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Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and film director. For her role as Annie Wilkes in Stephen King's "Misery" (1990) she won both the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe. She received a Tony Award nomination for her 1983 performance in the Broadway play 'night, Mother. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Primary Colors (1998). She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for About Schmidt (2002). Twelve Emmy Award nominations, two of which were for her starring role on the television series Harry's Law and most recently, and a win for her acclaimed guest appearance on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper.
Bates was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the youngest of three daughters of Bertye Kathleen (née Talbert; 1907–1997), a homemaker, and Langdon Doyle Bates (1900–1989), a mechanical engineer. Her paternal grandfather was lawyer and author Finis L. Bates. One of her great-great-grandfathers, who emigrated from Ireland to New Orleans, Louisiana, served as President Andrew Jackson's doctor.
Married once in 1991 to a non-Notable husband. They divorced in 1997.
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