Kathy Bates Through the Years

Kathleen Doyle Bates or in short Kathy Bates was born on June 28th, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. Kathy has English, Irish, German and Scottish ancestry. Her most popular movies are those of Stephen King's Misery and American Horror Story. Kathy discovered acting appearing in high school plays and studied drama at Southern Methodist University, graduating in 1969. With her mind firmly set, she moved to New York City in 1970 and paid her dues by working everything from a cash register to taking lunch orders. Things started moving quickly up the ladder after giving a tour-de-force performance alongside Christopher Walken at Buffalo's Studio Arena Theatre in Lanford Wilson's world premiere of "Lemon Sky" in 1970, but she also had a foreshadowing of the heartbreak to come after the successful show relocated to New York's off-Broadway Playhouse Theatre without her and Walken wound up winning a Drama Desk award. Walk along some of Kathy Bate's Movies and Shows throughout the years. Enjoy.