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Kathy Bates Thought Her Career Was Over – Then ‘Matlock’ Left Her Gobsmacked
I was older and I just felt, ‘This is it, I’m done,'” the actress says of the days before “American Horror Story” and ...
On My Screen: Kathy Bates On ‘Matlock’, Memories Of ‘Misery’ & The Stranger Who Said ‘Dolores Claiborne’ Changed Their Life
Matlock' star Kathy Bates on her desert island shows, how 'Dolores Claiborne' changed a stranger's life and the movie that ...
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Kathy Bates Is Still 'Crushed' That Her 1990 Film 'Misery' Wasn't More Violent
"I didn't agree with that at all," Bates said of a change to the script Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously ...
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Rob Reiner told Kathy Bates she would never win the Oscar for Misery
Kathy Bates gave a career-defining performance in Misery — and won an Oscar for it. But both Bates and her director, Rob Reiner, were never sure that would be the outcome. In the film ...
Kathy Bates Claims Garry Marshall Rejected Her for Role Because Her Kissing a Man “Would Not Be Romantic”
Bates wanted to star in 1991's 'Frankie and Johnny,' based on Terrence McNally's stage play, where she originated the role of ...
Kathy Bates Didn’t Expect the Lovefest
The Matlock star talks candidly about longevity, mental health, and the decades she spent feeling like she didn’t belong.
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How Kathy Bates Cracked ‘Matlock’ — with Wisdom from Anthony Hopkins and ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’
(Left to right): Kathy Bates in ‘Misery’ and Anthony Hopkins in ‘Silence of the Lambs’Courtesy Everett Collection “It’s ...