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Acting

Kathy Bates

Career: Active from 1978 to 2024, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 57
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Homicide: Life on the Street
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 115 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kathy Bates Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Scare
1.5, average 2.6
Tension
5.0, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 16
Coming-of-Age 6
Character Study 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Social Commentary 5
Emotional Journey 5
Dysfunctional Family 4
Psychological Drama 4
Bittersweet 4
Forbidden Love 4
Melancholy 4
Slow-Burn Tension 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Babs

Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection

TV show

2020s

7 titles · average score 64

Matlock

76

TV show · as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock

Summer Camp

37

as Ginny Moon

The Great Lillian Hall

79

as Edith Wilson

A Family Affair

42

as Leila Ford

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

84

as Sylvia Simon

The Miracle Club

60

as Eileen Dunne

Home

68

as Bernadette

2010s

21 titles · average score 54

Richard Jewell

75

as Bobi Jewell

The Highwaymen

63

as Ma Ferguson

On the Basis of Sex

68

as Dorothy Kenyon

Disjointed

51

TV show · as Ruth

Bad Santa 2

40

as Sunny Soke

Complete Unknown

52

as Nina

The Boss

39

as Ida Marquette

The Great Gilly Hopkins

60

as Maime Trotter

Tammy

38

as Lenore

Midnight in Paris

82

as Gertrude Stein

Harry's Law

60

TV show · as Harriet 'Harry' Korn

Valentine's Day

40

as Susan

2000s

43 titles · average score 56

Chéri

62

as Madame Peloux

Personal Effects

54

as Gloria

Revolutionary Road

70

as Mrs. Helen Givings

The Day the Earth Stood Still

38

as Regina Jackson

Bee Movie

55

as Janet Benson (voice)

P.S. I Love You

50

as Patricia

Bonneville

50

as Margene Cunningham

Failure to Launch

44

as Sue

Little Black Book

41

as Kippie Kann

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

33

as The Marquesa

About Schmidt

79

as Roberta Hertzel

Six Feet Under

82

TV show · as Bettina

1990s

36 titles · average score 62

Annie

63

as Miss Agatha Hannigan

The Waterboy

51

as Mama Boucher

Titanic

79

as Molly Brown

The War at Home

65

as Maurine Collier

Dolores Claiborne

75

as Dolores Claiborne

Angus

67

as Meg Bethune

Curse of the Starving Class

37

as Ella Tate

A Home of Our Own

60

as Frances Lacey

Prelude to a Kiss

52

as Leah Blier

Fried Green Tomatoes

75

as Evelyn Couch

Misery

81

as Annie Wilkes

White Palace

61

as Rosemary

1980s

19 titles · average score 59

No Place Like Home

67

as Bonnie Cooper

High Stakes

38

as Jill

American Experience

75

TV show · as Narrator (voice) / Narrator

China Beach

77

TV show

Murder Ordained

60

TV show · as Bobbi Birk

Murder Ordained

60

as Bobbi Birk

Summer Heat

42

as Ruth

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Charlotte Haley

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

79

as Stella Mae

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as Polly Miller

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Mary Beth Alder

1970s

3 titles · average score 71

Straight Time

74

as Selma Darin

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Sally Allison

Taking Off

87

as Audition Singer

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Christine Chapman