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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 fo...
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Rebecca
As Edythe Van Hopper
The Brasher Doubloon
As Mrs. Murdock
Love Crazy
As Mrs. Cooper
Belle of Old Mexico
As Nellie Chatfield
Main Street to Broadway
As Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence
The Tall Target
As Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Tahiti Nights
As Queen Liliha
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
As Mrs. Griswold
The Mask of Dimitrios
As Madame Elise Chavez
Lullaby of Broadway
As Mrs. Anna Hubbell
I Remember Mama
As Florence Dana Moorhead
Winter Meeting
As Mrs. Castle
Kismet
As Karsha
Tonight and Every Night
As May Tolliver
The Devil and Miss Jones
As Store Shopper
The Second Woman
As Amelia Foster
The Diary of a Chambermaid
As Rose
Belle of the Yukon
As Viola Chase
A Letter to Three Wives
As Mrs. Manleigh
Mr. Lucky
As Mrs. Van Every
San Antonio
As Henrietta
The Son of Monte Cristo
As Countess Mathilde Von Braun
Strange Alibi
As Katie
Cluny Brown
As Dowager at Ames's Party
The Moon and Sixpence
As Tiare Johnson
Whistle Stop
As Molly Veech
The Chocolate Soldier
As Madame Helene
River Lady
As Ma Dunnegan
Les Miserables
As Madame Bonnet
The Tuttles of Tahiti
As Emily
Road Show
As Mrs. Newton
The Inside Story
As Geraldine Atherton
Slightly Dangerous
As Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
We Were Dancing
As Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip
Mister Big
As Mrs. Mary Davis
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
As Mrs. Baldwin
Paris Model
As Nora Sullivan
Claudia and David
As Nancy Riddle
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
As Mandy
Out of This World
As Harriet Pringle
The Judge Steps Out
As Chita
Calling All Husbands
As Emmie Trippe
My Dear Secretary
As Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)
Heaven Can Wait
As Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)
The Girl from Jones Beach
As Miss Emma Shoemaker
The San Francisco Story
As Sadie
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
As Mrs. Saunders
They Got Me Covered
As Gypsy Woman
Kitty Foyle
As Customer
Saratoga Trunk
As Sophie Bellop
The Time, The Place and The Girl
As Mme. Lucia Cassel
On the Town
As Madame Dilyovska
Love and Learn
As Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady
His Butler's Sister
As Lady Sloughberry
County Fair
As Nora 'Ma' Ryan
Portrait of Jennie
As Mrs. Jekes
Father Takes the Air
As Minerva Bobbin
Havana Rose
As Mrs. Fillmore
Four Star Playhouse
As Ottilie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Mrs. Van Hopper (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
As Mrs. Pettebone
Dick Tracy
As Mrs. Frothingham