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Florence Bates

Acting

Born April 13, 1888 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Died January 31, 1954

Also known as Florence Rabe

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Biography

Florence Bates was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles.

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Filmography33 titles

I Love Lucy

1951as Mrs. Pettebone

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941as Store Shopper

A Letter to Three Wives

1949as Mrs. Manleigh

I Remember Mama

1948as Florence Dana Moorhead

Cluny Brown

1946as Dowager at Ames's Party

On the Town

1949as Madame Dilyovska

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944as Madame Elise Chavez

Mr. Lucky

1943as Mrs. Van Every

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Ottilie

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947as Mrs. Griswold

Love Crazy

1941as Mrs. Cooper

The Chocolate Soldier

1941as Madame Helene

The Inside Story

1948as Geraldine Atherton

Winter Meeting

1948as Mrs. Castle

Kitty Foyle

1940as Customer

They Got Me Covered

1943as Gypsy Woman

The Son of Monte Cristo

1940as Countess Mathilde Von Braun

My Dear Secretary

1948as Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)

The Man I Love

1946as Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

San Antonio

1945as Henrietta

Saratoga Trunk

1945as Sophie Bellop

Lullaby of Broadway

1951as Mrs. Anna Hubbell

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948as Mandy

Belle of the Yukon

1944as Viola Chase

The Second Woman

1950as Amelia Foster

Road Show

1941as Mrs. Newton

Les Miserables

1952as Madame Bonnet

The Girl from Jones Beach

1949as Miss Emma Shoemaker

Kismet

1944as Karsha

The San Francisco Story

1952as Sadie

Whistle Stop

1946as Molly Veech

We Were Dancing

1942as Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip