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Occupation
  
Actressdirector

Name
  
Kathy Bates

Years active
  
1971–present

Role
  
Actress

Relatives
  
Height
  
1.6 m

Website
  
mskathybates.com


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Full Name
  
Kathleen Doyle Bates

Born
  
June 28, 1948 (age 75) (
1948-06-28
)

Spouse
  
Tony Campisi (m. 1991–1997)

Parents
  
Bertye Kathleen Bates, Langdon Doyle Bates

Movies and TV shows
  
Similar People
  
Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Jessica Lange, Tony Campisi, Gloria Stuart

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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. Bates began her career on the stage, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother. She rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. 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), which was at the time the highest grossing film of all time.

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Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, two of which were for her starring role on the television series Harry's Law, and most recently a win for her highly praised appearance in the third season of FX horror-thriller series American Horror Story, where she portrayed the real life socialite Madame Marie Delphine LaLaurie. She won another Emmy Award in 2012 for her portrayal of the ghost of Charlie Harper on CBS comedy series Two and a Half Men, a role formerly portrayed by Charlie Sheen.

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Early life

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Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the youngest of three daughters of mechanical engineer Langdon Doyle Bates and homemaker Bertye Kathleen (née Talbert; 1907–1997) Her paternal grandfather was lawyer and author Finis L. Bates. One of her Irish great-great-grandfathers, who immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana, served as President Andrew Jackson's doctor. She graduated early from White Station High School (1965) and from Southern Methodist University (1969), where she majored in Theatre and became a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She moved to New York City in 1970 to pursue an acting career.

Career

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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 with Karen Black and Cher. Bates originated the role of Lenny in the first production of Crimes of the Heart at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1979. She was nominated for a Tony Award in 1983 for her stage role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother with Anne Pitoniak. The stage production 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 and for which she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1988. 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.

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Bates' first feature film role was in the 1971 Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as "Bobo Bates"), in which 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 like The Morning After and Summer Heat, while guest-starring on television's L.A. Law. She then landed 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 adaptation 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 $1.8 billion in box-office receipts worldwide.

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 twelve times, winning two. She was first nominated for 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 has been nominated 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 in a Miniseries or Movie nomination for Alice.

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 was also 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.

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. For that role, she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Bates returned in its fourth season Freak Show as Ethel Darling, a bearded lady who performs in the freak show the season is centred on. She was confirmed for the fifth season of American Horror Story: Hotel where she played Iris, the hotel's manager who hates Sarah Paulson's character Hypodermic Sally. It premiered on October 7, 2015, and concluded on January 13, 2016. On September 14, 2016, Bates returned for her fourth, and the show's sixth season, Roanoke, playing both Thomasin "The Butcher" White, and White's reenactress, Agnes Mary Winstead.

In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the 2016 Orlando gay nightclub shooting; in the video, Bates and others told the stories of the people killed there.

Bates is the Executive Committee Chair of the Actors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. In 2014, Bates became a national spokesperson for lymphedema and Chairperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network's Honorary Board.

On September 20, 2016, Bates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the motion pictures industry, located at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard.

Personal life

Bates was married to Tony Campisi for six years from 1991 until their divorce in 1997.

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. In 2014, at the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, Bates announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, she has lymphedema in both arms. At that time, Bates became the National Spokesperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and has been actively involved in lymphedema and lymphatic disease advocacy.

