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Kathleen Doyle Bates 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 early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
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Kathleen Doyle Bates 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 early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Golden Globe Awards
American Dad!
L.A. Law
King of the Hill
MADtv
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Daily Show
The Big Bang Theory
Two and a Half Men
St. Elsewhere
Six Feet Under
The Love Boat
Chelsea
China Beach
The Emmy Awards
Mike & Molly
Lip Sync Battle
Cagney & Lacey
Chelsea Lately
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
The Office
FEUD
A Civil Action
American Horror Story
Two of a Kind
The Stand
Around the World in 80 Days
Making Rat Race
Rat Race
The Golden Compass
Alice
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Blind Side
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Primary Colors
Charlotte's Web
Bee Movie
P.S. I Love You
Failure to Launch
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Reflections on Titanic
Fred Claus
The Day the Earth Stood Still
On the Basis of Sex
A Family Affair
The Boss
Titanic
Midnight in Paris
Tammy
Valentine's Day
Cadaver
The Late Shift
Little Black Book
Revolutionary Road
Personal Effects
Richard Jewell
The Highwaymen
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
The Waterboy
Bad Santa 2
Annie
Angus
Fried Green Tomatoes
Misery
Disjointed
Matlock
Harry's Law
Production Credits
Everwood
Homicide: Life on the Street
Oz
Matlock
Fargo
Six Feet Under
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