Early life
Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Bertye Kathleen (née Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her great-great-grandfather was an immigrant from Ireland to New Orleans and served as President Andrew Jackson's doctor. She has two older sisters, Mary and Patricia. Bates graduated from White Station High School in Memphis. She attended Southern Methodist University, majoring in theatre and was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and graduated in 1969. She moved to New York City in 1970 to pursue an acting career.
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Early Life
Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Bertye Kathleen (née Talbot), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates, a mechanical engineer. Her great-great-grandfather was read more...
Career
One of her first films was the Milos Forman comedy Taking Off (credited as "Bobo Bates"), wherein she sings an original song "Even Horses Had Wings". In 1990, she would appear again read more...
Personal Life
In 1991, Bates married actor Tony Campisi, with whom she had lived for 12 years previously. They divorced in 1997. She was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2003, but has since made read more...
Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award-winning American theatrical, film and television actress, and a stage and television director.
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