Jeanne Bates
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.99 |
| Birthday | 1918-05-20 |
| Place of Birth | Berkeley, California, USA |
| Also Known As |
1977
Eraserhead
7.345/2720
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant...
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Eraserhead
2001
Mulholland Drive
7.801/6985
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two s...
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Mulholland Drive
1990
Die Hard 2
6.971/6366
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Chris...
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Die Hard 2
1978
Getting Married
6/3
A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.
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Getting Married
1959
Vice Raid
6.281/16
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
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Vice Raid
1991
Public Enemy #2
7/1
Second City Television alumnus Dave Thomas stars in this hilarious spoof of "America's Most Wanted." Thomas portrays Wynn Dalton, a talentless acting...
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Public Enemy #2
1991
Grand Canyon
6.439/212
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...
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Grand Canyon
1944
The Soul of a Monster
5.455/11
A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But is he really alive?
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The Soul of a Monster
1946
The Mask of Diijon
4.765/17
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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The Mask of Diijon
1976
Gus
5.977/44
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard fie...
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Gus
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
6.833/6
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
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The Chance of a Lifetime
1945
Tonight and Every Night
5.375/20
An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.
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Tonight and Every Night
1944
The Black Parachute
6.75/4
A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation.
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The Black Parachute
1990
Mom
5.411/28
During a time when the city of Los Angeles is terrorized by animal attack style murders, a kindly elderly lady provides a nomad with room and board. I...
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Mom
1957
Trooper Hook
6.778/18
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escape...
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Trooper Hook
1944
Sundown Valley
10/1
In this wartime western, an evil Nazi and his partner endeavor to sabotage a western gunsight plant.
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Sundown Valley
1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
4.5/2
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff....
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The Slowest Gun in the West
1958
Hi Grandma!
0/0
A young mechanical genius invents a recording device that can play back the voices of the dead. Here, the voice is that of the genius's evil-dead gran...
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Hi Grandma!
1944
The Racket Man
7.667/3
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by p...
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The Racket Man
1944
Sergeant Mike
6/2
A soldier becomes quite upset when he is transferred from the highly coveted machine-gun unit to the canine corps. He begins to change his opinion whe...
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Sergeant Mike
1944
She's a Soldier Too
5.5/2
Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.
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She's a Soldier Too
1943
The Phantom
6.6/10
Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson, a scientist who wants to establish an archaeological s...
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The Phantom
1955
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
0/0
A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store cle...
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General Electric Theater: Into the Night
1991
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
5.3/43
Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the h...
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Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1994
Dream Lover
6.408/125
Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incid...
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Dream Lover
1989
From the Dead of Night
6/3
After having a near death experience Joanna finds her life in constant danger. She begins to believe that certain forces are trying to bring her back...
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From the Dead of Night
1990
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
4.275/91
A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making...
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Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
1964
The Strangler
6.423/26
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
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The Strangler
1957
Guns Don't Argue
4.75/4
The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in this film.
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Guns Don't Argue
1943
The Return of the Vampire
6.118/68
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in W...
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The Return of the Vampire
1944
Shadows in the Night
6/5
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
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Shadows in the Night
1955
Sabaka
4.625/8
A fire worshipping cult of Indian is disbanded by a man, his elephant and tiger.
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Sabaka
1944
It's Murder
7.5/2
Documentary short film explaining the need for secrecy in the exchange of sensitive government information, so as to prevent sabotage or subversion of...
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It's Murder
1951
Death of a Salesman
7.053/19
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
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Death of a Salesman
1958
Blood Arrow
8/2
Phyllis Coates, TV's erstwhile Lois Lane, essays one of her largest film roles in Blood Arrow. Coates is cast as a devout Mormon girl whose mission is...
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Blood Arrow
1943
There's Something About a Soldier
5.375/4
Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.
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