Jeanne Bates

Birthday: 1918-05-20
Deathday: 2007-11-28
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

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Credits

Year Title Character
2001-06-06 Mulholland Drive Irene
1999-01-01 Mulholland Dr. Irene
1993-10-24 Dream Lover Jeanne
1991-12-25 Grand Canyon Mrs. Mencken
1991-10-31 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue Mrs. Felt
1991-01-01 Public Enemy #2 Nurse
1990-11-21 Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation Katherine
1990-07-03 Die Hard 2 Northeast Plane - Older Woman
1990-06-19 Mom Emily Dwyer
1989-02-27 From the Dead of Night Nurse
1978-05-17 Getting Married Divorced Woman
1977-09-28 Eraserhead Mrs. X
1976-07-07 Gus Nurse
1964-04-01 The Strangler Clara Thomas
1960-05-07 The Slowest Gun in the West The Wife
1959-12-01 Vice Raid Marilyn
1958-05-07 Hi Grandma!
1958-03-31 Blood Arrow Almee
1957-07-12 Trooper Hook Ann Weaver
1957-01-01 Guns Don't Argue Mrs. Ross Baxter
1955-05-08 General Electric Theater: Into the Night Eve
1955-02-02 Sabaka Durga
1951-12-20 Death of a Salesman Mother (uncredited)
1946-03-11 The Mask of Diijon Victoria
1945-01-09 Tonight and Every Night W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)
1944-11-09 Sergeant Mike Terry Arno
1944-10-12 It's Murder Mrs. Tom Blair
1944-08-17 The Soul of a Monster Ann Winson
1944-07-27 Shadows in the Night Adele Carter
1944-06-29 She's a Soldier Too 'Red' Burns (uncredited)
1944-05-04 The Black Parachute Olga - Peasant Woman
1944-03-23 Sundown Valley Sidney Hawkins
1944-01-18 The Racket Man Phyllis Lake
1943-12-24 The Phantom Diana Palmer
1943-11-11 The Return of the Vampire Miss Northcutt (uncredited)
1943-10-26 The Chance of a Lifetime Mary Watson