Kathy Bates Net Worth

Kathy Bates's Quotes

• The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.
• [on losing the role of Frankie, which had been written for her by playwright Terrence McNally, to Michelle Pfeiffer in the movie version of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"] I thought it was wonderful to see a love story about people over forty, ordinary people who were trying to connect. We haven't seen it before, and I don't think we will see it with this movie Frankie and Johnny (1991).
• [on playing Terry Bradshaw's movie wife in Failure to Launch (2006)] When I was told Terry Bradshaw would be playing my husband, I was like "The star-quarterback Terry Bradshaw?".
• I was never an ingénue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was hard, not just for the lack of work, but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.
• My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.

Interesting Facts about Kathy Bates

1. Born at 11:12am-CDT.
2. Her two older sisters appeared briefly in Primary Colors (1998).
3. Is the youngest of three daughters of Langdon Doyle and Bertye Kathleen Bates.
4. Did her first ever nude scene at age 43 in At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991). She disrobed again for About Schmidt (2002).
5. Lived with ex-husband Tony Campisi for 12 years before marrying him.
6. Has two older sisters: Patricia Bates and Mary Bates.
7. Attended and graduated from White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
8. Received her Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts for Theatre from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (1969).
9. Her Oscar-winning role as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990) was ranked #17 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains.
10. Was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "'night, Mother".
11. Playwright Terrence McNally originally wrote the role of Frankie in "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" for Bates. Johnny was played by Kenneth Welsh in the 1987 Off-Broadway production that starred Bates.
12. Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch) [1998-2007].
13. Auditioned for the role of Janet Wood on Three's Company (1976), which ultimately went to Joyce DeWitt. Bates says she was relieved she did not get the role because, after auditioning, she felt she really did not want it.
14. Her performance as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990) is ranked #77 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
15. Often mistaken for comedienne Roseanne Barr, who in turn has spoofed Bates' role as Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990) in a Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch.
16. Is an artist and writer and hopes to someday write and illustrate her own children's book. Has spoken at award ceremonies for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
17. In 2005, she and the rest of the chief creative team behind the "American Experience" documentary "Tupperware!" which aired on PBS were awarded the (George Foster) Peabody Award for excellence in electronic (i.e. television and radio) media. It was the 64th presentation of the internationally-renowned prize.
18. Is close friends with Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Travolta, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet and Oprah Winfrey.
19. Donated $1 million to Hurricane Katrina victims.
20. With her role in The Family That Preys (2008), she was the first white actress to have a lead role in a Tyler Perry movie.