Filmography

Actress
-
Thelma (pre-production) as
Thelma
-
Places, Please (post-production) as
Edith Wilson
-
Summer Camp (post-production) as
Ginny
-
A Family Affair (completed)
2023
Matlock (TV Series) as
Madeline Matlock
- Pilot (2023) - Madeline Matlock
2023
The Miracle Club as
Eileen Dunne
2023
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as
Sylvia Simon
2020
Home as
Bernadette
2019
Richard Jewell as
Bobi Jewell
2019
The Highwaymen as
Ma Ferguson
2013
American Horror Story (TV Series) as
Madame Delphine LaLaurie / Ethel Darling / Iris / ...
- Apocalypse Then (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead / Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Fire and Reign (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Sojourn (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Traitor (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Return to Murder House (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Boy Wonder (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Could It Be- Satan? (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Forbidden Fruit (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- The Morning After (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- The End (2018) - Ms. Miriam Mead
- Chapter 10 (2016) - Agnes Mary Winstead
- Chapter 9 (2016) - Agnes Mary Winstead (credit only)
- Chapter 8 (2016) - Agnes Mary Winstead (credit only)
- Chapter 7 (2016) - Agnes Mary Winstead
- Chapter 6 (2016) - Agnes Mary Winstead
- Chapter 5 (2016) - Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
- Chapter 4 (2016) - Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
- Chapter 3 (2016) - Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
- Chapter 2 (2016) - Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
- Chapter 1 (2016) - Thomasin 'The Butcher' White
- Be Our Guest (2016) - Iris
- Battle Royale (2016) - Iris
- She Gets Revenge (2015) - Iris
- She Wants Revenge (2015) - Iris
- The Ten Commandments Killer (2015) - Iris
- Flicker (2015) - Iris
- Room 33 (2015) - Iris
- Room Service (2015) - Iris
- Devil's Night (2015) - Iris (credit only)
- Mommy (2015) - Iris
- Chutes and Ladders (2015) - Iris
- Checking In (2015) - Iris
- Curtain Call (2015) - Ethel Darling
- Show Stoppers (2015) - Ethel Darling
- Magical Thinking (2015) - Ethel Darling (credit only)
- Orphans (2014) - Ethel Darling (credit only)
- Tupperware Party Massacre (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Blood Bath (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Test of Strength (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Bullseye (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Pink Cupcakes (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Edward Mordrake: Part 2 (2014) - Ethel Darling (credit only)
- Edward Mordrake: Part 1 (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Massacres and Matinees (2014) - Ethel Darling
- Monsters Among Us (2014) - Ethel Darling
- The Seven Wonders (2014) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie (credit only)
- Go to Hell (2014) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Protect the Coven (2014) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks (2014) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie (credit only)
- Head (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- The Sacred Taking (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- The Dead (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- The Axeman Cometh (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie (credit only)
- Burn, Witch. Burn! (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Fearful Pranks Ensue (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- The Replacements (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Boy Parts (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Bitchcraft (2013) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
2018
On the Basis of Sex as
Dorothy Kenyon
2018
The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) as
Mrs. Fowler
- The Consummation Deviation (2018) - Mrs. Fowler
- The Conjugal Configuration (2018) - Mrs. Fowler
- The Bow Tie Asymmetry (2018) - Mrs. Fowler
2018
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan as
Barbara Haggermaker
2018
Moose (TV Short) as
Owl
2017
Disjointed (TV Series) as
Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Dr. Dankerson's Revivifying Wellness Tincture (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- A-A-R-Pot (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Emperor Shennong (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- B.Y.O.P.F.U. (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Travissimo Private Reserve (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Buds Light (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Weed of Fortune (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Helium Dream (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- 4/20 Fantasy (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Main Street, USA (2018) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Olivia's S***balls (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Pyongyang Green (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Prom Night (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Donna Weed (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Schrödinger's Pot (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Erschreckendglückseligkeit OG (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- The Worst (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Eve's Bush (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Rutherford B. Haze (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
