Born in San Antonio, Texas, USA — Apr 13 1888• Died Jan 31 1954

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Bates (born Florence Rabe, April 15, 1888 – January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles. Her path to becoming an actress had many turns. She had a degree in Mathematics, taught school until married, then became the first Texas female lawyer. Then she became a bilingual radio commentator. After her husband lost her fortune, she and her husband opened a bakery in Los Angeles. In the mid-1930s, Bates auditioned for and won the…
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Mrs. Pettebone
Ottilie

Edythe Van Hopper

Mrs. Frothingham

Mrs. Cooper

Customer

Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)

Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)

Madame Dilyovska

Dowager at Ames's Party

Store Shopper

Sophie Bellop

Ma Dunnegan

Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke

Mrs. Jekes

Chita

Mrs. Van Every

Amelia Foster

Nancy Riddle

Countess Mathilde Von Braun

May Tolliver

Karsha

Madame Elise Chavez

Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady

Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

Irmagarde Griswold

Molly Veech

Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence

Madame Bonnet

Florence Dana Moorhead

Geraldine Atherton

Henrietta

Lady Sloughberry
Nora 'Ma' Ryan

Mrs. Manleigh

Mrs. Castle

Rose

Mrs. Anna Hubbell

Tiare Johnson

Harriet Pringle

Mrs. Murdock

Mme. Lucia Cassel

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Duchess (scenes deleted)

Miss Emma Shoemaker

Mrs. Mary Davis

Sadie

Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip

Emmie Trippe

Emily

Queen Liliha

Nora Sullivan

Minerva Bobbin

Mrs. Fillmore

Katie

Nellie Chatfield

Mrs. Newton

Viola Chase

Gypsy Woman

Mrs. Baldwin

Madame Helene

Mandy

Mrs. Saunders