Kathy Bates
- Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Birthday: June 28, 1948
To the general moviegoing audience, Kathy Bates seemed to materialize from nowhere, giving an Academy Award- winning performance as a psychotic literary fan-turned-kidnapper in the screen adaptation of Stephen King's "Misery" in 1990. Unbeknownst to those outside theater circles, Bates had already enjoyed an over 20-plus year career as a Tony Award-winning actress on Broadway. Even more impressive, she was over 40 when she first made a dent in Hollywood; a town with a poor track record with dramatic powerhouses past society’s id…more
