American actress filmography
Bates at the 2014 PaleyFest The following is a comprehensive list of the acting and directing credits of American actress Kathy Bates. With over 200 acting and directing credits to her name, Bates is perhaps best known for her breakout role in the 1990 horror film Misery , based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Her role as Annie Wilkes was met with much praise, earning her the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama the following year. Since then she has acted in numerous other films, in both comedy and drama categories, earning two additional Academy Award nominations as well as seven total Golden Globe Award nominations.
In 2011, Bates starred as Harriet Korn on the NBC legal drama series Harry's Law , her first starring role on television. The show ran for two seasons and Bates was nominated for two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2013, she starred in the third season of the FX anthology horror series American Horror Story , subtitled American Horror Story: Coven . Bates won her second Emmy Award for her role in the series.
Actress Film Year Title Role Notes 1971 Taking Off Audition Singer Credited as Bobo Bates 1978 Straight Time Selma Darin 1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Stella Mae 1983 Two of a Kind Furniture Man's Wife 1986 The Morning After Woman on Mateo Street 1987 Murder Ordained Bobbi Birk 1987 Summer Heat Ruth Stanton 1987 My Best Friend Is a Vampire Helen Blake Credited as Kathy D. Bates 1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks Mrs. Canby 1989 Signs of Life Mary Beth Alder 1989 High Stakes Jill 1990 Men Don't Leave Lisa Coleman 1990 Dick Tracy Mrs. Green 1990 White Palace Rosemary Powers 1990 Misery Annie Wilkes 1991 Shadows and Fog Prostitute 1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord Hazel Quarrier 1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Evelyn Couch 1991 The Road to Mecca Elsa Barlow 1992 Prelude to a Kiss Leah Blier 1992 Used People Bibby Berman 1993 Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun Lunar Mom Direct-to-video 1993 A Home of Our Own Frances Lacey 1994 North Alaskan Mom 1994 Curse of the Starving Class Ella Tate 1995 Dolores Claiborne Dolores Claiborne 1995 Angus Meg Bethune 1996 Diabolique Det. Shirley Vogel 1996 The War at Home Maurine Collier 1997 Swept from the Sea Miss Swaffer 1997 Titanic Margaret “Molly” Brown 1998 Primary Colors Libby Holden 1998 The Effects of Magic Raphaella, the Magic Bunny Voice 1998 The Waterboy Helen "Mama" Boucher 1998 A Civil Action Bankruptcy Judge Uncredited cameo 1999 Baby Steps Mrs. Mellon Short film 2000 Bruno Mother Superior 2001 Rat Race The Squirrel Lady Uncredited cameo 2001 American Outlaws Ma James 2002 Love Liza Mary Ann Bankhead 2002 Dragonfly Mrs. Miriam Belmont 2002 About Schmidt Roberta Hertzel 2002 Unconditional Love Grace Beasley 2004 Around the World in 80 Days Queen Victoria 2004 Little Black Book Kippie Kann 2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy The Sea Hag Voice 2004 The Ingrate The Judge Short film 2004 The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Narrator Documentary 2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey The Marquesa 2005 Hansel and Gretel Narrator Direct-to-video 2005 Rumor Has It... Aunt Mitsy Uncredited cameo 2006 Failure to Launch Sue 2006 Solace Marrow's Wife Short film 2006 Relative Strangers Agnes Menure 2006 Bonneville Margene Cunningham 2006 Charlotte's Web Bitsy Voice 2006 Guilty Hearts The Judge 2007 Bee Movie Janet Benson Voice 2007 Fred Claus Mother Claus 2007 The Golden Compass Hester Voice 2007 P.S. I Love You Patricia Reilly 2007 Christmas Is Here Again Miss Dowdy Voice 2008 The Family That Preys Charlotte Cartwright 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Secretary of Defense Regina Jackson 2008 Revolutionary Road Helen Givings 2008 Personal Effects Gloria 2009 Chéri Madame Charlotte Peloux 2009 The Blind Side Miss Sue 2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club Narrator Documentary 2010 Valentine's Day Susan Milton 2011 Midnight in Paris Gertrude Stein 2011 You May Not Kiss the Bride Mrs. Lighthouse 2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Beverly Corbett 2014 Tammy Lenore 2014 When Marnie Was There Mrs. Kadoya Voice 2015 Boychoir Headmistress 2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins Maime Trotter 2016 The Boss Ida Marquette 2016 Complete Unknown Nina 2016 Bad Santa 2 Sunny Soke 2017 Krystal Vera 2018 The Death and Life of John F. Donovan Barbara Haggermaker 2018 On the Basis of Sex Dorothy Kenyon 2019 The Highwaymen Miriam A. Ferguson 2019 Richard Jewell Bobi Jewell 2020 Home Bernadette 2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Sylvia Simon 2023 The Miracle Club Eileen Dunne 2024 A Family Affair Post-production 2024 Summer Camp Ginny Post-production
Television films Year Title Role Notes 1986 Johnny Bull Katherine Kovacs 1987 Murder Ordained Bobbi Birk 1989 Roe vs. Wade Jessie 1989 No Place Like Home Boonie Cooper 1992 Hostages Peggy Say 1995 The West Side Waltz Mrs. Goo 1996 The Late Shift Helen Kushnick 1999 Annie Miss Agatha Hannigan 2000 Possessed Student Credited as Katherine Bates 2002 My Sister's Keeper Christine Chapman 2005 Ambulance Girl Jane Stern 2005 Warm Springs Helena Mahoney
Television Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1975 Casserole Performer Playwrights Horizons , Off-Broadway 1975 A Quality of Mercy Performer 1976 Vanities Joanne 1979 The Art of Dining Herrick Simmons The Public Theater , Off-Broadway 1980 Goodbye Fidel Isabel New Ambassador Theatre, Broadway 1980 Fifth of July June Talley (replacement) New Apollo Theatre, Broadway 1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Stella May Martin Beck Theatre , Broadway 1983–84 'night, Mother Jessie Cates American Repertory Theatre John Golden Theatre , Broadway Music Box Theatre , Broadway 1985 Curse of the Starving Class Ella Promenade Theatre, Off-Broadway 1987 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Frankie Manhattan Theatre Club , Off-Broadway Westside Theatre , Broadway 1988 The Road to Mecca Elsa Barlow (replacement) Promenade Theatre; Off-Broadway 2006 Master Class Maria Callas Stage Reading Broadhurst Theatre , Broadway
Director Year Title Notes 1995 Great Performances Episode: "Talking With" 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street Episode: "Scene of the Crime" 1997 NYPD Blue Episode: "I Love Lucy" 1998 Oz Episode: "Family Bizness" 1999 Dash and Lilly 2001–03 Six Feet Under 5 episodes 2002 Everwood Episode: "The Great Doctor Brown" 2003 Fargo Unsold TV pilot 2005 Ambulance Girl 2006 Have Mercy
See also References "Kathy Bates – Filmography". AllMovie . AMN . allmovie.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24 . "Kathy Bates – Filmography". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2014-10-24 .
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