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Kathy Bates
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Kathy Bates is an American film actress and director who has appeared in and directed various movies throughout her career. She is a notable figure in the entertainment industry known for her work both in front of and behind the camera.
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- Bates
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- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Memphis
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Official website
- mskathybates.com
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- SDCC 2015 - Kathy Bates (19551149449) (cropped).jpg
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- Kathy Bates filmography
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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- Kathy Bates
- date of birth
- 1948-06-28
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- name in native language
- Kathy Bates
- social media followers
- 430252
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Kathleen Doyle Bates
- medical condition
- lymphedema
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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress. Her work spans over five decades, and her accolades include an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Bates studied theater at 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 role was in the play Vanities (1976). She garnered a nomination for the Tony Award Best Lead Actress in a Play for the Marsha Norman play 'night, Mother (1983), and won an Obie Award for her role in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1988).
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