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Florence Bates

Highest Rated: 100% Love Crazy (1941)

Lowest Rated: 82% The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Birthday: Apr 15, 1888

Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Florence Bates didn't set out to become an actress; from her degree in mathematics to her career as an attorney, performing seemed to be the farthest thing from her mind. But after moving to Los Angeles to open a bakery, she auditioned on a whim for the role of Miss Bates in a theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma," nabbed the part, and found a second home on the stage during the 1930s. Alfred Hitchcock cast Bates as Mrs. Van Hopper in his moody 1939 drama "Rebecca," establishing her as a go-to actress for eccentric, high-society characters in dozens of films throughout the 1940s and early '50s.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% Love Crazy
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100% 66% The Tall Target
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100% 70% Mr. Lucky
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100% 84% I Remember Mama
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100% 86% A Letter to Three Wives
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98% 92% Rebecca
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94% 83% On the Town
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93% 85% Portrait of Jennie
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83% 79% The Mask of Dimitrios
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83% 60% The Man I Love
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Florence Bates TEXAS, BROOKLYN AND HEAVEN, Florence Bates, 1948 THE TUTTLES OF TAHITI, from left: Florence Bates, Charles Laughton, 1942 THE TUTTLES OF TAHITI, wearing leis from left: Florence Bates, Charles Laughton, 1942 THE DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID, Florence Bates, Burgess Meredith, 1946 THE TUTTLES OF TAHITI, from left: Jon Hall, Charles Laughton, Florence Bates consult their scripts, 1942 WE WERE DANCING, from left: Melvyn Douglas, Norma Shearer, Lee Bowman, Florence Bates, Barlowe Borland, 1942 LOVE CRAZY, from left: William Powell, Florence Bates, 1941 LOVE CRAZY, Florence Bates, William Powell, 1941 DESIRE ME, Greer Garson, Florence Bates, 1947 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Paris Model Mrs. Nora Sullivan (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 78% Lullaby of Broadway Mrs. Anna Hubbell (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 48% The Second Woman Amelia Foster (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Father Takes the Air Minerva Bobbin (Character) - 1951
100% 66% The Tall Target Mrs. Charlotte Alsop (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet County Fair Nora "Ma" Ryan (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 36% The Girl From Jones Beach Miss Emma Shoemaker (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judge Steps Out Chita (Character) - 1949
100% 86% A Letter to Three Wives Mrs. Manleigh (Character) - 1949
94% 83% On the Town Madame Dilyovska (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inside Story Geraldine Atherton (Character) - 1948
93% 85% Portrait of Jennie Mrs. Jekes (landlady) (Character) - 1948
100% 84% I Remember Mama Florence Dana Moorhead (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 40% My Dear Secretary Horrible Hannah Reeve (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet River Lady Ma Dunnegan (Character) - 1948
82% 80% The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Mrs. Griswold (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love and Learn Mrs. Davis (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Time, the Place and the Girl Mme. Lucia Cassel (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Claudia and David Nancy Riddle (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 22% Whistle Stop Molly Veech (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 55% Diary of a Chambermaid Rose (Character) - 1946
83% 60% The Man I Love Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited) (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 60% Saratoga Trunk Sophie Bellop (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 66% San Antonio Henrietta (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 17% Belle of the Yukon Viola Chase (Character) - 1944
83% 79% The Mask of Dimitrios Madame Elise Chavez (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 43% Kismet Karsha (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tahiti Nights Queen Liliha (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 75% Slightly Dangerous Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke (Character) - 1943
100% 70% Mr. Lucky Mrs. Van Every (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 60% His Butler's Sister Lady Sloughberry (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mexican Spitfire at Sea Mrs. Baldwin (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 29% The Chocolate Soldier Madame "Pugsie" Helene (Character) - 1941
100% 83% Love Crazy Mrs. Cooper (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 0% Road Show Mrs. Newton (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strange Alibi Katie (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 39% The Son of Monte Cristo Countess Mathilde Von Braun (Character) - 1940
98% 92% Rebecca Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Calling All Husbands Mrs. Emmie Dolittle Trippe (Character) - 1940

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No Score Yet 97% I Love Lucy Mrs. Pettebone (Guest Star) 1952