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Florence Bates

Actress / Lawyer / Television Actress / Radio Personality / Film Actress | * 04/15/1888 († 65, 01/31/1954) | San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Florence Bates (née Rabe; April 15, 1888 - January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Romance / Love | Drama

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Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must ...

Rebecca

NR

1940 | 4.0/5 | 2h 10min
Mystery, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
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A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one. ...

A Letter to Three Wives

NR

1949 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. ...

On the Town

NR

1949 | 3.5/5 | 1h 38min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Music
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Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wan ...

The Moon and Sixpence

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1942 | 3.2/5 | 1h 29min
Drama
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Movies with Florence Bates as Actress(58)

as Nora Sullivan1953 Paris Model
as Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Madame Bonnet1952 Les Miserables
as Sadie1952 The San Francisco Story
as Mrs. Fillmore1951 Havana Rose
as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop1951 The Tall Target
as Minerva Bobbin1951 Father Takes the Air
as Mrs. Anna Hubbell1951 Lullaby of Broadway
as Amelia Foster1950 The Second Woman
as Nellie Chatfield1950 Belle of Old Mexico
as Nora 'Ma' Ryan1950 County Fair
as Miss Emma Shoemaker1949 The Girl from Jones Beach
as Mrs. Manleigh1949 A Letter to Three Wives
as Madame Dilyovska1949 On the Town
as Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)1948 My Dear Secretary
as Mandy1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Mrs. Castle1948 Winter Meeting
as Mrs. Jekes1948 Portrait of Jennie
as Florence Dana Moorhead1948 I Remember Mama
as Geraldine Atherton1948 The Inside Story
as Ma Dunnegan1948 River Lady
as Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady1947 Love and Learn
as Mrs. Griswold1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Chita1947 The Judge Steps Out
as Mrs. Murdock1947 The Brasher Doubloon
as Rose1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Molly Veech1946 Whistle Stop
as Dowager at Ames's Party1946 Cluny Brown
as Nancy Riddle1946 Claudia and David
as Mme. Lucia Cassel1946 The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Harriet Pringle1945 Out of This World
as May Tolliver1945 Tonight and Every Night
as Henrietta1945 San Antonio
as Sophie Bellop1945 Saratoga Trunk
as Queen Liliha1944 Tahiti Nights
as Madame Elise Chavez1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
as Karsha1944 Kismet
as Viola Chase1944 Belle of the Yukon
as Gypsy Woman1943 They Got Me Covered
as Mrs. Van Every1943 Mr. Lucky
as Mrs. Mary Davis1943 Mister Big
as Lady Sloughberry1943 His Butler's Sister
as Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke1943 Slightly Dangerous
as Tiare Johnson1942 The Moon and Sixpence
as Emily1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip1942 We Were Dancing
as Mrs. Saunders1942 My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mrs. Baldwin1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
as Katie1941 Strange Alibi
as Mrs. Cooper1941 Love Crazy
as Store Shopper1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as Madame Helene1941 The Chocolate Soldier
as Mrs. Newton1941 Road Show
as Countess Mathilde Von Braun1940 The Son of Monte Cristo
as Emmie Trippe1940 Calling All Husbands
as Customer1940 Kitty Foyle
as Edythe Van Hopper1940 Rebecca

TV Shows/Series with Florence Bates as Actress(3)

as Mrs. Van Hopper (archive footage) (uncredited)1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ottilie1952 Four Star Playhouse
as Mrs. Pettebone1951 I Love Lucy

Full Name: Florence Bates
Born: Sunday, 04/15 1888 (April) in San Antonio, Texas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 01/31 1954 (January) in Burbank (aged: 65)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin
Other names for Florence Bates (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Florence Rabe"
Florence Bates frequently works together with these people:
David Niven (33x, Actor)
Charles Boyer (28x, Actor)
Dick Powell (24x, Actor)
Ida Lupino (20x, Actress)
Louis Nicoletti (14x, Cast)
Herb Vigran (13x, Actor)
Tyler McVey (12x, Actor)
Richard Reeves (12x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Walter Kingsford (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:322242, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024