Person
Florence Bates
Actor· 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
The roles that explain the career.
Rebecca
Edythe Van Hopper · 1940
On the Town
Madame Dilyovska · 1949
Heaven Can Wait
Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited) · 1943
A Letter to Three Wives
Mrs. Manleigh · 1949
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mrs. Griswold · 1947
Portrait of Jennie
Mrs. Jekes · 1948
Cluny Brown
Dowager at Ames's Party · 1946
I Remember Mama
Florence Dana Moorhead · 1948
Filmography
48 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Madame Bonnet | Film |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Sadie | Film |
| 1951 | Lullaby of Broadway | Mrs. Anna Hubbell | Film |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Mrs. Charlotte Alsop | Film |
| 1950 | The Second Woman | Amelia Foster | Film |
| 1950 | County Fair | Nora 'Ma' Ryan | Film |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Mrs. Manleigh | Film |
| 1949 | On the Town | Madame Dilyovska | Film |
| 1949 | The Girl from Jones Beach | Miss Emma Shoemaker | Film |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Florence Dana Moorhead | Film |
| 1948 | River Lady | Ma Dunnegan | Film |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting | Mrs. Castle | Film |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady) | Film |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mrs. Jekes | Film |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Geraldine Atherton | Film |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Griswold | Film |
| 1947 | The Brasher Doubloon | Mrs. Murdock | Film |
| 1946 | The Time, The Place and The Girl | Mme. Lucia Cassel | Film |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | Whistle Stop | Molly Veech | Film |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Rose | Film |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Dowager at Ames's Party | Film |
| 1945 | Tonight and Every Night | May Tolliver | Film |
| 1945 | Out of This World | Harriet Pringle | Film |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Sophie Bellop | Film |
| 1945 | San Antonio | Henrietta | Film |
| 1944 | Kismet | Karsha | Film |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon | Viola Chase | Film |
| 1944 | Tahiti Nights | Queen Liliha | Film |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Madame Elise Chavez | Film |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Mrs. Van Every | Film |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Lady Sloughberry | Film |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | Gypsy Woman | Film |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke | Film |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | The Moon and Sixpence | Tiare Johnson | Film |
| 1942 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Mrs. Saunders | Film |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Emily | Film |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip | Film |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Katie | Film |
| 1941 | Road Show | Mrs. Newton | Film |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Mrs. Cooper | Film |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Store Shopper | Film |
| 1941 | The Chocolate Soldier | Madame Helene | Film |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Edythe Van Hopper | Film |
| 1940 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Countess Mathilde Von Braun | Film |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Customer | Film |
| 1940 | Hudson's Bay | Duchess (scenes deleted) | Film |
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