Born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA — Jun 28 1948

Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and…
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D.O. Rothy (voice)

Jo Bennett

Charlie Harper

Delphine LaLaurie

Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)

Self

Narrator (voice)

Sally Allison

Mrs. Fowler

Directing

Directing

Charlotte Haley

Polly Miller

Directing

Directing

Charlotte Everly

Bettina

Madeline 'Matty' Matlock

Molly Brown

Kay

Self

Harriet 'Harry' Korn

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Self (archive footage)

Rae Flowers (uncredited)

Joan Blondell

Annie Wilkes

Miss Sue

Janet Benson (voice)

Bobbi Birk

Ruth

Gertrude Stein

Hester (voice)

Mrs. Helen Givings

Regina Jackson

Christine Chapman

Evelyn Couch

Susan Milton

Leila Ford

Narrator (voice)

Self

Mrs. Green

Queen Victoria

Queen of Hearts

Mrs. Belmont

Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)

Patricia

Mother Claus

Lenore

Bobi Jewell

Sue

Sylvia Simon

The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)

Self

Dolores Claiborne

Alaskan Mom

Ida Marquette

Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)

Mama Boucher

Bitsy the Cow (voice)

Ma James

Sunny Soke

Madame Peloux

Ma Ferguson

Dorothy Kenyon

Rosemary

Stuart's Grandma

Roberta Hertzel

Beverly Corbett

Ginny Moon

Maime Trotter

Libby Holden

Vera

Kippie Kann

Mother Superior

Barbara Haggermaker

Charlotte Cartwright
Self

Miss Agatha Hannigan

Miss Swaffer

Lisa Coleman

Bibby Berman

Jessie

Mary Beth Alder

Audition Singer

Mary Ann Bankhead

Prostitute

Selma Darin

Margene Cunningham

Frances Lacey

Hazel Quarrier

Nina

The Marquesa

Meg Bethune

Woman on Mateo Street

Furniture Man's Wife

Narrator (voice)

Gloria

Det. Shirley Vogel

Bryan's Mother

Edith Wilson

Grace Beasley
Babs

Helen Kushnick

Self

Mrs. Canby

Eileen Dunne

Self

Agnes Menure

Helen Blake

Helena Mahoney

Self (archive footage)

Peggy Say

Self (archive footage)

Leah Blier

Bernadette

Self (archive footage)

Headmistress

Ruth

Self

Stella Mae

The Judge

Christine Chapman

Directing

Bonnie Cooper

Mr. Goo

Miss Dowdy (voice)

Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")

Katherine Kovacs

Siren / Sea Hag (voice)

Directing

Ella Tate

Herself

Maurine Collier

Jill

Bobbi Birk
Lunar Mom

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Beth
Mrs. Mellon

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Self

Self

Raphaella, the Magic Bunny

Herself

Jane Stern
Elsa Barlow

Frances Marion (voice)

Narrator

Narrator (voice)

Pancho Barnes (Voice)