- Omega Strain (2017) - Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
2017
Krystal as
Vera Greenwood
2017
Feud (TV Series) as
Joan Blondell
- You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends? (2017) - Joan Blondell
- Abandoned! (2017) - Joan Blondell
- More, or Less (2017) - Joan Blondell
- The Other Woman (2017) - Joan Blondell
- Pilot (2017) - Joan Blondell
2016
Bad Santa 2 as
Sunny Soke
2016
The Boss as
Ida Marquette
2016
Complete Unknown as
Nina
2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins as
Maime Trotter
2014
Mike & Molly (TV Series) as
Kay McKinnon
- No Kay Morale (2015) - Kay McKinnon
- Three Girls and an Urn (2014) - Kay McKinnon
2015
American Dad! (TV Series) as
D.O. Rothy
- Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour (2015) - D.O. Rothy (voice)
2014
Boychoir as
Headmistress
2014
When Marnie Was There as
Mrs. Kadoya (English version, voice)
2014
Tammy as
Lenore
2011
Harry's Law (TV Series) as
Harriet Korn
- Onward and Upward (2012) - Harriet Korn
- The Whole Truth (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Class War (2012) - Harriet Korn
- And the Band Played On (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Breaking Points (2012) - Harriet Korn
- The Contest (2012) - Harriet Korn
- The Lying Game (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Search and Seize (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Les Horribles (2012) - Harriet Korn
- After the Lovin' (2012) - Harriet Korn
- New Kidney on the Block (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Gorilla My Dreams (2012) - Harriet Korn
- Purple Hearts (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Head Games (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Insanity (2011) - Harriet Korn
- American Girl (2011) - Harriet Korn
- The Rematch (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Bad to Worse (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Queen of Snark (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Sins of the Father (2011) - Harriet Korn
- There Will Be Blood (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Hosanna Roseanna (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Last Dance (2011) - Harriet Korn
- With Friends Like These- (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Send in the Clowns (2011) - Harriet Korn
- The Fragile Beast (2011) - Harriet Korn
- In the Ghetto (2011) - Harriet Korn
- American Dreams (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Bangers in the House (2011) - Harriet Korn
- A Day in the Life (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Wheels of Justice (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Innocent Man (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Heat of Passion (2011) - Harriet Korn
- Pilot (2011) - Harriet Korn
2012
Two and a Half Men (TV Series) as
Charlie Harper
- Why We Gave Up Women (2012) - Charlie Harper
2012
Cadaver (Short) as
Beth
2010
The Office (TV Series) as
Jo Bennett
- Search Committee (2011) - Jo Bennett
- Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager (2011) - Jo Bennett
- WUPHF.com (2010) - Jo Bennett (voice)
- Nepotism (2010) - Jo Bennett
- Whistleblower (2010) - Jo Bennett
- St. Patrick's Day (2010) - Jo Bennett
- Manager and Salesman (2010) - Jo Bennett
- Sabre (2010) - Jo Bennett
2011
Midnight in Paris as
Gertrude Stein
2011
You May Not Kiss the Bride as
Bryan's Mother
2011
A Little Bit of Heaven as
Beverly Corbett
2010
Valentine's Day as
Susan
2009
Alice (TV Mini Series) as
Queen of Hearts
- Episode #1.2 (2009) - Queen of Hearts
- Episode #1.1 (2009) - Queen of Hearts
2009
The Blind Side as
Miss Sue
2009
Personal Effects as
Gloria
2009
Chéri as
Madame Peloux
2008
Revolutionary Road as
Mrs. Givings
2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still as
Regina Jackson
2008
The Family That Preys as
Charlotte Cartwright
2007
P.S. I Love You as
Patricia
2007
The Golden Compass as
Hester (voice)
2007
Fred Claus as
Mother Claus
2007
Bee Movie as
Janet Benson (voice)
2007
Christmas Is Here Again (Video) as
Miss Dowdy (voice)
2006
Guilty Hearts as
The Judge
2006
Have Mercy
2006
Charlotte's Web as
Bitsy the Cow (voice)
2006
Bonneville as
Margene Cunningham
2006
Relative Strangers as
Agnes Menure
2006
Failure to Launch as
Sue
2006
Solace (Short) as
Marrows Wife
2005
Rumor Has It... as
Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
2005
Ambulance Girl (TV Movie) as
Jane Stern
2003
Six Feet Under (TV Series) as
Bettina
- Everyone's Waiting (2005) - Bettina
- All Alone (2005) - Bettina
- The Rainbow of Her Reasons (2005) - Bettina
- The Black Forest (2004) - Bettina
- Grinding the Corn (2004) - Bettina
- The Dare (2004) - Bettina
- The Trap (2003) - Bettina
- Nobody Sleeps (2003) - Bettina
- The Eye Inside (2003) - Bettina
- You Never Know (2003) - Bettina
2005
Hansel and Gretel (Video short) as
Narrator (voice)
2005
Warm Springs (TV Movie) as
Helena Mahoney
2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey as
The Marquesa
2004
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy (Video short) as
The Sea Hag (voice)
2004
Little Black Book as
Kippie Kann
2004
Around the World in 80 Days as
Queen Victoria
2004
The Ingrate (Short) as
The Judge
1993
American Experience (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Tupperware! (2004) - Narrator (voice)
- Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage (1993) - Narrator
2002
Unconditional Love as
Grace Beasley
2002
About Schmidt as
Roberta Hertzel
2002
Dragonfly as
Mrs. Belmont
2002
My Sister's Keeper (TV Movie) as
Christine Chapman
2002
Love Liza as
Mary Ann Bankhead
2001
King of the Hill (TV Series) as
Patrol Officer Jane Cooper
- Lupe's Revenge (2001) - Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
2001
American Outlaws as
Ma James
2001
Rat Race as
The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
2000
Mad TV (TV Series) as
Stuart's Grandma
- Episode #6.2 (2000) - Stuart's Grandma
2000
Possessed (TV Movie) as
Student (as Katherine Bates)
2000
Bruno as
Mother Superior
1999
The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) as
Miss Agatha Hannigan
- Annie (1999) - Miss Agatha Hannigan
1999
Baby Steps (Short) as
Mrs. Mellon
1999
3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series) as
Charlotte Everly
- Alien Hunter (1999) - Charlotte Everly
1998
A Civil Action as
Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
1998
The Waterboy as
Mama Boucher
1998
The Effects of Magic as
Raphaella, the Magic Bunny (voice)
1998
Primary Colors as
Libby Holden
1997
Titanic as
Molly Brown
1997
Swept from the Sea as
Miss Swaffer
1997
Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) as
The Girls' Mother
- Respect (1997) - The Girls' Mother (voice)
1996
The War at Home as
Maurine Collier
1996
Diabolique as
Det. Shirley Vogel
1996
The Late Shift (TV Movie) as
Helen Kushnick
1995
The West Side Waltz (TV Movie) as
Mr. Goo
1995
Angus as
Meg Bethune
1995
Great Performances (TV Series)
- Talking With (1995)
1995
Dolores Claiborne as
Dolores Claiborne
1994
Curse of the Starving Class as
Ella Tate
1994
North as
Alaskan Mom
1994
The Stand (TV Mini Series) as
Rae Flowers
- The Plague (1994) - Rae Flowers (uncredited)
1993
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (Video) as
Lunar Mom
1993
A Home of Our Own as
Frances Lacey
1992
Used People as
Bibby Berman
1992
Hostages (TV Movie) as
Peggy Say
1992
Prelude to a Kiss as
Leah Blier
1991
Fried Green Tomatoes as
Evelyn Couch
1991
At Play in the Fields of the Lord as
Hazel Quarrier
1991
Shadows and Fog as
Prostitute
1991
The Road to Mecca as
Elsa Barlow
1990
Misery as
Annie Wilkes
1990
White Palace as
Rosemary
1990
Dick Tracy as
Mrs. Green
1990
Men Don't Leave as
Lisa Coleman
1989
No Place Like Home (TV Movie) as
Bonnie Cooper
1989
L.A. Law (TV Series) as
Charlotte Haley
- One Rat, One Ranger (1989) - Charlotte Haley
1989
Roe vs. Wade (TV Movie) as
Jessie
1989
High Stakes as
Jill
1989
Signs of Life as
Mary Beth Alder
1989
China Beach (TV Series) as
Jan
- The World: Part 2 (1989) - Jan
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks as
Mrs. Canby
1987
My Best Friend Is a Vampire as
Helen Blake (as Kathy D. Bates)
1987
Summer Heat as
Ruth
1987
Murder Ordained (TV Movie) as
Bobbi Birk
1986
St. Elsewhere (TV Series) as
Polly Miller
- Visiting Daze (1987) - Polly Miller
- Up and Down (1986) - Polly Miller
1986
The Morning After as
Woman on Mateo Street
1986
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) as
Brenda Harris
- Revenge (1986) - Brenda Harris
1986
Johnny Bull (TV Movie) as
Katherine Kovacs
1984
One Life to Live (TV Series) as
Evelyn Maddox
- Episode dated 17 December 1984 (1984) - Evelyn Maddox
1983
Two of a Kind as
Furniture Man's Wife
1982
Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean as
Stella Mae
1978
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Phyllis Gillette
- Episode #1.3993 (1978) - Phyllis Gillette
- Episode #1.3992 (1978) - Phyllis Gillette (uncredited)
- Episode #1.3991 (1978) - Phyllis Gillette (uncredited)
- Episode #1.3989 (1978) - Phyllis Gillette
1978
Straight Time as
Selma Darin
1978
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Sally Allison
- Too Hot to Handle/Family Reunion/Cinderella Story (1978) - Sally Allison
1977
Vanities (TV Movie)
1971
Taking Off as
Audition Singer (as Bobo Bates)
1970
All My Children (TV Series) as
Belle Bodelle (1984)
Director
2006
Have Mercy
2005
Ambulance Girl (TV Movie)
2003
Fargo (TV Movie)
2001
Six Feet Under (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- Twilight (2003)
- Making Love Work (2003)
- Out, Out, Brief Candle (2002)
- The New Person (2001)
- An Open Book (2001)
2002
Everwood (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Great Doctor Brown (2002)
1999
Dash and Lilly (TV Movie)
1998
Oz (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Family Bizness (1998)
1997
NYPD Blue (TV Series) (1 episode)
- I Love Lucy (1997)
1996
Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Scene of the Crime (1996)
1995
Great Performances (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Talking With (1995)
Producer
2023
Matlock (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2023) - (executive producer)
2004
The Ingrate (Short) (executive producer)
Soundtrack
2017
Disjointed (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Main Street, USA (2018) - (performer: "For As Long As We Can")
- The Worst (2017) - (performer: "We Are Doomed")
- Eve's Bush (2017) - (performer: "Hava Nagila")
- Rutherford B. Haze (2017) - (performer: "Good Morning Starshine" - uncredited)
2013
American Horror Story (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Head (2013) - (performer: "Dixie" - uncredited)
2012
Harry's Law (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Onward and Upward (2012) - (performer: "Take Me Home" - uncredited)
2011
A Little Bit of Heaven (performer: "Mercedes Benz")
