Kathy bates biography
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Few widely recognized, successful women on television and in film have built an acting career without an “ingénue phase,” which fits snuggly between an actress’s late teens and mid-twenties when she must capitalize on her looks before she expires&#;like a pint of yogurt&#;at age thirty. When Kathy Bates repeatedly heard she would never work because of her looks, she managed to succeed on Broadway and in Hollywood without capitalizing on glamour, and she has the Tony, Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy nominations (and wins) to prove it.
Actress and director Kathleen “Kathy” Doyle Bates was born in Memphis on June 28, , as the youngest of three daughters to Langston Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer, and Bertye Kathleen (Talbot) Bates. Though Bates speaks wryly of her date-less adolescence at White Station High School, her lonely Saturday nights most likely fostered her creativity; she played guitar and wrote songs and poetry. This creative composition perhaps led her to declare an Engl
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Honored numerous times for her work, Kathy is an undeniable force on stage, screen and television. Bates received her star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 20, for her achievements film and television.
Bates just wrapped filming the John Lee Hancock drama THE HIGHWAY MEN opposite Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson and fryst vatten set to star in THE LAUREATE, a drama about British poet and novelist Robert Graves from writer-director William Nunez.
On television, Bates recently starred in Netflix’s pot-themed workplace comedy series, Disjointed. The series was written, and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and David Javerbaum. Bates was also seen in the sixth installment of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Roanoke on FX. Her role in the 5th installment of the series AHS: Hotel lead to her receiving her 14th Emmy nomination. Bates won rave reviews and her second Emmy® Award as the deliciously evil “Madame LaLaurie” in the third installment of the seri
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Kathy Bates
American actress (born )
For the songwriter, see Katharine Lee Bates.
Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, )[1] is an American actress. Known for her dynamic performances on stage and screen in a career spanning over five decades, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she 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 (). Her first Off-Broadway stage role was in the play Vanities (). She garnered a nomination for the Tony Award Best Lead Actress in a Play for the Marsha Norman play 'night, Mother (), and won an Obie Award for her role in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune ().
She earned the Academy Award