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Jeanne Bates

Jeanne Bates

Birthday: 1918-05-20 | Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeanne Bates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
Mom

as    Emily Dwyer

1990
1989
From the Dead of Night

as    Nurse

1979
A Special Gift

as    Ballet Teacher

1977
Eraserhead

as    Mrs. X

1958
Blood Arrow

as    Almee

1951
The Living Christ

as    Mary - Sister of Lazarus

1951
Death of a Salesman

as    Mother (uncredited)

1946
The Mask of Diijon

as    Victoria

1944
Shadows in the Night

as    Adele Carter

1944
The soul of a monster

as    Ann Winson

1944
The Black Parachute

as    Olga - Peasant Woman

1944
The Racket Man

as    Phyllis Lake

1944
Sergeant Mike

as    Terry Arno

1943
The Chance of a Lifetime

as    Mary Watson

1943
The Return of the Vampire

as    Miss Northcutt (uncredited)