Swept from the Sea | Miss Swaffer | 6.4 | |
November 20th, 1996 | The War at Home | Maurine Collier | 7.1 | |
March 22nd, 1996 | Diabolique | Det. Shirley Vogel | 5.5 | |
February 24th, 1996 | The Late Shift | Helen Kushnick | 6.4 | |
September 15th, 1995 | Angus | Meg Bethune | 6.6 | |
March 24th, 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Dolores Claiborne | 7.3 | |
September 13th, 1994 | Curse of the Starving Class | Ella Tate | 4.4 | |
July 22nd, 1994 | North | Alaskan Mom | 5.1 | |
November 5th, 1993 | A Home of Our Own | Frances Lacey | 6.9 | |
January 30th, 1993 | Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun | Lunar Mom | 5 | |
July 10th, 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Leah Blier | 5.6 | |
December 27th, 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Evelyn Couch | 7.7 | |
December 6th, 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hazel Quarrier | 6.5 | |
November 30th, 1990 | Misery | Annie Wilkes | 7.7 | |
October 19th, 1990 | White Palace | Rosemary | 6.5 | |
February 2nd, 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Lisa Coleman | 6.3 | |
December 3rd, 1989 | No Place Like Home | Bonnie Cooper | 6.7 | |
July 8th, 1988 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Mrs. Canby | 5.5 | |
May 29th, 1987 | Summer Heat | Ruth | 4.6 | |
December 13th, 1983 | Two of a Kind | Furniture Man's Wife | 5.9 | |
November 12th, 1982 | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Stella Mae | 5.9 | |
March 18th, 1978 | Straight Time | Selma Darin | 7.2 | |
TBD | The Smack | Babs | TBD | |
December 21st, 2025 | Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life | Self | TBD | |
June 30th, 2024 | The Great Lillian Hall | Edith Wilson | 7 | |
June 27th, 2024 | A Family Affair | Leila Ford | 5.7 | |
December 5th, 2023 | Titanic: Stories from the Heart | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
July 14th, 2023 | The Miracle Club | Eileen Dunne | 6.3 | |
March 29th, 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Sylvia Simon | 7.1 | |
July 29th, 2021 | Home | Bernadette | 6.7 | |
March 26th, 2021 | Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony | Self (archive footage) | 4.5 | |
December 13th, 2019 | Richard Jewell | Bobi Jewell | 7.4 | |
March 15th, 2019 | The Highwaymen | Ma Ferguson | 6.8 | |
March 13th, 2019 | The Death & Life of John F. Donovan | Barbara Haggermaker | 6.9 | |
December 25th, 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Dorothy Kenyon | 7.3 | |
April 13th, 2018 | Krystal | Vera | 5.1 | |
November 23rd, 2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Sunny Soke | 5.4 | |
August 26th, 2016 | Complete Unknown | Nina | 5.1 | |
April 7th, 2016 | The Boss | Ida Marquette | 5.8 | |
October 5th, 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Maime Trotter | 6.6 | |
March 27th, 2015 | Boychoir | Headmistress | 6.8 | |
November 18th, 2014 | Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk | Self – Stella Mae (archive footage) | TBD | |
July 2nd, 2014 | Tammy | Lenore | 5.3 | |
November 26th, 2012 | Cadaver | Beth | 3.5 | |
September 10th, 2012 | Reflections on Titanic | Self | 7.2 | |
December 10th, 2009 | The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club | Pancho Barnes (Voice) | 6.2 | |
December 4th, 2007 | The Golden Compass | Hester (voice) | 6.1 | |
December 22nd, 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Aunt Mitsy (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
October 25th, 2005 | Six Feet Under: In Memoriam | Herself | 8.7 | |
September 12th, 2005 | Ambulance Girl | Jane Stern | 5.6 | |
April 30th, 2005 | Warm Springs | Helena Mahoney | 6.6 | |
January 1st, 2005 | Hansel and Gretel | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
September 24th, 2004 | Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy | Siren / Sea Hag (voice) | 6.8 | |
February 9th, 2004 | Tupperware! | Narrator | 7.5 | |
July 19th, 2003 | Celebrity Naked Ambition | Self (archive footage) | 8 | |
June 10th, 2003 | Declaration of Independence | Self | 7.7 | |
January 29th, 2002 | Making Rat Race | Herself | TBD | |
August 17th, 2001 | Rat Race | The Squirrel Lady (uncredited) | 6.3 | |
August 3rd, 2000 | Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood | Frances Marion (voice) | 7.6 | |
June 26th, 1999 | Baby Steps | Mrs. Mellon | 10 | |
December 15th, 1998 | Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes | Self | 9 | |
September 28th, 1998 | The Effects of Magic | Raphaella, the Magic Bunny | 4.5 | |
March 24th, 1998 | Titanic: Breaking New Ground | Self | 7 | |
December 18th, 1997 | Titanic | Molly Brown | 7.9 | |
February 24th, 1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 7.3 | |
March 17th, 1996 | The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful | Self | 10 | |
November 23rd, 1995 | The West Side Waltz | Mr. Goo | 6.2 | |
April 19th, 1995 | Talking With | Big Eight (segment "Rodeo") | TBD | |
December 16th, 1992 | Used People | Bibby Berman | 5.8 | |
September 23rd, 1992 | Hostages | Peggy Say | 6.1 | |
December 5th, 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | 6.7 | |
March 10th, 1991 | The Road to Mecca | Elsa Barlow | 5.5 | |
June 15th, 1990 | Dick Tracy | Mrs. Green | 6.2 | |
October 6th, 1989 | High Stakes | Jill | 3.4 | |
May 15th, 1989 | Roe vs. Wade | Jessie | 6 | |
January 1st, 1989 | Signs of Life | Mary Beth Alder | 4.9 | |
October 1st, 1987 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Helen Blake | 6 | |
May 3rd, 1987 | Murder Ordained | Bobbi Birk | 5 | |
December 25th, 1986 | The Morning After | Woman on Mateo Street | 5.9 | |
May 19th, 1986 | Johnny Bull | Katherine Kovacs | 5.5 | |
March 28th, 1971 | Taking Off | Audition Singer | 6.9 |