04/13/1888
San Antonio, Texas, USA:
Florence Bates (* 15. April 1888 in San Antonio, Texas; † 31. Januar 1954 in Burbank, Kalifornien; eigentlich Florence Rabe) war eine US-amerikanische Filmschauspielerin. Mitte der 1930er Jahre wollte sich Bates mit über 40 schließlich auch als Schauspielerin beweisen. Im Pasadena Playhouse war sie fortan mehrfach auf der Bühne zu sehen. Als sie die Rolle der Miss Bates in einer Theateradaption von Jane Austens Emma spielte, nahm sie, abgeleitet von ihrer Rolle, den Künstlernamen Florence Bates an. 1940 hatte sie ihren ersten nennenswerten Leinwandauftritt als eitle Mrs. Van Hopper in Alfred Hitchcocks Rebecca neben Joan Fontaine und Laurence Olivier. In den folgenden 13 Jahren war sie als Charakterdarstellerin in mehr als 60 Filmen zu sehen. Zumeist spielte sie matronenhafte und wohlhabende Damen wie in den beiden Lubitsch-Filmkomödien Ein himmlischer Sünder (1943) und Cluny Brown auf Freiersfüßen (1946). Nach dem Tod ihres zweiten Mannes im Jahr 1951 wurde Bates’ eigene Gesundheit zunehmend schlechter. Sie trat dennoch in Fernsehserien wie I Love Lucy (1952) auf.
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Paris Model (1953) as Nora Sullivan |
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Main Street to Broadway (1953) as Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence |
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Les Miserables (1952) as Madame Bonnet |
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The San Francisco Story (1952) as Sadie |
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Havana Rose (1951) as Mrs. Fillmore |
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The Tall Target (1951) as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop |
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Father Takes the Air (1951) as Minerva Bobbin |
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Lullaby of Broadway (1951) as Mrs. Anna Hubbell |
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County Fair (1950) as Nora 'Ma' Ryan |
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The Second Woman (1950) as Amelia Foster |
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Belle of Old Mexico (1950) as Nellie Chatfield |
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On the Town (1949) as Madame Dilyovska |
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The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) as Miss Emma Shoemaker |
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A Letter to Three Wives (1949) as Mrs. Manleigh |
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Portrait of Jennie (1948) as Mrs. Jekes |
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My Dear Secretary (1948) as Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady) |
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) as Mandy |
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River Lady (1948) as Ma Dunnegan |
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Winter Meeting (1948) as Mrs. Castle |
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The Inside Story (1948) as Geraldine Atherton |
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I Remember Mama (1948) as Florence Dana Moorhead |
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The Judge Steps Out (1947) as Chita |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) as Irmagarde Griswold |
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Love and Learn (1947) as Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady |
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The Brasher Doubloon (1947) as Mrs. Murdock |
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The Man I Love (1946) as Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited) |
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The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946) as Mme. Lucia Cassel |
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Cluny Brown (1946) as Dowager at Ames's Party |
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Claudia and David (1946) as Nancy Riddle |
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The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) as Rose |
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Whistle Stop (1946) as Molly Veech |
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San Antonio (1945) as Henrietta |
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Saratoga Trunk (1945) as Sophie Bellop |
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Out of This World (1945) as Harriet Pringle |
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Tonight and Every Night (1945) as May Tolliver |
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Tahiti Nights (1944) as Queen Liliha |
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Belle of the Yukon (1944) as Viola Chase |
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Kismet (1944) as Karsha |
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The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) as Madame Elise Chavez |
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His Butler's Sister (1943) as Lady Sloughberry |
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Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited) |
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Mr. Lucky (1943) as Mrs. Van Every |
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Mister Big (1943) as Mrs. Mary Davis |
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Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke |
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They Got Me Covered (1943) as Gypsy Woman |
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) as Mrs. Saunders |
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The Moon and Sixpence (1942) as Tiare Johnson |
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The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) as Emily |
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We Were Dancing (1942) as Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip |
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Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) as Mrs. Baldwin |
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The Chocolate Soldier (1941) as Madame Helene |
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Love Crazy (1941) as Mrs. Cooper |
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Strange Alibi (1941) as Katie |
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The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) as Store Shopper |
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Road Show (1941) as Mrs. Newton |
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Kitty Foyle (1940) as Customer |
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Hudson's Bay (1940) as Duchess (scenes deleted) |
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The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) as Countess Mathilde Von Braun |
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Calling All Husbands (1940) as Emmie Trippe |
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Rebecca (1940) as Edythe Van Hopper |