Florence Bates

Florence Bates

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...

Known For

Rebecca

as Edythe Van Hopper

On the Town

as Madame Dilyovska

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Irmagarde Griswold

Cast Credits

Paris Model

as Nora Sullivan

Main Street to Broadway

as Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence

Les Miserables

as Madame Bonnet

Havana Rose

as Mrs. Fillmore

The Tall Target

as Mrs. Charlotte Alsop

Father Takes the Air

as Minerva Bobbin

Lullaby of Broadway

as Mrs. Anna Hubbell

County Fair

as Nora 'Ma' Ryan

The Second Woman

as Amelia Foster

Belle of Old Mexico

as Nellie Chatfield

On the Town

as Madame Dilyovska

The Girl from Jones Beach

as Miss Emma Shoemaker

A Letter to Three Wives

as Mrs. Manleigh

Portrait of Jennie

as Mrs. Jekes

My Dear Secretary

as Horrible Hannah Reeve (the landlady)

River Lady

as Ma Dunnegan

Winter Meeting

as Mrs. Castle

The Inside Story

as Geraldine Atherton

I Remember Mama

as Florence Dana Moorhead

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Irmagarde Griswold

Love and Learn

as Mrs. Bella Davis - Landlady

The Brasher Doubloon

as Mrs. Murdock

The Man I Love

as Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

Cluny Brown

as Dowager at Ames's Party

Claudia and David

as Nancy Riddle