Bates graduated from either White Station High School in Memphis. She attended a Southern Methodist University, majoring around theatre, & graduated in 1969. She did her foremost ever nude scene at the age of 43 within At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991). She undressed once again for the jacuzzi scene in About Schmidt (2002).

Kathy Bates has been nominated 3 days for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best supporting actress in 1998 for Primary Colors and againside in 2002 for About Schmidt. Inside 1990 she received a Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Misery, as a harebrained Annie Wilkes, an obsessed fan holding her favored creator captive. She is too a secretary of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governers. Her nickname is Bobo. She was recently nominated for the Emmy Award for even Best Supporting Actress inside the Miniseries or the Picture for her performance within Warm Springs.

Actor Filmography
Ambulance Girl (2005) (TV) (post-production) .... Jane Stern Relative Strangers (2005) (post-production) .... Agnes Menure Rumor Has It (2005) Warm Springs (2005) (TV) .... Helena Mahoney Little Black Book (2004) .... Kippie Kann Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... Queen Victoria The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) .... A Marquesa The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story (2003) Unconditional Love (2002) .... Grace Beasley About Schmidt (2002) .... Roberta Hertzel Dragonfly (2002) .... Mrs. Belmont ''My Sister's Keeper (2002) (TV) .... Christine Chapman Love Liza (2002) .... Mary Ann Bankhead Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series .... Bettina (2003-2005) American Outlaws (2001) .... Ma James Rat Race (2001) .... A Squirrel Lady Bruno (2000) .... Mother Superior Baby Steps (1999) Annie (1999) (TV) .... Miss Hannigan A Civil Action (1998) (uncredited) .... Bankruptcy Judge The Waterboy (1998) .... Helen "Mama" Boucher The Effects of Magic (1998) .... Voice of Raphaella, a Charming Bunny Primary Colors (1998) .... Libby Holden Titanic Explorer (1997) .... Margaret Brown Titanic (1997) .... Margaret "Molly" Brown Swept from the Sea (1997) .... Miss Swaffer The War at Home (1996) .... Maurine Collier Diabolique (1996) .... Shirley Voguel The Late Shift (1996) (TV) .... Helen Kushnick The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV) .... Mr. Goo Angus (1995) .... Meg Bethune Talking with (1995) (TV) Dolores Claiborne (1995) .... Dolores Claiborne Curse of the Starving Class (1994) .... Ella Tate North (1994) .... Alaskan Mom The Stand (1994) (uncredited) .... Rae Flowers A Home of Our Own (1993) .... Frances Lacey Hostages (1993) (TV) .... Peggy Say The Road to Mecca (1992) .... Elsa Barlow Used People (1992) .... Bibby Berman Prelude to a Kiss (1992) .... Leah Blier Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Prostitute Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Evelyn Couch At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) .... Hazel Quarrier Misery (1990) .... Annie Wilkes White Palace (1990) .... Rosemary Dick Tracy (1990) .... Mrs. Green Men Don't Leave (1990) .... Lisa Coleman High Stakes (1989) .... Jill Signs of Life (1989) .... Mary Beth Alder There are no Place Prefer Personal (1989) (TV) Roe vs. Virginia wade (1989) (TV) Arthur Two: On the Rocks (1988) .... Mrs. Canby Our Right Friend Occurs as Lamia (aka We Was the Teenage Vampire) (1988) (when Kathy D. Bates) .... Helen Blake Summer Heat (1987) .... Ruth Execution Ordained (1987) (TV) .... Bobbi Burk Johnny Bull (1986) (TV) .... Katherine Kovacs A Morning Fallowing (1986) .... Woman in Mateo Street Completely Our Tikes (1970) TV Series .... Belle Bodelle (1984) Nadia (1984) (TV) (uncredited) .... Romanian Judge 2 of the Form'' (1983) .... Furniture Human's Wife Came Back to the 5 & Dime, Jemmy Dean, Jemmy Dean (1982) Straight Instance (1978) .... Selma Darin Ingesting Off (1971) (when Bobo Bates) .... Audition Singer: 'Potentially a Horses Got Wings'

Director filmography
Everwood (2002) TV Series... "The Great Doctor Brown" (2002) Six Feet Under (2001) TV Series ... episode "An Open Book"; (2001) episode "The New Person"; (2001) episode "Out, Out Brief Candle"; (2002) episode "Making Love Work"; (2003) episode "Twilight" (2003). Oz (1997) TV Series... episode "Family Bizzness" (1998) NYPD Blue (1993) TV Series... episode "I Love Lucy" (1997) Homicide: Life On The Street (1993) TV Series... episode "Scene of the Crime", (1996)