Florence Bates
Acting
Born: 1888-04-13 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died: 1954-01-31
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
🎬 Movies (30)
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence
Paris Model
1953
Nora Sullivan
Les Miserables
1952
Madame Bonnet
The San Francisco Story
1952
Sadie
The Tall Target
1951
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Lullaby of Broadway
1951
Mrs. Anna Hubbell
Father Takes the Air
1951
Minerva Bobbin
Havana Rose
1951
Mrs. Fillmore
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
Nellie Chatfield
The Second Woman
1950
Amelia Foster
County Fair
1950
Nora 'Ma' Ryan
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
Mrs. Manleigh
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
Miss Emma Shoemaker
On the Town
1949
Madame Dilyovska
I Remember Mama
1948
Florence Dana Moorhead
Winter Meeting
1948
Mrs. Castle
River Lady
1948
Ma Dunnegan
The Inside Story
1948
Geraldine Atherton
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948
Mandy
My Dear Secretary
1948
Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Mrs. Jekes
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
Mrs. Murdock
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Mrs. Griswold
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Chita
Love and Learn
1947
Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
Rose
Cluny Brown
1946
Dowager at Ames's Party
Whistle Stop
1946
Molly Veech
Claudia and David
1946
Nancy Riddle
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
Mme. Lucia Cassel
