Florence Bates
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence
Paris Model
1953
as Nora Sullivan
Les Miserables
1952
as Madame Bonnet
The San Francisco Story
1952
as Sadie
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Ottilie
The Tall Target
1951
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
as Mrs. Anna Hubbell
Father Takes the Air
1951
as Minerva Bobbin
Havana Rose
1951
as Mrs. Fillmore
I Love Lucy
1951
as Mrs. Pettebone
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Nellie Chatfield
The Second Woman
1950
as Amelia Foster
County Fair
1950
as Nora 'Ma' Ryan
Dick Tracy
1950
as Mrs. Frothingham
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
as Mrs. Manleigh
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Miss Emma Shoemaker
On the Town
1949
as Madame Dilyovska
I Remember Mama
1948
as Florence Dana Moorhead
Winter Meeting
1948
as Mrs. Castle
River Lady
1948
as Ma Dunnegan
The Inside Story
1948
as Geraldine Atherton
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
as Mandy
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Mrs. Jekes
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
as Mrs. Murdock
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Mrs. Griswold
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Chita
Love and Learn
1947
as Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Rose
Cluny Brown
1946
as Dowager at Ames's Party
Whistle Stop
1946
as Molly Veech
Claudia and David
1946
as Nancy Riddle
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Mme. Lucia Cassel
The Man I Love
1946
as Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as May Tolliver
San Antonio
1945
as Henrietta
Out of This World
1945
as Harriet Pringle
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Sophie Bellop
Tahiti Nights
1944
as Queen Liliha
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944
as Madame Elise Chavez
Kismet
1944
as Karsha
Belle of the Yukon
1944
as Viola Chase
Mr. Lucky
1943
as Mrs. Van Every
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
Mister Big
1943
as Mrs. Mary Davis
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)
They Got Me Covered
1943
as Gypsy Woman
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Lady Sloughberry
The Moon and Sixpence
1942
as Tiare Johnson
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Emily
We Were Dancing
1942
as Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942
as Mrs. Baldwin
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
as Mrs. Saunders
Love Crazy
1941
as Mrs. Cooper
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as Store Shopper
Strange Alibi
1941
as Katie
The Chocolate Soldier
1941
as Madame Helene
Road Show
1941
as Mrs. Newton
Rebecca
1940
as Edythe Van Hopper
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
as Countess Mathilde Von Braun
Calling All Husbands
1940
as Emmie Trippe
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Customer
Hudson's Bay
1940
as Duchess (scenes deleted)