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Kathy Bates. Actress: Misery. Multi-talented, multi-award-winning actress Kathleen (Doyle) Bates was born on June 28, 1948, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She is the youngest of three girls born to Bertye Kathleen (Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her grandfather was author Finis L. Bates. Kathy has English, as well as Irish, Scottish, and German, ancestry, and one of her ancestors, an Irish emigrant to New...
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Actor
73 creditsMatlock(2024)
Madeline Matlock
TV
The Great Lillian Hall(2024)
Edith Wilson
Film
Summer Camp(2024)
Ginny Moon
Film
A Family Affair(2024)
Leila Ford
Film
The Miracle Club(2023)
Eileen Dunne
Film
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.(2023)
Sylvia Simon
Film
Home(2020)
Bernadette Hacks
TV
The Highwaymen(2019)
Ma Ferguson
Film
On the Basis of Sex(2018)
Dorothy Kenyon
Film
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan(2018)
Barbara Haggermaker
Film
Disjointed(2017)
Ruth Whitefeather Feldman
TV
Krystal(2017)
Vera Greenwood
Film
Bad Santa 2(2016)
Sunny Soke
Film
The Boss(2016)
Ida Marquette
Film
The Great Gilly Hopkins(2015)
Maime Trotter
Film
Boychoir(2014)
Headmistress
Film
Tammy(2014)
Lenore
Film
Reflections on Titanic(2012)
Self
Film
Harry's Law(2011)
Actor
TV
American Horror Story(2011)
Actor
TV
A Little Bit of Heaven(2011)
Beverly Corbett
Film
Midnight in Paris(2011)
Gertrude Stein
Film
You May Not Kiss the Bride(2011)
Bryan's Mother
Film
Valentine's Day(2010)
Susan
Film
Personal Effects(2009)
Gloria
Film
Chéri(2009)
Madame Peloux
Film
The Blind Side(2009)
Miss Sue
Film
The Family That Preys(2008)
Charlotte Cartwright
Film
The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008)
Actor
Film
Bee Movie(2007)
Janet Benson
Film
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