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Kathy Bates

Kathy Bates

Total Box Office:
 $1309.5M
Highest Rated:
100% Straight Time (1978)
Lowest Rated:
0% You May Not Kiss the Bride (2012)
Birthday:
Jun 28
Birthplace:
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Bio:
Actress Kathy Bates has been involved in the arts in one way or another since graduating from Southern Methodist University. Among the Memphis native's earliest jobs were a stint as a singing waitress in a Catskill resort and a sojourn as a gift shop cashier in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Bates…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Tammy
  • Actor
-- 2014
Earthbound
  • Beverly Corbett
-- 2012
0% You May Not Kiss the Bride
  • Actor
-- 2012
4% A Little Bit Of Heaven
  • Beverly Corbett
$10.0k 2012
Guilty Hearts
  • Actor
-- 2011
93% Midnight in Paris
  • Gert
$56.8M 2011
18% Valentine's Day
  • Susan
$110.0M 2010
51% Chéri
  • Madame Peloux
$2.6M 2009
22% Alice
  • Queen of Hearts
-- 2009
66% The Blind Side
  • Miss Sue
$255.5M 2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
  • Voice of Pancho Barnes
-- 2009
68% Revolutionary Road
  • Helen Givings
$22.9M 2008
21% The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Regina Jackson
$79.1M 2008
Personal Effects
  • Gloria
-- 2008
40% Bonneville
  • Margene Cunningham
$0.3M 2008
51% The Family That Preys
  • Charlotte Cartwright
$37.0M 2008
James Marshall's Cinderella: And More Beloved Fairy Tales
  • Actor
-- 2007
42% The Golden Compass
  • Hester
$70.1M 2007
24% P.S. I Love You
  • Patricia
$53.5M 2007
Christmas Is Here Again
  • Actor
-- 2007
21% Fred Claus
  • Mother Claus
$72.0M 2007
51% Bee Movie
  • Janet Benson
  • Director
$126.6M 2007
Relative Strangers
  • Agnes Manure
-- 2006
24% Failure to Launch
  • Sue
$88.7M 2006
71% The Morning After
  • Woman on Mateo Street
-- 2006
78% Charlotte's Web
  • Bitsy the Cow
$82.5M 2006
Warm Springs
  • Helena Mahoney
-- 2005
20% Rumor Has It
  • Actor
$42.7M 2005
4% The Bridge of San Luis Rey
  • Dona Maria
-- 2005
Ambulance Girl
  • Director
  • Jane Stern
-- 2005
31% Around the World in 80 Days
  • Queen Victoria
$23.9M 2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
  • Narrator
-- 2004
21% Little Black Book
  • Kippie Kann
$20.4M 2004
14% Unconditional Love
  • Grace Beasley
-- 2003
53% Love Liza
  • Mary Ann Bankhead
-- 2002
7% Dragonfly
  • Actor
$30.1M 2002
My Sister's Keeper
  • Christine
-- 2002
85% About Schmidt
  • Roberta Hertzel
$65.0M 2002
14% American Outlaws
  • Ma James
$11.9M 2001
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
  • Narrator (Frances Marion)
-- 2001
The Dress Code (Bruno)
  • Mother Superior
-- 2000
Annie
  • Miss Hannigan
-- 1999
Dash and Lilly
  • Director
-- 1999
60% A Civil Action
  • Judge (uncredited)
-- 1998
32% The Waterboy
  • Mama Boucher
-- 1998
80% Primary Colors
  • Libby Holden
-- 1998
28% Swept From The Sea
  • Miss Swaffer
-- 1998
88% Titanic
  • Molly Brown
$57.9M 1997
The Late Shift
  • Helen Kushnick
-- 1996
60% The War at Home
  • Maurine Collier
-- 1996
12% Diabolique
  • Det. Shirley Vogel
-- 1996
82% Dolores Claiborne
  • Dolores Claiborne
-- 1995
40% Angus
  • Meg
-- 1995
The West Side Waltz
  • Mr. Goo
-- 1995
Curse Of The Starving Class
  • Ella Tate
-- 1994
Curse of the Starving Class
  • Actor
-- 1994
15% North
  • Alaskan Mom
-- 1994
Hostages
  • Peggy Say
-- 1993
45% A Home of Our Own
  • Frances Lacey
-- 1993
52% Shadows and Fog
  • Prostitute
-- 1992
61% A Prelude to a Kiss
  • Leah Blier
-- 1992
38% Used People
  • Bibby
-- 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  • Actor
-- 1992
83% Fried Green Tomatoes
  • Evelyn Couch
-- 1991
50% At Play in the Fields of the Lord
  • Hazel Quarrier
-- 1991
64% Dick Tracy
  • Mrs. Green
-- 1990
88% Misery
  • Annie Wilkes
-- 1990
60% White Palace
  • Rosemary Powers
-- 1990
Roe Vs. Wade
  • Actor
-- 1989
81% Men Don't Leave
  • Lisa Coleman
-- 1989
High Stakes
  • Jill
-- 1989
Signs Of Life
  • Mary Beth
-- 1989
13% Arthur 2 - On the Rocks
  • Mrs. Canby
-- 1988
Murder Ordained
  • Bobbi Burk
-- 1987
Summer Heat
  • Ruth Stanton
-- 1987
20% Two of a Kind
  • Furniture Man's Wife
-- 1983
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
  • Stella May
-- 1982
100% Straight Time
  • Selma Darin
-- 1978

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
American Horror Story
  • Delphine LaLaurie
2011
81% The Office
  • Jo Bennett
  • Actor
2005-2013
Two and a Half Men
  • Charlie
2003-2013
Harry's Law
  • Harriet "Harry" Korn
2011-2012

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    1. Annie Wilkes: I thought you were good, Paul. But you're not good. You're just an old dirty birdy.
    From Misery. Submitted by Christopher S (31 days ago)
    1. Evelyn Couch: I'm glad you're feelin' better, Aunt Vesta. Good thing your eyesights failin'.
    From Fried Green Tomatoes. Submitted by Alyssa B (2 months ago)

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Whoopi and Kathy Bates are Earthbound Opens in new window
February 3, 2010

Box Office Guru Preview: Keanu Invasion Begins at Box Office Opens in new window
December 11, 2008

Paper Magazine Compiles Top Ten Worst Nude Scenes of All Time Opens in new window
March 7, 2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still Adds Jaden Smith Opens in new window
January 16, 2008

Box Office Guru Preview: Fred Claus is Coming to Town Opens in new window
November 8, 2007

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