Bates commemorated World Lymphedema Day, appearing in a video campaign for LE&RN alongside advocates from around the world to raise awareness about lymphedema
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Kathy Bates
Kathleen Doyle Bates is an American actress and director. 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.
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Born 28 June 1948 · Q544465
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2025· 2 entries
At age 77, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, becoming the oldest person to do so
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2024· 2 entries
Bates appeared on the MeSsy Podcast with Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler to speak about her breast cancer diagnosis, her experience managing lymphedema, and her national lobbying and global advocacy work as the
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Bates began starring as Madeline Matlock in the CBS TV series Matlock
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2021· 1 entry
Bates participated in LE&RN's National Lymphedema Awareness Campaign, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to highlight her personal experience battling lymphedema and the risks of developing l
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2020· 1 entry
It was reported that Bates would be starring in an Irish drama film, The Miracle Club, with Maggie Smith and Laura Linney
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2019· 2 entries
At the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting
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Bates portrayed American politician Miriam A
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2018· 2 entries
Bates addressed supporters at the first-ever DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases at the Lincoln Memorial
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Appeared in two films: in Xavier Dolan's critically panned arthouse film The Death and Life of John F
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2017· 2 entries
Bates starred in the Netflix television series Disjointed, in which she played the character of Ruth Whitefeather Feldman, an owner of a California medical marijuana dispensary
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Between roughly 2017 and 2024, Bates lost 100 pounds (45 kg), and said the weight loss gave her more energy to take on the leading role in Matlock.
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2016· 2 entries
Bates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry
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At the Gordon Research Conference in Lymphatics, in 2017 at the Research
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for American Horror Story: Coven (2014).
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At the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, Bates announced via pre-recorded audio that, due to the double mastectomy, she has lymphedema in both arms
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2013· 1 entry
Began starring in the American Horror Story series' third season, Coven, as Delphine LaLaurie, an immortal racist New Orleans socialite who is brought back into the modern world after spending 180 years buried alive
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Two and a Half Men (2012).
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Bates made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode "Why We Gave Up Women", which aired on April 30, 2012
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2011· 1 entry
Portrayed famed art collector Gertrude Stein in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris
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2010· 1 entry
Bates appeared in the romantic comedy film Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall
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2008· 1 entry
Bates played the matriarch Charlotte Cartwright in Tyler Perry's movie "The Family That Preys", and re-teamed with her Titanic co-stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, in the romantic drama film Revolutionary Road
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2006· 1 entry
Directed and co-starred in her feature film directorial debut Have Mercy (2006) with Melanie Griffith
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2003· 2 entries
Bates was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; in January 2009, she said she had been in remission for more than five years
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In 2003, Bates was diagnosed with ovarian cancer; in January 2009, she said she had been in remission for more than five years.
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2002· 1 entry
Received her third Academy Award nomination for her performance as the aging and free-spirited woman Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt, opposite Jack Nicholson
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2000· 1 entry
Bates received another Emmy Award nomination for her role as Miss Hannigan in Disney's remake of Annie (1999)
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1997· 1 entry
When she portrayed American socialite Molly Brown in James Cameron's epic romance disaster film Titanic
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1996· 1 entry
Bates received her first Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Jay Leno's manager Helen Kushnick in HBO's The Late Shift (1996)
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1995· 2 entries
Bates began working behind the screen as a director on several television series; her early directing jobs include episodes of Great Performances, Homicide: Life on the Street, and NYPD Blue
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Bates played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, another well-received Stephen King adaptation, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Saturn Awards
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actress for Misery (1991).
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1983· 1 entry
Was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'night, Mother
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1982· 1 entry
Starred in the Robert Altman-directed Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean with Karen Black and Cher
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1980· 1 entry
Appeared in Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July
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1977· 1 entry
And dated him for 14 years before their marriage
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1973· 1 entry
Performed in Wayside Theatre's traveling group, Wayside Theatre on Tour, and was credited as "Bobo Bates"
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1970· 1 entry
Bates was cast in a minor role in the Miloš Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as "Bobo Bates"), her first on-screen role in a feature film
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1948· 2 entries
Born 1948-06-28.
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In Memphis, Tennessee, the youngest of three daughters of mechanical engineer Langdon Bates of Tennessee and homemaker Bertye Kathleen (née Talbert) of McCormick County, South Carolina
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