Jeanne Bates

Acting

Born May 20, 1918, Berkeley, California, USA

Jeanne Bates (May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007) was an American actress. After performing in radio serials, she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1942 which began her career in films both in bit parts and larger roles in a series of horror films and noirs, including The Return of the Vampire (1943) and Shadows in the Night (1946). In her later career, Bates would collaborate with David Lynch on his films Eraserhead (1977) and Mulholland Drive (2001), the latter of which was her last film credit before her death in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanne Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• 2001Mulholland Drive — Irene
• That '70s Show — Game Show Contestant (voice)
• 1994Dream Lover — Jeanne
• Sister, Sister — Elderly Woman
• 1991Grand Canyon — Mrs. Mencken
• 1991Public Enemy #2 — Nurse
• The Commish — Annette Atkins
• 1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue — Mrs. Felt
• 1990Die Hard 2 — Northeast Plane - Older Woman
• 1990Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 — Katherine
• 1990Mom — Emily Dwyer
• Wings — Mrs. Peabody
• 1989From the Dead of Night — Nurse
• 1978Getting Married — Divorced Woman
• 1977Eraserhead — Mrs. X
• Three's Company — Alice
• Charlie's Angels — Alice Clements
• 1976Gus — Nurse
• Quincy, M.E.
• Switch — Mrs. Bates
• Wonder Woman — Mrs. Walls
• Kodiak — Mrs. Carson
• Barnaby Jones — Bertha Delbart
• The Rookies
• Hawaii Five-O — Grace Willis
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Mrs. Collins
• Mayberry R.F.D. — Jennie Mae Swanson, Receptionist
• The Mod Squad
• Mannix — Mary Reardon
• 1964The Strangler — Clara Thomas
• The Saint — Lila Prentice
• Ben Casey — Miss Wills
• Checkmate — Miss Marx
• My Three Sons
• 1960The Slowest Gun in the West — The Wife
• Bonanza — Stella Harris
• Lock-Up
• One Step Beyond — Mrs. Teller, Mary Todd Lincoln, Edna Gibbs
• Rawhide — Henny Morton
• Riverboat — Sara Crane
• The Twilight Zone — Ethel Hollis
• 1959Vice Raid — Marilyn
• 77 Sunset Strip
• 1958Blood Arrow — Almee
• 1958Hi Grandma!
• Peter Gunn
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1957Guns Don't Argue — Mrs. Ross Baxter
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• M Squad — Nurse
• Perry Mason — Miss Clay, Jean Strague
• The Restless Gun — Greta Hoffman
• 1957Trooper Hook — Ann Weaver
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Lee Devlin
• State Trooper
• 1955General Electric Theater: Into the Night — Eve
• Gunsmoke — Mrs. Nolan, Mrs. Wyatt
• My Friend Flicka
• 1955Sabaka — Durga
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
• Studio 57
• General Electric Theater — Eve, Sister Mary
• Dangerous Assignment — Eve Schaeffer
• Gang Busters
• 1951Death of a Salesman — Mother (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• The Living Christ — Mary - Sister of Lazarus
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• The Lone Ranger — Amy McQueen
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1946The Mask of Diijon — Victoria
• 1945Tonight and Every Night — W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)
• 1944It's Murder — Mrs. Tom Blair
• 1944Sergeant Mike — Terry Arno
• 1944Shadows in the Night — Adele Carter
• 1944She's a Soldier Too — 'Red' Burns (uncredited)
• 1944Sundown Valley — Sidney Hawkins
• 1944The Black Parachute — Olga - Peasant Woman
• 1944The Racket Man — Phyllis Lake
• 1944The Soul of a Monster — Ann Winson
• 1943The Chance of a Lifetime — Mary Watson
• 1943The Phantom — Diana Palmer
• 1943The Return of the Vampire — Miss Northcutt (uncredited)
• 1943There's Something About a Soldier