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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theatre at the Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. She landed minor stage roles before being cast in her first on screen role in Taking Off (1971). Her first Off-Broadway stage performance was in the 1976 production of Vanities. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, she continued to perform on screen and on stage, and garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1983 for her performance in 'night, Mother, and won an Obie Award in 1988 for her performance in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Bates' performance as Annie Wilkes in the tense psychological thriller Misery (1990) marked her Hollywood breakthrough, winning her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Further acclaim came for her starring role in Dolores Claiborne (1995), The Waterboy (1998), and supporting roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Titanic (1997). Bates received subsequent Oscar nods in the Best Supporting Actress category for her work in Primary Colors (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and Richard Jewell (2019). Bates' television work has resulted in 14 Emmy Award nominations, including two for her leading role on the NBC series Harry's Law (2011–12). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her appearance on the ninth season of Two and a Half Men (2012) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of Delphine LaLaurie on the third season of American Horror Story (2013). She also received accolades for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the 1999 television adaptation of Annie. Her directing credits include several episodes of the HBO television series Six Feet Under (2001–03) and the television film Ambulance Girl (2005).
Kathy Bates
Mrs. Dubose
for Mrs. Dubose in To Kill A Mockingbird Remake
Suggested by superherosuperfan
This is going to be a lot more controversial than my other stories but I don't care. If you don't know the story Scout and Jem Finch live with their father Atticus in Maycomb, Alabama; it takes place between 1933 and 1935. Scout and Jem are young and obsessed with their illusive neighbor Boo Radley who supposedly stabbed his father through the leg with a pair of scissors. Atticus is assigned the case of an innocent black man named Tom Robinson who is on trial for allegedly raping a girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus proves in court that Tom couldn't have done it and implies that Mayella's father Bob Ewell did it. Tom Robinson is convicted despite his innocence and is killed when he tries to escape the jailyard. Bob Ewell who holds a personal vendetta against Atticus decides to try and kill the kids but Boo Radley kills him when he tries.