2006
Relative Strangers (performer: "Agnes Menure Lullaby", "Can't Tell the Difference")
2005
Six Feet Under (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Rainbow of Her Reasons (2005) - (performer: "Calling All Angels")
2002
Unconditional Love (performer: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Can't Smile Without You")
1999
The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Annie (1999) - (performer: "Little Girls", "Little Girls (Reprise #1)", "Easy Street", "Little Girls (Reprise #2)", "Easy Street (Reprise)")
1996
The War at Home (performer: "We Gather Together", "The Old Rugged Cross", "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder")
1971
Taking Off (performer: "And Even the Horses Had Wings") / (writer: "And Even the Horses Had Wings" - as Bobo Bates)
Self
2024
Fan Level Midnight: Devoted to the Office (Documentary) (post-production) as
Self
2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (TV Mini Series documentary)
- The Heart of a Hero (2021)
2021
Heute Journal (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 28 July 2021 (2021) - Self
2019
The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates! #2 (2020) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates! (2019) - Self - Guest
2020
The Real Story of Richard Jewell (Video documentary short) as
Self
2020
The Oscars (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2020
Hollywood Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- Meet the Oscars 2020 Nominees (2020) - Self
2020
2020 Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2016
WGN Morning News (TV Series) as
Self / Self - New Year's Resolution
- Episode dated 1 January 2020 (2020) - Self - New Year's Resolution
- Episode dated 3 October 2017 (2017) - Self
- Episode dated 22 November 2016 (2016) - Self
- Episode dated 15 November 2016 (2016) - Self
2019
Good Morning America (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 27 December 2019 (2019) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 10 December 2019 (2019) - Self - Guest
2019
Dish Nation (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #8.74 (2019) - Self
2015
The Talk (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Vanessa Williams/Kathy Bates (2019) - Self - Guest
- Sara Evans/Angie Martinez/Kathy Bates/Pentatonix (2018) - Self - Guest
- Guest Co-Hostess Carnie Wilson/Kathy Bates/Courtney Thorne-Smith (2018) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Scott Patterson (2016) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Nischelle Turner (2015) - Self - Guest
2019
IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Richard Jewell (2019) - Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Kevin O'Leary/John Legend (2019) - Self - Guest
2019
The 13th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (TV Special) as
Self - presenter
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Billy Eichner (2019) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Ed Helms/Julian McCullough (2017) - Self - Guest
2019
Morning Joe (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Episode #13.70 (2019) - Self
2017
Conan (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (2019) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Louie Anderson/Tune-Yards (2018) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Seann William Scott/Jeff Caldwell (2017) - Self - Guest
2019
Phil in the Blanks (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Kathy Bates Shares Her Life (2019) - Self
2019
Dr. Phil (TV Series) as
Self
- The Incomparable Kathy Bates (2019) - Self
2015
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.43 (2018) - Self
- Episode #4.38 (2018) - Self
- Episode #4.35 (2018) - Self
- Episode dated 5 October 2015 (2015) - Self
2018
Stand Up To Cancer (TV Special) as
Self
2018
Lip Sync Battle (TV Series) as
Self - Competitor
- Kathy Bates vs. Tone Bell (2018) - Self - Competitor
2018
Lip Sync Battle Preshow (TV Series) as
Self - Competitor
- Kathy Bates vs Tone Bell (2018) - Self - Competitor
2018
GGN: Snoop Dogg's Double G News Network (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (2018) - Self - Guest
1991
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #37.86 (2017) - Self
- Episode dated 5 October 2015 (2015) - Self
- Episode dated 7 January 2009 (2009) - Self
- Episode dated 28 August 2008 (2008) - Self
- Episode dated 18 December 1991 (1991) - Self
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (2017) - Self - Guest
2017
WTF with Marc Maron (Podcast Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Graham Elwood (2017) - Self - Guest
2017
Chelsea (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- We Are All Sharks (2017) - Self - Guest
2016
The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates Comes Forward About Her Battle with a Disease No One Talks About (2016) - Self - Guest
2014
Made in Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Moana/Bad Santa 2/Rules Don't Apply/Jackie (2016) - Self
- Episode #9.36 (2014) - Self
2015
Tavis Smiley (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 24 November 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 26 June 2015 (2015) - Self - Guest
2016
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 23 November 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
Invincible A-List with Vince & Joan (TV Series) as
Self
- Show 105 (2016) - Self
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Laura Jane Grace/Against Me!/Atom Willard (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
