Jeanne Bates

Jeanne Bates

actress

Jeanne Bates was born on May 21, 1918 in USA. Jeanne Bates's big-screen debut came with The Chance of a Lifetime directed by William Castle in 1943. Jeanne Bates is known for Mulholland Drive directed by David Lynch, Naomi Watts stars as Betty Elms and Jeanne Bates as Irene. The upcoming new movie Jeanne Bates plays is Mulholland Drive which will be released on Oct 19, 2001.

Jeanne Bates began her acting career while a student at San Mateo Junior College, appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco. She played the lead in an airwave mystery series, Lew X. Lansworth's "Whodunit" (Bates' scream was the show's "signature"), which became so successful that it (and Bates) moved to Hollywood in 1941. Bates and Lansworth married in 1943. By the time the two were married, Bates was already under contract to Columbia Pictures, where she debuted in a Boston Blackie mystery.

  • Birthday

    May 21, 1918
  • Place of Birth

    Berkeley, California, USA

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