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Titanic

1997
as Molly Brown

Bee Movie

2007
as Janet Benson (voice)

The Blind Side

2009
as Miss Sue

P.S. I Love You

2007
as Patricia

American Horror Story

2011
as Miriam Meade

American Horror Story

2011
as Ethel Darling

American Horror Story

2011
as Agnes Mary Winstead

American Horror Story

2011
as Delphine LaLaurie

The Golden Compass

2007
as Hester (voice)

Revolutionary Road

2008
as Mrs. Helen Givings

Misery

1990
as Anne Marie ("Annie") Wilkes

Richard Jewell

2019
as Bobi Jewell

Six Feet Under

2001
as Bettina

Midnight in Paris

2011
as Gertrude Stein

The Highwaymen

2019
as Ma Ferguson

Valentine's Day

2010
as Susan Milton

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991
as Evelyn Couch

Around the World in 80 Days

2004
as Queen Victoria

Tammy

2014
as Lenore

Charlotte's Web

2006
as Bitsy the Cow (voice)

On the Basis of Sex

2018
as Dorothy Kenyon

The Waterboy

1998
as Mama Boucher

Disjointed

2017
as Ruth

The Boss

2016
as Ida Marquette

Popeye the Sailor

1933
as The Sea Hag

Rat Race

2001
as The Squirrel Lady

Alice (2009)

2009
as Queen of Hearts

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015
as Maime Trotter

No Place Like Home

1989
as Bonnie Cooper

North

1994
as Alaskan Mom

Guilty Hearts

2006
as The Judge

My Sister's Keeper

2002
as Christine Chapman

The Road to Mecca

1991
as Elsa Barlow

Dick Tracy

1990
as Mrs. Green

Bad Santa 2

2016
as Sunny Soke

Unconditional Love

2002
as Grace Beasley

Krystal

2018
as Vera

Little Black Book

2004
as Kippie Kann

White Palace

1990
as Rosemary

Used People

1992
as Bibby Berman

The Family That Preys

2008
as Charlotte Cartwright

Harry's Law

2011
as Harriet Korn

Murder Ordained

1987
as Bobbi Birk

Tupperware!

2004
as Narrator

Primary Colors

1998
as Libby Holden

The War at Home

1996
as Maurine Collier

Swept from the Sea

1998
as Miss Swaffer

Bonneville

2006
as Margene

The Effects of Magic

1998
as Raphaella, the Magic Bunny

Bruno

2000
as Mother Superior

Taking Off

1971
as Audition Singer

American Outlaws

2001
as Ma James

Relative Strangers

2006
as Agnes Menure

A Little Bit of Heaven

2011
as Beverly Corbett

A Home of Our Own

1993
as Frances Lacey

You May Not Kiss the Bride

2011
as Bryan's Mother

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2019
as Barbara Haggermaker

About Schmidt

2002
as Roberta Hertzel

Boychoir

2014
as Headmistress

Cheri

2009
as Madame Peloux

Ambulance Girl

2005
as Jane Stern

Men Don't Leave

1990
as Lisa Coleman

Dragonfly

2002
as Mrs. Belmont

Summer Heat

1987
as Ruth

Shadows and Fog

1991
as Prostitute

Annie

1999
as Miss Agatha Hannigan

The Morning After

1986
as Cat-Hating Artist

The Miracle Club

2023
as Eileen Dunne

Straight Time

1978
as Selma Darin

Dolores Claiborne

1995
as Dolores Claiborne

High Stakes

1989
as Jill

Hostages

1992
as Peggy Say

Cadaver

2012
as Beth

Fred Claus

2007
as Mother Claus

Love Liza

2002
as Mary Ann Bankhead

Matlock (2024)

as Madeline Matlock

Prelude to a Kiss

1992
as Leah Blier

Home

2020
as Bernadette

The Late Shift

1996
as Helen Kushnick

Diabolique

1996
as Det. Shirley Vogel

Angus

1995
as Meg Bethune

Director

Episode Six Feet Under
The New Person
2001
Episode Six Feet Under
Out, Out Brief Candle
2002
Episode Everwood
The Great Doctor Brown
2002
Movie Ambulance Girl 2005
Movie Dash and Lilly 1999
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
Scene of the Crime
1996
Episode Oz
Family Bizness
1998
Episode Six Feet Under
Making Love Work
2003
Episode NYPD Blue
I Love Lucy
1997
Episode Six Feet Under
An Open Book
2001
Episode Six Feet Under
Twilight
2003

Guest Star

Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Bow Tie Asymmetry
2018
Episode The Office (US)
Manager and Salesman
2010
Episode The Love Boat
Cinderella Story/Family Reunion/Too Hot to Handle
1978
Episode The Office (US)
Search Committee (2)
2011
Episode The Office (US)
St. Patrick's Day
2010
Episode King of the Hill
Lupe's Revenge
2001
Episode St. Elsewhere
Up and Down
1986
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Conjugal Configuration
2018
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Kathy Bates, Anthony Head
2011
Episode The Office (US)
Search Committee
2011
Episode The Wendy Williams Show
Kathy Bates, Lazarus Lynch
2019
Episode Cagney & Lacey
Revenge
1986
Episode Today
October 3, 2011
2011
Episode Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Aunt Ippy's Museum Of Junk / Uncle Wizzmo's New Used Car
1993
Episode Six Feet Under
You Never Know
2003
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Alien Hunter
1999
Episode Two and a Half Men
Why We Gave Up Women
2012
Episode American Experience
Tupperware!
2004
Episode The Office (US)
Nepotism
2010
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Kathy Bates, Lee Horsley, The Temptations
1991
Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
The All-Time Greats of Oscar Night
2006
Episode St. Elsewhere
Visiting Daze
1987
Episode MADtv
Episode #602
2000
Episode China Beach
The World, Part II
1989
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Bob Hope, Kathy Bates, Joe Mantegna
1991
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kathy Bates, Billy Eichner, J.F. Harris
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Kathy Bates, Ed Helms, Julian McCullough
2017
Episode Lip Sync Battle
Kathy Bates vs. Tone Bell
2018
Episode The Talk
Kathy Bates
2015
Episode The Talk
Kathy Bates
2019
Episode American Experience
Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
1993
Episode L.A. Law
One Rat, One Ranger
1989
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Kathy Bates/Idina Menzel/Jeremy Bloom
2006
Episode The Dr. Oz Show
Kathy Bates Comes Forward About Her Battle With a Disease No One Talks About
2016
Episode The Office (US)
Sabre
2010
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Kathy Bates, Barry Manilow, K.T. Oslin
1990
Episode The Big Bang Theory
The Consummation Deviation
2018
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Kathy Bates
2017