with Kathy Bates on Mar 11, 1999
with Kathy Bates on Aug 12, 1998
with Kathy Bates on Mar 30, 1998
Kathleen Bates an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film, and television actress, and a stage and television director. She is perhaps best known for her role as Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film “Misery”.
She appeared off-Broadway in Terrence McNally’s 1987 play “Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune”, performed in little-seen films such as “Summer Heat” and “The Morning After”, and guest-starred in television shows such as “L.A. Law” before landing the role of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes, who holds her favorite author (played by James Caan) captive, in the 1990 thriller “Misery”.
She received her first Academy Award nomination for that role, winning Best Actress. She also excelled in her role as the acid-tongued “dustbuster” political advisor Libby Holden in the 1998 “Primary Colors”, which was adapted from the book in which political journalist Joe Klein recounted his experiences on the Presidential campaign trail in 1991-1992. For this performance, she received her second Academy Award nomination, for Best supporting actress, though she did not win. She was nominated again, in 2002, for her role in the film”About Schmidt”.
