Kathy Bates’ Net Worth

Kathy Bates Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Husband, Weight, Income and many more details can be checked on this page. Kathy Bates is a veteran American actress and director.

Bates is famous for her role in the 1990 horror movie, “Misery” where she played the role of Annie Wilkes as the main antagonist. In 1991, she won an academy award for her role in the movie.

What Is Kathy Bates’ Net Worth

Kathy Bates’ net worth is estimated at $20 million as of 2023. She has been featured in over 120 movies and television shows and has directed many movies as well.

In this article, we would be providing you with quick facts about Kathy Bates, her net worth, all about her career, Personal life, Early life, Education, Awards and Nominations, etc.

Earnings Overview

While he never became as wealthy as Bo Derek, Kathy Bates made quite a bit of money during his career. Kathy Bates makes a whopping sum of $175 Thousand Per Episode. This has placed her net worth at an estimated 20 Million dollars.

This is to say that Bates’ major source of income is acting.  A quick overview of how well her movies have done financially at the Box office says a lot about her net worth.

For example, “Titanic” grossed over $2,207,986,545 while Golden Compass grossed about $297,154,830.

Her endorsements are usually between $150,000 to $300,000.

Early Life

Kathleen Doyle Bates, as is her legal name, was born on June 28, 1948, to Langdon and Bertye in Memphis Tennessee. Langdon was a Mechanical Engineer and Bertye was a Homemaker.

Kathy grew up alongside his two sisters, Mary and Patricia. She attended White High School and graduated in 1965.

Later she moved on to Southern Methodist University in Dallas where graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts in 1969.

While in the university, Bates was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and majored in theatre studies. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969.

Kathy moved to New York City in 1970 where she began taking classes at the William Esper Studio. In 1971, she made her first movie appearance in the film “Taking Off”.

Career

Bates’ first movie appearance was in 1971 in the film “Taking Off”. Her first TV appearance was in the 1977 episode of the NBC melodrama “The Doctors”.

The next year, she starred in the movie “Straight Time” as a guest actress alongside Dustin Hoffman. Kathy went on to perform on Broadway in 1980 and took a role in the “Goodbye Fidel” at the New Ambassador Theatre.

In 1983, she received a nomination for Best Lead Actress in a play for “Night, Mother”. Bates also won an Obie award in 1988 for her outstanding performance in ” Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune”.

The same year, she was also nominated for a Drama Desk award for “Outstanding Actress in a Play”.

Other notable movies Kathy was a part of in the 1980s, include “Two of a Kind” (1983), “Signs of Life” (1989), and the 1982 film adaptation of “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, and Jimmy Dean.”

Also, she guest-starred on “All My Children” (1984), “One Life to Live” (1984), “Cagney & Lacey” (1986), “St. Elsewhere” (1986–1987), “China Beach” (1989), and “L.A. Law” (1989).

All these roles could be said to have been preparations for her mega breakout because in 1990, Kathy’s role as an obsessed fan; Annie Wilkes in the horror movie “Misery” changed her life entirely.

She won an Oscar and Golden Globe award for her magnificent performance. Her role as Annie Wilkes went on to be ranked #17 on the American Film Institute’s “100 Heroes and Villains” list.

Moving on in 1991, she starred in the movie ” Fried Green Tomatoes” as Evelyn Couch from which she earned a Golden Globe nomination for her role.

In 1996, Kathy was nominated for her first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for her role in the HBO movie “The Late Shift” where she was cast as Helen Kusbnick, Jay Leno’s manager.

Kathy hit another jackpot in 1997 when she played Molly Brown in “Titanic”, one of the most watched and commercially successful movies of all time. Titanic grossed over $2.195 billion, worldwide.

Another Academy nomination came her way in 1998 for her role in the political film “Primary Colors”. She also received Emmy nominations for her outstanding performance in the Comedy Series “3rd Rock from the Sun”, as a Guest Actress.

Kathy also directed the movie “Dash and Lily” in 1999. The same year, she got an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a movie.

Other movies Kathy starred in include

• Around the World in 80 Days” (2004)
• Failure to Launch” (2006)
• “Fred Claus” (2007)
• “Revolutionary Road” (2008)
• Bee Movie” (2007)
• Golden Compass” (2007)
• “The Blind Side” (2009)
• Coven” (2013–2014)
• Tammy” (2014)
• “Freak Show” (2014–2015)
• “Hotel” (2015–2016)
• “Bad Santa 2” (2016)
• “Apocalypse” (2018)
• “Based on Sex” (2018)
• “Richard Jewell” (2019), etc.

