
Jeanne Bates
Acting
Jeanne Bates (May 21, 1918 β 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.β
Known for
2001Mulholland Drive
Irene
1994Dream Lover
Jeanne
1991Public Enemy #2
Nurse
1991Grand Canyon
Mrs. Mencken
1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Mrs. Felt
1990Die Hard 2
Northeast Plane - Older Woman
1990Mom
Emily Dwyer
1990Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Katherine
1989From the Dead of Night
Nurse
1978Getting Married
Divorced Woman
1977Eraserhead
Mrs. X
1976Gus
Nurse
1964The Strangler
Clara Thomas
1960The Slowest Gun in the West
The Wife
1959Vice Raid
Marilyn
1958Blood Arrow
Almee
1957Trooper Hook
Ann Weaver
1957Guns Don't Argue
Mrs. Ross Baxter
1955General Electric Theater: Into the Night
Eve
1955Sabaka
Durga
1951Death of a Salesman
Mother (uncredited)
1946The Mask of Diijon
Victoria
1945Tonight and Every Night
W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)
1944The Soul of a Monster
Ann Winson