Jeanne Bates

Jeanne Bates

Actress
Born
May 21, 1918
Died
November 28, 2007

Jeanne Bates began her acting career while a student at San Mateo Junior College, appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco. She played the lead in an airwave mystery series, Lew X. Lansworth's "Whodunit" (Bates' scream was the show's "signature"), which became so successful that it (and…

Biography

Jeanne Bates began her acting career while a student at San Mateo Junior College, appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco. She played the lead in an airwave mystery series, Lew X. Lansworth's "Whodunit" (Bates' scream was the show's "signature"), which became so successful that it (and Bates) moved to Hollywood in 1941. Bates and Lansworth married in 1943. By the time the two were married, Bates was already under contract to Columbia Pictures, where she debuted in a Boston Blackie mystery.

Actress

That '70s ShowThat '70s Show(1998)as Game Show Contestant
Mulholland DriveMulholland Drive(2001)as Irene
Mulholland Dr.Mulholland Dr.(1999)as Irene
The Oval PortraitThe Oval Portrait(1997)as Mrs. Glover
Sister, SisterSister, Sister(1994)as Elderly Woman

Archive Footage

CompressionCompression(1995)as Self
WatchMojoWatchMojo(2006)as Self - Mrs. X
Great DirectorsGreat Directors(2009)as Mrs. X (clip from Eraserhead (1977))
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the MainstreamMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream(2005)as Self
The Magical World of DisneyThe Magical World of Disney(1954)as Nurse

Known for

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Jeanne Bates, Johnny Crawford, Vic Perrin, and Dale Robertson in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)Jeanne Bates, Richard Boone, Norma Crane, and Robert Karnes in Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)Jeanne Bates and Dan Birnbaum in Mulholland Drive (2001)Jeanne Bates and Dan Birnbaum in Mulholland Drive (2001)Jeanne Bates and Dan Birnbaum in Mulholland Drive (2001)Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, and William Wright in The Mask of Diijon (1946)

Credit Score: Jeanne Bates

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1The Twilight Zone25.0019599.038108635
2Mulholland Drive7.8020017.901428275
3One Step Beyond5.0019597.8002140
4Eraserhead4.8819787.200143504
5Die Hard 24.5019907.200407185
6The Phantom3.2519436.900512
7The Mask of Diijon3.0919465.600307
8Sundown Valley3.0919445.40024
9Trooper Hook2.5019586.6001231
10Sabaka2.0019554.000239