Florence Bates

Personal Info

Birthday

April 13, 1888

Day of Death

1954-01-31

(65 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Florence Rabe

Florence Bates

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 Angeles.

Known For

Four Star Playhouse

I Love Lucy

On the Town

Dick Tracy

The Second Woman

Rebecca

The Devil and Miss Jones

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Filmography

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