Kathy Bates has acted and directed over 200 movies so far and is expected to appear in more films in years to come.

Awards and Nominations

Like Andy Dick, Kathy has won many awards and nominations over the years as an Actress and Director. Some of the awards and nominations include

• Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1990 Horror movie, “Misery” where she played the leading role (1991)
• Academy nominations for “Primary Colors,”(1999) “About Schmidt” (2003) and “Richard Jewell”(2020) as Best Supporting Actress
• Nominated for British Academy Film Awards for “Fried Green Tomatoes”(1993) and “Primary “Colors” (1999) as the Best Film Actress in a Supporting Role
• Won the Primetime Emmy Awards for “Two and a Half Men” (2012) as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and “Coven” (2014), “Freak Show”(2015), “Hotel” (2016) as  Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Anthology Series
• Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture in the movie “Misery” (1991)
• Won the Golden Globe Award as the Best Supporting Actress in the movie “The late Shift” (1997)
• Won the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture Made for Television in the movie “The Late Shift” (1997)
• Nominated for Tony Awards in the movie “night, Mother” as Best Leading Actress in a Play (1983)
• Won the Distinguished Performance by an Actress award at the Obie Awards in 1988 for the movie “Frankie And Johnny in the Clair de Lune”
• Won the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for “Titanic” (1988), “The Waterboy” and “Primary Colors”( 1999) as the Favourite Supporting Actress.

Kathy Bates has won 29 Awards and gotten 109 Nominations from different Award giving institutions across the globe. This makes him one of the richest rappers in the world, next to the likes of Keanu Reeves, Elle Fanning, Paul Qualley, Tim Matheson and more.

Life Lessons from Kathy Bates’ Success

1. Determination is a great key to success. Despite being depressed as a teenager, she was determined to pursue her dreams and they did come through
2. You can be anything you want with Hard Work. Kathy did odd jobs in New York to survive and enrol in an acting class
3. Whatever you do, put in your best. Kathy put in her best in all her movies and always came out top
4. Charity is important.

Personal Life

Bates struggled with depression during her teenage days. She wrote sad songs that she described herself in. In 1991, she married Tony Campisi.

The marriage lasted for 6 years and they had a divorce in 1997. The 6 years of Union didn’t produce a child. Bates is a known member of the United Methodist Church and an active Democrat as well.

Kathy was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer in 2003 but was not made public until January 2009 when she publicly stated that she has been undergoing treatment for over 5 years.

Moving on to 2012, Bates was diagnosed with Breast cancer and had a double Mastectomy. It was a journey of many downs for Bates within those years.

In 2014, barely two years after the mastectomy, at the New York Walk for Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases, in a pre-recorded message, Bates revealed that she has been suffering from lymphedema in her arms which resulted from the double mastectomy she underwent.

Kathy began serving on the Lymphatic Education & Research Network’s honorary board as a chairperson later that year. She also became a spokesperson for lymphedema.

In 2018, she was a part of the Capitol Hill Lobby Day in her quest to raise more research funding for the condition. She also spoke at the DC/VA Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases.

In recognition of her dedication to raising awareness of lymphedema, Kathy was honoured with a 2018 WebMD Health Heroes “Game Changer” Award.

In 2019, Kathy was all over the news for shedding 60 pounds. Kathy attributed the success to “mindfulness”, saying that all she did was know when to eat and when not to.

How Kathy Bates Spends Her Money

Kathy is not one of those celebrities that spend money on Automobiles and expensive houses. There are no known expensive Cars to her name.

However, she lives in a $2.9 million 8-bedroom home in Los Angeles’ Hancock Park Neighborhood. The house features a library, a spa, a swimming pool and a 5- car parking lot.

Kathy may also be involved in some charity donations that have not been made public. She is most likely to donate to health foundations, especially those that cater for cancer and lymphedema patients.

Summary

Kathy Bates,74 is a popular American Actress and director with an estimated net worth of $20 million. She has acted in many award-winning movies such as Misery and Titanic.

Kathy suffered from depression as a teenager and also suffered from Ovaries and Breast cancer as well as lymphedema. Notwithstanding, she went ahead to become one of the highest Actresses of all time.