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Florence Bates

Acting
April 13, 1888
— January 31, 1954(65 years old)
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Popularity: 0
IMDb

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. In the mid-1930s, Bates auditioned for and won the role of Miss Bates in a Pasadena...

Also Known As

Florence Rabe

Known For

I Love Lucy series poster (1951)
7.9

I Love Lucy

Mrs. Pettebone

Rebecca movie poster (1940)
7.9

Rebecca

Edythe Van Hopper

On the Town movie poster (1949)
7.0

On the Town

Madame Dilyovska

Kitty Foyle movie poster (1940)
6.6

Kitty Foyle

Customer

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie poster (1947)
6.8

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Mrs. Griswold

Portrait of Jennie movie poster (1948)
7.2

Portrait of Jennie

Mrs. Jekes

Dick Tracy series poster (1950)
8.0

Dick Tracy

Mrs. Frothingham

Mr. Lucky movie poster (1943)
7.0

Mr. Lucky

Mrs. Van Every

Kismet movie poster (1944)
5.5

Kismet

Karsha

Cluny Brown movie poster (1946)
7.2

Cluny Brown

Dowager at Ames's Party

The Tall Target movie poster (1951)
6.9

The Tall Target

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

The Devil and Miss Jones movie poster (1941)
7.7

The Devil and Miss Jones

Store Shopper

Photos of Florence Bates

Filmography

1950s

Paris Model movie poster (1953)
3.6

Paris Model

Nora Sullivan

Main Street to Broadway movie poster (1953)
7.3

Main Street to Broadway

Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence

Les Miserables movie poster (1952)
5.5

Les Miserables

Madame Bonnet

The San Francisco Story movie poster (1952)
4.9

The San Francisco Story

Sadie

The Tall Target movie poster (1951)
6.9

The Tall Target

Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Lullaby of Broadway movie poster (1951)
6.0

Lullaby of Broadway

Mrs. Anna Hubbell

Havana Rose movie poster (1951)
7.0

Havana Rose

Mrs. Fillmore

Father Takes the Air movie poster (1951)
6.5

Father Takes the Air

Minerva Bobbin

The Second Woman movie poster (1950)
5.6

The Second Woman

Amelia Foster

Belle of Old Mexico movie poster (1950)
9.0

Belle of Old Mexico

Nellie Chatfield

1940s

On the Town movie poster (1949)
7.0

On the Town

Madame Dilyovska

A Letter to Three Wives movie poster (1949)
7.2

A Letter to Three Wives

Mrs. Manleigh

The Girl from Jones Beach movie poster (1949)
5.5

The Girl from Jones Beach

Miss Emma Shoemaker

Portrait of Jennie movie poster (1948)
7.2

Portrait of Jennie

Mrs. Jekes

I Remember Mama movie poster (1948)
7.2

I Remember Mama

Florence Dana Moorhead

The Inside Story movie poster (1948)
6.6

The Inside Story

Geraldine Atherton

River Lady movie poster (1948)
5.8

River Lady

Ma Dunnegan

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven movie poster (1948)
5.8

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

Mandy

My Dear Secretary movie poster (1948)
6.1

My Dear Secretary

Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)

Winter Meeting movie poster (1948)
6.6

Winter Meeting

Mrs. Castle

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie poster (1947)
6.8

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Mrs. Griswold

The Brasher Doubloon movie poster (1947)
6.0

The Brasher Doubloon

Mrs. Murdock

Love and Learn movie poster (1947)
6.7

Love and Learn

Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady

The Judge Steps Out movie poster (1947)
7.0

The Judge Steps Out

Chita

Cluny Brown movie poster (1946)
7.2

Cluny Brown

Dowager at Ames's Party

Whistle Stop movie poster (1946)
4.4

Whistle Stop

Molly Veech

The Diary of a Chambermaid movie poster (1946)
6.2

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Rose

The Man I Love movie poster (1946)
6.1

The Man I Love

Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

Claudia and David movie poster (1946)
7.5

Claudia and David

Nancy Riddle

The Time, The Place and The Girl movie poster (1946)
5.7

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Mme. Lucia Cassel

San Antonio movie poster (1945)
6.1

San Antonio

Henrietta

Saratoga Trunk movie poster (1945)
6.1

Saratoga Trunk

Sophie Bellop

Tonight and Every Night movie poster (1945)
5.5

Tonight and Every Night

May Tolliver

Out of This World movie poster (1945)
8.0

Out of This World

Harriet Pringle

Kismet movie poster (1944)
5.5

Kismet

Karsha

The Mask of Dimitrios movie poster (1944)
7.0

The Mask of Dimitrios

Madame Elise Chavez

Belle of the Yukon movie poster (1944)
5.8

Belle of the Yukon

Viola Chase

Tahiti Nights movie poster (1944)
9.0

Tahiti Nights

Queen Liliha

Heaven Can Wait movie poster (1943)
6.9

Heaven Can Wait

Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky movie poster (1943)
7.0

Mr. Lucky

Mrs. Van Every

Mister Big movie poster (1943)
3.8

Mister Big

Mrs. Mary Davis

Slightly Dangerous movie poster (1943)
6.0

Slightly Dangerous

Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke

His Butler's Sister movie poster (1943)
7.2

His Butler's Sister

Lady Sloughberry

They Got Me Covered movie poster (1943)
6.2

They Got Me Covered

Gypsy Woman

Mexican Spitfire at Sea movie poster (1942)
4.4

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Mrs. Baldwin

The Moon and Sixpence movie poster (1942)
6.3

The Moon and Sixpence

Tiare Johnson

We Were Dancing movie poster (1942)
4.3

We Were Dancing

Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip

My Heart Belongs to Daddy movie poster (1942)
5.0

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Mrs. Saunders

The Tuttles of Tahiti movie poster (1942)
5.7

The Tuttles of Tahiti

Emily

The Devil and Miss Jones movie poster (1941)
7.7

The Devil and Miss Jones

Store Shopper

Love Crazy movie poster (1941)
6.8

Love Crazy

Mrs. Cooper

Strange Alibi movie poster (1941)
7.2

Strange Alibi

Katie

Road Show movie poster (1941)
5.6

Road Show

Mrs. Newton

The Chocolate Soldier movie poster (1941)
6.7

The Chocolate Soldier

Madame Helene

Rebecca movie poster (1940)
7.9

Rebecca

Edythe Van Hopper

Kitty Foyle movie poster (1940)
6.6

Kitty Foyle

Customer

Calling All Husbands movie poster (1940)
8.0

Calling All Husbands

Emmie Trippe

The Son of Monte Cristo movie poster (1940)
6.2

The Son of Monte Cristo

Countess Mathilde Von Braun

Hudson's Bay movie poster (1940)
6.1

Hudson's Bay

Duchess (scenes deleted)