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Florence Bates

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American actress; lawyer (1888–1954)

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  • Development of an assay for DNA mismatch repair

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Film & TV

San Antonio, Texas, USA

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…

Known for

  • Main Street to Broadway — Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence1953
  • Paris Model — Nora Sullivan1953
  • Les Miserables — Madame Bonnet1952
  • The San Francisco Story — Sadie1952
  • Four Star Playhouse — Ottilie1952
  • The Tall Target — Mrs. Charlotte Alsop1951
  • Lullaby of Broadway — Mrs. Anna Hubbell1951
  • Father Takes the Air — Minerva Bobbin1951
  • Havana Rose — Mrs. Fillmore1951
  • I Love Lucy — Mrs. Pettebone1951

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1965-06-05

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Florence
Family name
Bates
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
San Antonio
Place of death
Burbank
Occupation
film actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Florence Bates in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven.jpg
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cause of death
myocardial infarction
Commons category
Florence Bates
date of birth
1888-04-15
date of death
1954-01-31
manner of death
natural causes
writing language
English language
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