History of kathy bates
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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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Kathy Bates' Life in Photos
Kathy Bates' Early Years
Kathleen Doyle Bates was born on June 28, , in Memphis, Tennessee. She was the youngest of three daughters to homemaker Bertye and engineer Langdon Bates. After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a degree in theater in , Bates left the South for New York City to pursue acting full-time. (She's seen here in one of her earliest roles, in 's Vanities on ABC.)
Kathy Bates' Broadway Beginnings
Although Bates landed a minor role in the comedy film Taking Off, much of her success in the ‘70s came onstage. She performed in the Wayside Theatre’s traveling group in and had her first Off-Broadway gig in the play Vanities, the role of which she'd reprise in a made-for-TV production. Her first Broadway roles were in , when she appeared in productions of Goodbye Fidel and Fifth of July.
As she established herself as a premier stage actress, she also started booking roles in movi
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Honored numerous times for her work, Kathy is an undeniable force on scen, 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 dock opposite Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson and fryst vatten set to star in THE LAUREATE, a skådespel 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