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Florence Bates was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles.
Birth Name
Florence Rabe
Born
Sunday, 15 April 1888
Died
Sunday, 31 January 1954
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paris Model | Nora Sullivan / Mrs. Nora Sullivan | 1953 |
| Main Street to Broadway | Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence | 1953 |
| My Hero | Aunt Polly | 1952 |
| I Married Joan | Ballet teacher | 1952 |
| Our Miss Brooks | Mrs. Carney | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Mrs. Howard | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Ottilie | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Madame Bonnet | 1952 |
| My Little Margie | Lady Franklin / Mrs. Stegmuller | 1952 |
| The San Francisco Story | Sadie | 1952 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paris Model | Nora Sullivan / Mrs. Nora Sullivan | 1953 |
| Main Street to Broadway | Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence | 1953 |
| My Hero | Aunt Polly | 1952 |
| I Married Joan | Ballet teacher | 1952 |
| Our Miss Brooks | Mrs. Carney | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Mrs. Howard | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Ottilie | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Madame Bonnet | 1952 |
| My Little Margie | Lady Franklin / Mrs. Stegmuller | 1952 |
| The San Francisco Story | Sadie | 1952 |
| I Love Lucy | Mrs. Pettebone | 1951 |
| Havana Rose | Mrs. Fillmore | 1951 |
| The Tall Target | Mrs. Charlotte Alsop | 1951 |
| Father Takes the Air | Minerva Bobbin | 1951 |
| Lullaby of Broadway | Mrs. Anna Hubbell | 1951 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Mrs. McEveety | 1950 |
| Dick Tracy | Mrs. Frotheringham / Mrs. Frothingham | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| County Fair | Nora 'Ma' Ryan | 1950 |
| The Second Woman | Amelia Foster | 1950 |
| Belle of Old Mexico | Nellie Chatfield | 1950 |
| On the Town | Mme. Dilyovska / Madame Dilyovska | 1949 |
| The Girl from Jones Beach | Miss Emma Shoemaker | 1949 |
| Portrait of Jennie | Mrs. Jekes (landlady) / Mrs. Jekes | 1949 |
| A Letter to Three Wives | Mrs. Manleigh | 1949 |
| My Dear Secretary | Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady) | 1948 |
| Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Mandy | 1948 |
| River Lady | Ma Dunnegan | 1948 |
| Winter Meeting | Mrs. Castle | 1948 |
| The Inside Story | Geraldine Atherton | 1948 |
| I Remember Mama | Florence Dana Moorhead | 1948 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Chita | 1947 |
| Desire Me | Mrs.Lannie | 1947 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Irma Griswold / Mrs. Griswold | 1947 |
| Love and Learn | Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady | 1947 |
| The Brasher Doubloon | Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock / Mrs. Murdock | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Mme. Lucia Cassel | 1946 |
| The Man I Love | Mrs. Thorpe | 1946 |
| Cluny Brown | Dowager at Ames' Party / Dowager at Ames's Party | 1946 |
| Claudia and David | Nancy Riddle | 1946 |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | Rose | 1946 |
| Whistle Stop | Molly Veech | 1946 |
| San Antonio | Henrietta | 1945 |
| Saratoga Trunk | Sophie Bellop | 1945 |
| Out of This World | Harriet Pringle | 1945 |
| Tonight and Every Night | May Tolliver | 1945 |
| Tahiti Nights | Queen Liliha | 1944 |
| Belle of the Yukon | Viola Chase | 1944 |
| Kismet | Karsha | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Hungry Woman on Train | 1944 |
| The Mask of Dimitrios | Madame Elise Chavez | 1944 |
| His Butler's Sister | Lady Sloughberry | 1943 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Mrs. Edna Craig | 1943 |
| Mr. Lucky | Mrs. Van Every | 1943 |
| Mister Big | Mrs. Mary Davis | 1943 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke | 1943 |
| They Got Me Covered | Gypsy Woman | 1943 |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Mrs. Saunders | 1942 |
| The Moon and Sixpence | Tiare Johnson | 1942 |
| The Tuttles of Tahiti | Emily | 1942 |
| Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Mrs. Baldwin | 1942 |
| We Were Dancing | Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip / Mrs. Vanderlip | 1942 |
| Kathleen | Woman Customer at Shoner's Store | 1941 |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Madame Helene | 1941 |
| Love Crazy | Mrs. Cooper | 1941 |
| Strange Alibi | Katie | 1941 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Customer / Store Shopper | 1941 |
| Road Show | Mrs. Newton | 1941 |
| The Son of Monte Cristo | Countess Mathilde Von Braun | 1941 |
| Kitty Foyle | Customer | 1940 |
| Hudson's Bay | Duchess | 1940 |
| Calling All Husbands | Emmie Trippe | 1940 |
| Rebecca | Mrs. Van Hopper / Edythe Van Hopper | 1940 |
| The Man in Blue | Woman | 1937 |
