Florence Bates
Acting·April 13, 1888·† January 31, 1954 — 65 years old·San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Florence Bates (born Florence Rabe, April 15, 1888 – January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles.
Her path to becoming an actress had many turns. She had a degree in Mathematics, taught school until married, then became the first Texas female lawyer. Then she became a bilingual radio commentator. After her husband lost her fortune, she and her husband opened a bakery in Los Angeles.
Known For
Filmography · 63
1953Paris ModelNora Sullivan1953Main Street to BroadwayMrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence1952Four Star PlayhouseTVOttilie1952Les MiserablesMadame Bonnet1952The San Francisco StorySadie1951I Love LucyTVMrs. Pettebone1951Havana RoseMrs. Fillmore1951The Tall TargetMrs. Charlotte Alsop1951Father Takes the AirMinerva Bobbin1951Lullaby of BroadwayMrs. Anna Hubbell1950Dick TracyTVMrs. Frothingham1950County FairNora 'Ma' Ryan1950The Second WomanAmelia Foster1950Belle of Old MexicoNellie Chatfield1949On the TownMadame Dilyovska1949The Girl from Jones BeachMiss Emma Shoemaker1949A Letter to Three WivesMrs. Manleigh1948Portrait of JennieMrs. Jekes1948My Dear SecretaryHorrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)1948Texas, Brooklyn & HeavenMandy1948River LadyMa Dunnegan1948Winter MeetingMrs. Castle1948The Inside StoryGeraldine Atherton1948I Remember MamaFlorence Dana Moorhead1947The Judge Steps OutChita1947The Secret Life of Walter MittyMrs. Griswold1947Love and LearnMrs. Bella Davis - Landlady1947The Brasher DoubloonMrs. Murdock1946The Time, The Place and The GirlMme. Lucia Cassel1946The Man I LoveMrs. Thorpe (uncredited)1946Cluny BrownDowager at Ames's Party1946Claudia and DavidNancy Riddle1946The Diary of a ChambermaidRose1946Whistle StopMolly Veech1945San AntonioHenrietta1945Saratoga TrunkSophie Bellop1945Out of This WorldHarriet Pringle1945Tonight and Every NightMay Tolliver1944Tahiti NightsQueen Liliha1944Belle of the YukonViola Chase1944KismetKarsha1944The Mask of DimitriosMadame Elise Chavez1943His Butler's SisterLady Sloughberry1943Heaven Can WaitMrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)1943Mr. LuckyMrs. Van Every1943Mister BigMrs. Mary Davis1943Slightly DangerousMrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke1943They Got Me CoveredGypsy Woman1942My Heart Belongs to DaddyMrs. Saunders1942The Moon and SixpenceTiare Johnson1942The Tuttles of TahitiEmily1942We Were DancingMrs. Elsa Vanderlip1942Mexican Spitfire at SeaMrs. Baldwin1941The Chocolate SoldierMadame Helene1941Love CrazyMrs. Cooper1941Strange AlibiKatie1941The Devil and Miss JonesStore Shopper1941Road ShowMrs. Newton1940Kitty FoyleCustomer1940Hudson's BayDuchess (scenes deleted)1940The Son of Monte CristoCountess Mathilde Von Braun1940Calling All HusbandsEmmie Trippe1940RebeccaEdythe Van Hopper