Personal Info
Known Credits
58
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1888-04-13 (137 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Florence Rabe
Florence Bates
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 ...
Acting
1953 --
Paris Model
| Nora Sullivan
1953 --
Main Street to Broadway
| Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence
1952 --
Les Miserables
| Madame Bonnet
1952 --
The San Francisco Story
| Sadie
1951 --
Havana Rose
| Mrs. Fillmore
1951 --
The Tall Target
| Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
1951 --
Father Takes the Air
| Minerva Bobbin
1951 --
Lullaby of Broadway
| Mrs. Anna Hubbell
1950 --
County Fair
| Nora 'Ma' Ryan
1950 --
The Second Woman
| Amelia Foster
1950 --
Belle of Old Mexico
| Nellie Chatfield
1949 --
On the Town
| Madame Dilyovska
1949 --
The Girl from Jones Beach
| Miss Emma Shoemaker
1949 --
A Letter to Three Wives
| Mrs. Manleigh
1948 --
Portrait of Jennie
| Mrs. Jekes
1948 --
My Dear Secretary
| Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)
1948 --
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
| Mandy
1948 --
River Lady
| Ma Dunnegan
1948 --
Winter Meeting
| Mrs. Castle
1948 --
The Inside Story
| Geraldine Atherton
1948 --
I Remember Mama
| Florence Dana Moorhead
1947 --
The Judge Steps Out
| Chita
1947 --
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
| Mrs. Griswold
1947 --
Love and Learn
| Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady
1947 --
The Brasher Doubloon
| Mrs. Murdock
1946 --
The Time, The Place and The Girl
| Mme. Lucia Cassel
1946 --
Cluny Brown
| Dowager at Ames's Party
1946 --
Claudia and David
| Nancy Riddle
1946 --
The Diary of a Chambermaid
| Rose
1946 --
Whistle Stop
| Molly Veech
1945 --
San Antonio
| Henrietta
1945 --
Saratoga Trunk
| Sophie Bellop
1945 --
Out of This World
| Harriet Pringle
1945 --
Tonight and Every Night
| May Tolliver
1944 --
Tahiti Nights
| Queen Liliha
1944 --
Belle of the Yukon
| Viola Chase
1944 --
Kismet
| Karsha
1944 --
The Mask of Dimitrios
| Madame Elise Chavez
1943 --
His Butler's Sister
| Lady Sloughberry
1943 --
Heaven Can Wait
| Mrs. Edna Craig
1943 --
Mr. Lucky
| Mrs. Van Every
1943 --
Mister Big
| Mrs. Mary Davis
1943 --
Slightly Dangerous
| Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
1943 --
They Got Me Covered
| Gypsy Woman
1942 --
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
| Mrs. Saunders
1942 --
The Moon and Sixpence
| Tiare Johnson
1942 --
The Tuttles of Tahiti
| Emily
1942 --
We Were Dancing
| Mrs. Elsa Vanderlip
1942 --
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
| Mrs. Baldwin
1941 --
The Chocolate Soldier
| Madame Helene
1941 --
Love Crazy
| Mrs. Cooper
1941 --
Strange Alibi
| Katie
1941 --
The Devil and Miss Jones
| Store Shopper
1941 --
Road Show
| Mrs. Newton
1940 --
Kitty Foyle
| Customer
1940 --
The Son of Monte Cristo
| Countess Mathilde Von Braun
1940 --
Calling All Husbands
| Emmie Trippe
1940 --
Rebecca
| Edythe Van Hopper