Portrait of Jeanne Bates

Acting

Jeanne Bates

Career

Active from 1943 to 1990, with a break from 1959 to 1976, busiest in 1944 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eraserhead
Eraserhead
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jeanne Bates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.9, average 4.9
  • Pathos
    4.2, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Wartime Drama 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 84
Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive (2001)
GoodWatch score 84

as Irene

1990s

11 titles ยท average score 59
That '70s Show
That '70s Show (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Game Show Contestant (voice)

Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Elderly Woman

Dream Lover
Dream Lover (1994)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jeanne

The Commish
The Commish (1991)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Annette Atkins

Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mrs. Mencken

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mrs. Felt

Public Enemy #2
Public Enemy #2 (1991)

as Nurse

Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
GoodWatch score 38

as Katherine

Mom
Mom (1990)
GoodWatch score 47

as Emily Dwyer

Wings
Wings (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Mrs. Peabody

Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2 (1990)
GoodWatch score 68

as Northeast Plane - Older Woman

1980s

1 title ยท average score 58
From the Dead of Night
From the Dead of Night (1989)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nurse

1970s

11 titles ยท average score 66
Getting Married
Getting Married (1978)
GoodWatch score 59

as Divorced Woman

Eraserhead
Eraserhead (1977)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mrs. X

Three's Company
Three's Company (1977)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Alice

Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels (1976)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Alice Clements

Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Gus
Gus (1976)
GoodWatch score 54

as Nurse

Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (1975)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Mrs. Walls

Switch
Switch (1975)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mrs. Bates

Kodiak
Kodiak (1974)

TV show ยท as Mrs. Carson

Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones (1973)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Bertha Delbart

The Rookies
The Rookies (1972)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

1960s

11 titles ยท average score 61
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Grace Willis

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mrs. Collins

The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show

Mayberry R.F.D.
Mayberry R.F.D. (1968)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Jennie Mae Swanson / Receptionist

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Mary Reardon

The Strangler
The Strangler (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Clara Thomas

The Saint
The Saint (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Lila Prentice

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Miss Wills

My Three Sons
My Three Sons (1960)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Checkmate
Checkmate (1960)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show ยท as Miss Marx

The Slowest Gun in the West
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)

as The Wife

1950s

32 titles ยท average score 66
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Ethel Hollis

Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Stella Harris

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Henny Morton

One Step Beyond
One Step Beyond (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Edna Gibbs / Mrs. Teller

The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Jean Strague / Miss Clay

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Lee Devlin

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Mrs. Nolan / Mrs. Wyatt

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

1940s

15 titles ยท average score 58
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (1949)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Amy McQueen

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show

The Mask of Diijon
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
GoodWatch score 49

as Victoria

The Racket Man
The Racket Man (1944)

as Phyllis Lake

It's Murder
It's Murder (1944)

as Mrs. Tom Blair

Sergeant Mike
Sergeant Mike (1944)

as Terry Arno

The Soul of a Monster
The Soul of a Monster (1944)
GoodWatch score 53

as Ann Winson

Sundown Valley
Sundown Valley (1944)

as Sidney Hawkins

Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night (1944)
GoodWatch score 61

as Adele Carter

She's a Soldier Too
She's a Soldier Too (1944)

as 'Red' Burns (uncredited)

The Chance of a Lifetime
The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mary Watson

The Phantom
The Phantom (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Diana Palmer