Florence Bates: movies and TV shows
Florence Bates has 63 credits in the archive: 60 films and 3 TV series, from 1940 to 1953. Highest rated: I Love Lucy (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 1953 · busiest year: 1948 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Paris Model | Nora Sullivan | Film | 3.6 | 65 |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Ottilie | TV | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Madame Bonnet | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1952 | The San Francisco Story | Sadie | Film | 4.9 | 64 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Mrs. Pettebone | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Mrs. Charlotte Alsop | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1951 | Lullaby of Broadway | Mrs. Anna Hubbell | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1951 | Havana Rose | Mrs. Fillmore | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1951 | Father Takes the Air | Minerva Bobbin | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1950 | Dick Tracy | Mrs. Frothingham | TV | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1950 | The Second Woman | Amelia Foster | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1950 | County Fair | Nora 'Ma' Ryan | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1950 | Belle of Old Mexico | Nellie Chatfield | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1949 | On the Town | Madame Dilyovska | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Mrs. Manleigh | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1949 | The Girl from Jones Beach | Miss Emma Shoemaker | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mrs. Jekes | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1948 | I Remember Mama | Florence Dana Moorhead | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady) | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting | Mrs. Castle | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1948 | River Lady | Ma Dunnegan | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Mandy | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Geraldine Atherton | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Griswold | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Chita | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1947 | The Brasher Doubloon | Mrs. Murdock | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1947 | Love and Learn | Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Dowager at Ames's Party | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1946 | Whistle Stop | Molly Veech | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1946 | Claudia and David | Nancy Riddle | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Rose | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1946 | The Time, The Place and The Girl | Mme. Lucia Cassel | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Sophie Bellop | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1945 | San Antonio | Henrietta | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1945 | Tonight and Every Night | May Tolliver | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1945 | Out of This World | Harriet Pringle | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Madame Elise Chavez | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1944 | Kismet | Karsha | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1944 | Belle of the Yukon | Viola Chase | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1944 | Tahiti Nights | Queen Liliha | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky | Mrs. Van Every | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Lady Sloughberry | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | Gypsy Woman | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1943 | Mister Big | Mrs. Mary Davis | Film | 3.8 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Moon and Sixpence | Tiare Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Emily | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1942 | Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Mrs. Baldwin | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 1942 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Mrs. Saunders | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Mrs. Cooper | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Store Shopper | Film | 7.7 | 53 |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Katie | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1941 | The Chocolate Soldier | Madame Helene | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1941 | Road Show | Mrs. Newton | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1940 | Rebecca | Edythe Van Hopper | Film | 7.9 | 52 |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Customer | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1940 | The Son of Monte Cristo | Countess Mathilde Von Braun | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1940 | Hudson's Bay | Duchess (scenes deleted) | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1940 | Calling All Husbands | Emmie Trippe | Film | 8.0 | 52 |