Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American theatrical, film and television actress, and a television director.

Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee and graduated from White Station High in Memphis. She attended the Southern Methodist University, majoring in theatre, and graduated in 1969. 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).

Kathy Bates has been nominated three times for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best supporting actress in 1998 for Primary Colors and again in 2002 for About Schmidt. In 1990 she received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Misery, as the insane Annie Wilkes, an obsessed fan holding her favorite author captive. She is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. Her nickname is Bobo.

Actor 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
• Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series .... Bettina (2003-2005)
• 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) (uncredited) .... 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 (aka I Was a Teenage Vampire) (1988) (as Kathy D. Bates) .... Helen Blake
• Summer Heat (1987) .... Ruth
• Murder Ordained (1987) (TV) .... Bobbi Burk
• Johnny Bull (1986) (TV) .... Katherine Kovacs
• The Morning After (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'

Director filmography

• Everwood (2002) TV Series... "The Great Doctor Brown" (2002)
• Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series ... episode "An Open Book"; (2001) episode "The New Person"; (2001) episode "Out, Out Brief Candle"; (2002) episode "Making Love Work"; (2003) episode "Twilight" (2003).
• Oz (1997) TV Series... episode "Family Bizzness" (1998)
• NYPD Blue (1993) TV Series... episode "I Love Lucy" (1997)
• (1993) TV Series... episode "Scene of the Crime", (1996)

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