Today (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 15 November 2016 (2016) - Self - Guest
2016
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2016
Stand Up to Cancer (TV Special) as
Self
2016
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #38.30 (2016) - Self
2016
Home & Family (TV Series) as
Self
- Kathy Bates/Justin Hires (2016) - Self
2015
Weekend Today (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 11 October 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
Getting Freaky: A Peek Inside the Tent (Video short) as
Self
2015
Extra (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #22.21 (2015) - Self
2015
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2015
Larry King Now (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (2015) - Self - Guest
2015
The Doctors (TV Series) as
Self
- Friday News Feed/Underwear Undercover (2015) - Self
2015
72nd Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2014
American Horror Story: Meet Ms. Nola - Shooting on Location in New Orleans (Video short) as
Self
2014
American Horror Story: Zombie Halloween (Video short) as
Self
2014
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
2014
The Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 24 June 2014 (2014) - Self
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Joel Stein (2014) - Self - Guest
- Episode #8.194 (2012) - Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates/Anthony Head/Cake (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode #2.103 (2006) - Self - Guest
2013
The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (TV Special) as
Self
2012
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
2012
Reflections on Titanic (Documentary) as
Self
2011
Live with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 9 March 2012 (2012) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 17 January 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
2012
18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1994
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #20.45 (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode #19.81 (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode #3.16 (1994) - Self - Guest
2011
Piers Morgan Live (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 21 October 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
2011
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 3 October 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 March 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #9.7 (2011) - Self
2011
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2003
The View (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 March 2011 (2011) - Self - Guest
- Episode dated 26 February 2003 (2003) - Self - Guest
2010
Stand Up to Cancer (TV Special) as
Self
2010
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club (Video documentary) as
Pancho Barnes (voice)
2009
Lives of Quiet Desperation: The Making of Revolutionary Road (Video documentary short) as
Self
2009
The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 5 January 2009 (2009) - Self - Guest
2007
HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) as
Self
- The Making of 'Revolutionary Road' (2008) - Self
- P.S., I Love You (2007) - Self
2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still: T4 Movie Special (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2008
80th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement (TV Special) as
Self
2007
2007 Britannia Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2007
The 12th Satellite Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Mary Pickford Award Recipient
2007
Charlotte's Web: Some Voices (Video documentary short) as
Self
2006
CMT Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- Special Edition: Charlotte's Web (2006) - Self
- Episode dated 4 March 2006 (2006) - Self
2006
Shootout (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.23 (2006) - Self
2006
The People's President (TV Movie documentary) as
Narrator
2006
Life and Loss: The Impact of 'Six Feet Under' (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2005
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2005
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (Documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
2004
Premiere Women in Hollywood Awards (TV Special documentary) as
Self - Presenter
2003
Declaration of Independence (Video documentary short) as
Self
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (TV Special documentary) as
Self
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee / Presenter / Past Winner
2003
TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2003
9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2003
The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
2003
Connie Chung Tonight (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 13 January 2003 (2003) - Self - Guest
2003
The Daily Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (2003) - Self - Guest
2002
Misery Loves Company (Video documentary short) as
Self
2002
Hollywood Squares (TV Series) as
Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 3 May 2002 (2002) - Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 2 May 2002 (2002) - Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 1 May 2002 (2002) - Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 30 April 2002 (2002) - Self - Panelist
- Episode dated 29 April 2002 (2002) - Self - Panelist
2001
Independence Day 2001 (TV Movie) as
Self
2001
