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Director, Actor Born: June 28, 1948 in Memphis, TN Biography:Actress "Kathy Bates" has been involved in the arts in one way or another since graduating from Southern Methodist University. Among the Memphis native's earliest jobs were a stint as a singing waitress in a Catskill resort and a sojourn as a gift shop cashier in New York's Museum of Modern Art. Bates was type-cast in character roles early on, which assured her a lot more work than the thousands of faceless ingenues in the business. Her film debut occurred with 1971's "Taking Off", and she made her off-Broadway debut five years later in Vanities.
For a long while, Bates made her name on the stage, only to see her roles go to other actresses in the plays' subsequent film adaptations. In 1983, she was nominated for a Tony award for her stage appearance as a garrulous would-be suicide in "'Night, Mother", a role played on screen by "Sissy Spacek". She also appeared as Lenny McGrath in "Beth Henley"'s... Full Biography
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