ACTOR

Kathy Bates

1948 - Today

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Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she studied theater at Southern Methodist University before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathy Bates has received more than 14,272,297 page views. Her biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia. Kathy Bates is the 273rd most popular actor (down from 206th in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from United States (down from 381st in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Actor.

Kathy Bates is most famous for her role as Annie Wilkes in the 1990 horror film Misery.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kathy Bates ranks 273 out of 13,578. Before her are Jean Seberg, Nancy Reagan, Benny Hill, Virna Lisi, David Carradine, and George Lazenby. After her are Silvana Mangano, Michael Landon, Glenn Close, Demi Moore, Liza Minnelli, and Vittorio Gassman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Kathy Bates ranks 31. Before her are John R. Bolton, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Maurizio Gucci, Klaus Meine, George Tupou V, and George R. R. Martin. After her are Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, Patrizia Reggiani, Carl Weathers, Steven Tyler, and Frank Abagnale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kathy Bates ranks 508 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Stallman (1953), John Cazale (1935), Jean Seberg (1938), Nancy Reagan (1921), David Carradine (1936), and Donald A. Glaser (1926). After her are Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Katherine Johnson (1918), and William P. Murphy (1892).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kathy Bates ranks 134. Before her are Bill Murray (1950), Talia Shire (1946), John Cazale (1935), Jean Seberg (1938), Nancy Reagan (1921), and David Carradine (1936). After her are Michael Landon (1936), Glenn Close (1947), Demi Moore (1962), Liza Minnelli (1946), Kurt Russell (1951), and William Holden (1918).

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Television and Movie Roles

Titanic
Molly Brown
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Nov 18o 19977.906 / 10
Midnight in Paris
Gertrude Stein
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
May 11o 20117.532 / 10
Misery
Annie Wilkes
After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Nov 30o 19907.763 / 10