73rd Academy Awards Nominations Announcement (TV Special) as
Self
2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
Frances Marion (voice)
1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1999
The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
1999
Dennis Miller Live (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Dogs (1999) - Self - Guest
1999
The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1999
5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1999
The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1998
'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery (Video documentary) as
Self
1998
Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Kathy Bates (1998) - Self - Guest
1998
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th (TV Special) as
Self
1998
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 3 April 1998 (1998) - Self - Guest
1998
Charlie Rose (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 30 March 1998 (1998) - Self - Guest
1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Past Winner
1998
Titanic: Breaking New Ground (TV Movie documentary) as
Mrs. Margaret Brown
1997
3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (TV Special) as
Self
1997
54th Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1996
The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (TV Special documentary) as
Self
1996
53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
1995
Olhó Popular (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 October 1995 (1995) - Self
1993
AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1993) - Self
1993
Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 3 May 1993 (1993) - Self - Guest
1993
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1993
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1992
Laughing Back: Comedy Takes a Stand (TV Movie) as
Self
1992
In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) as
Self
- Aunt Ippy's Museum of Junk - Self (voice)
1991
One on One with John Tesh (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.140 (1992) - Self - Guest
- Episode #1.69 (1991) - Self - Guest
1992
The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1992
Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee & Presenter
1992
The 57th Annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Jay Leno (guest host), Bob Hope, Kathy Bates, Joe Mantegna (1991) - Self - Guest
- Jay Leno (guest host), Kathy Bates, Lee Horsley, Marc Salzman, The Temptations (1991) - Self - Guest
- Episode #29.38 (1990) - Self - Guest
1991
The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 4 December 1991 (1991) - Self - Guest
1991
Wogan (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #11.51 (1991) - Self
1991
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 18 April 1991 (1991) - Self - Guest
1991
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1991
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (TV Special) as
Self - Winner
1990
Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Jessica Tandy - Self
1983
The 37th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
Archive Footage
-
Monty and the Movies (Documentary) (post-production) as
Self
2020
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #42.207 (2023) - Self
- Episode #39.114 (2020) - Self
- Oscar Nominations Blowout! (2020) - Self
- ET 10,000th Episode Celebration (2020) - Self
- Tim Allen Thursday! (2020) - Self
2022
Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Barbie Doll Look (2022) - Self
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony (Documentary) as
Self
2020
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2015
Extra (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 October 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
Randy Rainbow: The Kim Davis Cell Block Tango (Music Video short) as
Annie Wilkes
2014
And the Oscar Goes to... (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2014
Chelsea Lately (TV Series) as
Madame Delphine LaLaurie
- Episode #8.13 (2014) - Madame Delphine LaLaurie
2012
Titanic: Deleted Scenes (Video short) as
Molly Brown
2009
Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen (TV Special short) as
Miss Swaffer (uncredited)
2008
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2008
Corazón de... (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 January 2008 (2008) - Self
2007
Misery: Diagnosing Annie Wilkes (Video documentary short) as
Annie Wilkes
2005
San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (TV Special) as
Annie Wilkes (uncredited)
2005
Cinema mil (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Here (2005) - Self
2005
Warm Springs: Making of Featurette (Video documentary short) as
Helena Mahoney
2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition (TV Movie documentary)
2000
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Dolores Claiborne / Annie Wilkes
- Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000) - Dolores Claiborne / Annie Wilkes
1999
The Waterboy: Production Featurette (Video short) as
Self
1998
Femmes Fatales: Sharon Stone (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1998
Titanic Explorer (Video Game documentary) as
Margaret Brown (uncredited)
1996
Primer plano (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 March 1996 (1996) - Self
1992
Oscar's Greatest Moments (Video documentary) as
Self
1991
L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (TV Special) as
Charlotte Haley (uncredited)

References

Kathy Bates Wikipedia