Acting
Kathy Bates
- Titles
- 119movies51TV shows
- Career
Active from 1978 to 2024, with up to 5 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 57top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
Homicide: Life on the Street89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 115 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics6.2average 4.8
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Situational Comedy3.8average 2.7
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Contemporary Realism6.3average 5.4
- Romance4.8average 3.8
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.4, average 4.9
- Violence2.8, average 4.2
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
- Tension5.1, average 6.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 16
- Character Study 6
- Coming-of-Age 6
- Emotional Journey 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Contemporary Setting 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Forbidden Love 4
- Dysfunctional Family 4
- Romantic Comedy 4
- Melancholy 4
- Bittersweet 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Thomas NewmanComposerThe Highwaymen, Revolutionary Road, Fried Green Tomatoes, Men Don't Leave
Susan SarandonActorWhite Palace, The Death & Life of John F. Donovan, Tammy
John GoodmanActorBee Movie, Murder Ordained, Murder Ordained
Beverly D'AngeloActorSummer Camp, Relative Strangers, Talking With
Rachel WeiszActorComplete Unknown, Fred Claus, Swept from the Sea
Jessica LangeActorThe Great Lillian Hall, Men Don't Leave, Bonneville- JJean LépineCinematographerA Home of Our Own, Ambulance Girl, Talking With
Ron LivingstonActorLittle Black Book, Relative Strangers
Dustin HoffmanActorStraight Time, Boychoir
Terence KnoxActorMurder Ordained, Murder Ordained
M. Emmet WalshActorStraight Time, Murder Ordained
Melissa McCarthyActorThe Boss, Tammy
Movies and TV shows
132Upcoming
2 titles
2020s
7 titles · average score 63
TV show · as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock
as Ginny Moon
as Edith Wilson
as Leila Ford
as Sylvia Simon
as Eileen Dunne
as Bernadette
2010s
21 titles · average score 54
as Ma Ferguson
as Bobi Jewell
as Dorothy Kenyon
TV show · as Ruth
as Sunny Soke
as Nina
as Ida Marquette
as Maime Trotter
as Lenore
as Gertrude Stein
TV show · as Harriet 'Harry' Korn
as Susan
2000s
43 titles · average score 56
as Madame Peloux
as Gloria
as Mrs. Helen Givings
as Janet Benson (voice)
as Patricia
as Agnes Menure
as Kippie Kann
as The Marquesa
as Roberta Hertzel
as Grace Beasley
TV show · as Bettina
1990s
36 titles · average score 62
as Miss Agatha Hannigan
as Mama Boucher
as Molly Brown
as Helen Kushnick
as Maurine Collier
as Dolores Claiborne
as Meg Bethune
as Frances Lacey
as Leah Blier
as Evelyn Couch
as Annie Wilkes
as Rosemary
1980s
19 titles · average score 59
as Bonnie Cooper
as Jill
TV show · as Narrator (voice) / Narrator
TV show
TV show · as Bobbi Birk
as Bobbi Birk
as Ruth
TV show · as Charlotte Haley
TV show · as Polly Miller
TV show
TV show · as Mary Beth Alder
1970s
3 titles · average score 71
as Selma Darin
TV show · as Sally Allison
as Audition Singer
1950s
1 title · average score 85
TV show · as Christine Chapman