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"Drama comes more naturally to me"
posted by wonder2wonderSTAFFMOD on June 28, 2017 at 6:24 PM
Kathy Bates is known for her role as Annie Wilkes in the movie "Misery (1990)", for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1991.
Some other movies she appeared in are "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)", "Summer Heat (1987)", "My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)", "Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)", "Signs of Life (1989)", "Dick Tracy (1990)", "White Palace (1990)", "Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)", "The Road to Mecca (1991)", "Prelude to a Kiss (1992)", "A Home of Our Own (1993)", "Dolores Claiborne (1995)", "Angus (1995)", "Diabolique (1996)", "Titanic (1997)", "Primary Colors (1998)", "The Waterboy (1998)", "Bruno (2000)", "American Outlaws (2001)", "My Sister's Keeper (2002)", "Love Liza (2002)", "Dragonfly (2002)", "About Schmidt (2002)", "Unconditional Love (2003)", "Around the World in 80 Days (2004)", "Failure to Launch (2006)", "Relative Strangers (2006)", "Bonneville (2006)", "Fred Claus (2007)", "P.S. I Love You (2007)", "The Family That Preys (2008)", "The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)", "Revolutionary Road (2008)", "Tammy (2014)", "Boychoir (2014)", "The Boss (2016)" and "Bad Santa 2 (2016)".
She appeared on TV shows like "The Love Boat", "One Life to Live", "Cagney & Lacey", "St. Elsewhere", "China Beach", "L.A. Law", "The Stand", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "Six Feet Under", "The Office", "Two and a Half Men", "Harry's Law", "Mike & Molly", "American Horror Story" and "Feud".
Happy Birthday!
Reply by rudely_murray
on June 28, 2017 at 11:15 PM
Happy birthday!
I have always liked Kathy Bates, although she has never been among the more subtle of actors. She was highly enjoyable in Misery but I think that her other Stephen King role - Dolores Claiborne - is a much better performance showcasing her range.
Another favourite is her performance in Men Don't Leave (also my favourite Jessica Lange role).