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KATHY BATES ~ Successful Character
KATHY BATES ~ Successful Character ActorActor
KATHY BATES ~ Successful Character
KATHY BATES ~ Successful Character ActorActor
KATHY BATES ~ Successful Character Actor
engineer Langdon Doyle Bates (July 28, 1900 – “People either laugh or cheer ... I was at the
Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama the
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, following year. March 6, 1989) and homemaker Bertye premiere and there are a lot of women who are
1948) is an American actress and director. She She next starred in Fried Green Kathleen (née Talbert; January 26, 1907 – shouting, ‘You go, girl!’ ... I think there are a lot
is the recipient of numerous accolades, Tomatoes (1991), for which she received February 15, 1997). Her paternal grandfather of women in the audience who are thrilled to
including an Academy Award, three American a BAFTA Award nomination, and Dolores was lawyer and author Finis L. Bates. Her see a real woman up on the screen in all her
Comedy Awards, Claiborne(1995), another well- great-great-grandfather was an Irish emigrant glory.”
two Emmy Awards, received Stephen King adaptation. She to New Orleans, Louisiana, who served as On September 20, 2016, Bates received
two Golden Globe portrayed Molly Brown in James President Andrew Jackson’s doctor. She a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her
Awards, an Obie Award, Cameron’s epic romance and disaster graduated early from White Station High work in the film industry. Her star is located at
and two Screen Actors film Titanic (1997), which became School (1965) and from Southern Methodist 6927 Hollywood Boulevard. In June 2016,
Guild Awards. Best the highest-grossing film ever at the time. She University (1969), where she the Human Rights Campaign released a video in
known for the quite received her second and third Academy studied theatre and became a member of tribute to the victims of the 2016 Orlando gay
controlling caregiver in Award nominations for her work in Primary the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. nightclub shooting; in the video, Bates and
Misery. Colors (1998) and About Schmidt (2002), As a teenager, Bates used to write self- others told the stories of the people killed
Born in Memphis, both in the category of Best Supporting described “sad songs” and struggled with bouts there.
Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Actress. of depression. She moved to New York City in In 2018, she appeared in two films: in Xavier
Methodist University before moving to New Bates’ television work has resulted in 1970 to pursue an acting career. Bates was Dolan’s critically panned arthouse film The
York City to pursue an acting career. She landed 14 Emmy Award nominations, married to Tony Campisi for six years, from Death and Life of John F. Donovan and

minor stage roles before being cast in her first including two for her role as Harriet “Harry” 1991 until their divorce in 1997. as political activist Dorothy Kenyon in
on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her Korn on the NBCseries Harry’s Law (2011– After moving to New York City, Bates the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of
first Off-Broadway stage performance was in 12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for worked several odd jobs as well as minor stage Sex. That year, she also guest-starred in the
the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy roles while struggling to find work as an actress. finale of the 11th season of The Big Bang
the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to Series for her appearance on the ninth At one point, she worked as a cashier at Theory.
perform on screen and on stage, appearing in a season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2019, Bates portrayed American
variety of films, television series, and plays. the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding In 1971, Bates was cast in a minor role in politician Miriam A. Ferguson in
She garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or the Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited the Netflix film The Highwaymen.
Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her Movie her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on as “Bobo Bates”), her first on screen role in Health issues
performance in ’night, Mother, and won an Obie the third season of American Horror a feature film. Following this, she continued to Bates has successfully battled ovarian
Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie Story (2014). She also received accolades for struggle to find acting roles, later claiming in an cancer since her diagnosis in 2003. In
and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 interview with The New York Times that more September 2012, she revealed via Twitter that
Bates’ performance in the 1990 horror television adaptation of Annie. Her directing than one casting agent told her that she wasn’t she had been diagnosed with breast cancer two
film Misery, based on the book of the same credits include several episodes of sufficiently attractive to be a successful actress: months earlier and had undergone a
name by Stephen King, marked her Hollywood the HBO television series Six Feet “I’m not a stunning woman. I never was an double mastectomy. In 2014, at the New York
breakthrough. Her role as Annie Wilkes was Under (2001–03). ingenue; I’ve always just been a character actor. Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases,
met with widespread critical acclaim and she When I was younger it was a real problem,
Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, Bates announced via pre-recorded audio that,
subsequently won the Academy Award for the youngest of three daughters of mechanical because I was never pretty enough for the roles due to the double mastectomy, she
Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for that other young women were being cast in. The has lymphedema in both arms. That year, Bates
roles I was lucky enough to get were real became a national spokesperson for
Elder Abuse stretches for me: usually a character who was lymphedema and chairperson for the Lymphatic
HOTLINE older, or a little weird, or whatever. And it was Education & Research Network’s (LE&RN)
1-800-677-1116 hard, not just for the lack of work but because honorary board.
Vol. 59, No. 9 you have to face up to how people are looking On May 11, 2018, Bates led advocates in a
Amanda Blake Secola, Editor at you. And you think, ‘Well, y’know, I’m a Capitol Hill Lobby Day to garner congressional
Editorial ELDER CARE LOCATOR real person.’” support for further research funding. The next
phone 562-691-2509 www.eldercare.acl.gov In 2002, she received her third Academy day, May 12, Bates addressed supporters at the
Email: nbynews@juno.com Award nomination, again in the Best Supporting first-ever DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema &
Display & Classified Advertising Adult Protective Services Actress category, for performance as an aging
Special Editions & Sponsorship L.A. County: 877-477-3646 Lymphatic Diseases at the Lincoln Memorial.
Circulation & Distribution Orange County: 800-451-5155 free-spirited woman in About Schmidt, She was awarded the 2018 WebMD Health
David James Secola, Vice President opposite Jack Nicholson. A scene in the film, Heroes “Game Changer” Award for her role in
which features Bates completely nude entering raising awareness of this chronic lymphatic
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