Good in the Terry Bradshaw naked movie Failure To Launch. A good mature actress who doesn't need pretty girl looks.

Creeped me out so much Misery, but has come off as a very classy woman in most of her other roles.  She was in Primary Colors?

You name the show and role she's done, and you'll have another winning portrayal. Kathy is one of the best actresses ever.

Seems like everyone would appreciate Kathy's works. Even in Six Feet Under she stole the show. Loved all of her movies, but my favorite is Unconditional Love!

Compelling actress in Misery, Dolores Claiborne, Unconditional Love and all the tv movies and shows she has performed in.

If you are a true Kathy Bates fan, please rent the movie "Unconditional Love" - it is one of her best, because she sings in it. Love her in everything she's done - from Misery to Six Feet Under.

She completely won me over in Fried Green Tomatoes, and it made me go back and watch everything she's ever done.

IF THERE WAS A RATE OF 100 STARS, I WOULD DEFINITELY VOTE THEM ALL. KATHY BATES IS A MARVELOUS ACTRESS, AND AMBULANCE GIRL WAS WONDERFUL. SHE MADE ME LAUGH, AND I ENJOY WATCHING TV WHEN THE STORY IS FUNNY AND DOWN TO EARTH. I COULD NOT WAIT FOR NEXT SUNDAY, TO SEE WHAT SHE GETS HERSELF INTO. I WAITED AND COULD NOT FIND IT LISTED, AND JUST TODAY, I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT A SERIES, I CALLED ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND SAID WHAT HAPPENED TO AMBULANCE GIRL, AND EVERYONE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A ONE TIME THING, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. I WANT IT TO CONTINUE AS A SERIES. PLEASE PLEASE KATHY TALK THEM INTO A SERIES, YOU CAN DO IT. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. HELP. AMBULANCE GIRL WAS THE BEST THING ON TV THAT WEEK.

Just watched Kathy Bates in a Lifetime TV movie called Ambulance Girl and she was fantastic. She also directed the movie. Kathy is a unique and fantastic actress. Why don't we have a category for TV Movies??

She was great in Primary Colors and turned in the only non-wooden performance in Titanic I thought. Plays the whole 'brassy dame' thing real well.

simply wonderful

She was so scary in Misery, I found myself smashing my knees up onto my face in my chair, holding my ankle bones for dear life! A very talented and underated performer.

she can play a variety of roles. she played her role in misery perfectly but i liked her in fried green tomatoes

I enjoy her movies...she's one of the greatest actresses of the past few decades. She has played a variety of roles and has done so w/ superb acting.

This woman shocked the industry when she beat out Meryl Streep (Postcards from the Edge) and Anjelica Houston (The Grifters) in 1990 to win Best Actress Oscar for 'Misery'.......and since then she has been consistently brilliant in character roles like 'Primary Colors'.....Has a menacing presence in everything. Just check out Bates in About Schmidt....

So cool. Scared the crap out of me in misery.

A wonderful actress. Loved her in Misery, Fried Green Tomatoes, About Schmidt, and Six Feet Under.

Very Believable Actress. Not Given Enough Credit For Her Work.

a great performer

Very good actress! I would like to see more of these 'real looking' women in actress roles, after all, we have to watch homely, fat, bald men like Jack Nicolson in movies, so why not have real looking women. I just wonder at how many women of great acting talent there are out there who the execs in La La land pass by because they are not a size 2 with fake boobs and pretty?

I think that Kathy Bates is a good actress. She was down right scarey in Misery.I liked her in Fried Green Tomatoes especially in the scene where she wrecks that car in the parking lot for taking her spot.I have seen her take on different roles anywhere from the villian to the victim and she is good in all of them.

good actress. that's about it.

Kathy has given some compelling performances in several movies. She should have won the supporting actress award for Primary Colors. She stole the movie and gave a very dramatic and moving speech in it.

She's more than great! I love her.

Very good actress. Hope she is not past her prime.

Good actress, good films....I have fun wathing her Misery

Good actress. I haven't seen a lot of her work, but what I have seen I've enjoyed.

Extremely talented. Glad to see folks rating her on talent.

Very good actress, but suffers from the Hollywood perception of what a good actress should look like.

Sorry, nothing personal Kathy but you don't deserve your spot. Halle needs to be here. So here's a 1 to drop your rank to a more appropriate level.

I don't think there is anything this woman can't do. If I had to pick a best performance I would say Dolores Claiborne or The Late Shift.

Loved her in everything I've seen her in. Proves that talent does shine through and you don't need to look like a sexbomb to make it.

Ms. Bates is one of the great actresses of all time. I loved her in everything she's ever done.

Kathy is a truly great actress and also a director. Just saw the new rental UNCONDITIONAL LOVE and it was one of the best movies I've ever seen. I didn't know Kathy could sing so well! Also loved her in Dolores Claiborne and Misery, but all the shows she does are wonderful - even HBO's Six Feet Under. Hope she wins all kinds of awards.

she is an excellent actress! loved her in titanic and of course misery. :)

I loved this artist in About Schmidt, Titanic, and Dolores Clayborne. She paints with the finest of brushes and the sweetness of soul.

Big ups to Kathy Bates for gettin naked in About SChmidt. It's like damn, that takes some serious guts.

She should be in the top five.

Love her! especially in Fried Green Tomatoes.

As Castlebee said, this woman has definately beaten many of the odds that face up and coming actresses in Hollywood today. She is so talented and no matter what she is doing, she always brings her characters to life and makes them so believable. Espescially in one of her not-so-well known films, "The War at Home" opposite Martin Sheen. She played the somewhat mentally ill mother in a very dysfunctional home in 1972 Texas. She was so believable in her role. She also impressed me in "Primary Colors" as the "unstable" Libby- she brought drama and comedy to the screen all at the same time in that film. She's definately one of the top actresses of recent memory.

Excellent in every role, nice to see an average looking women making it, wish she had more movies under her belt, as she is the female verison of Jack Nicholson (only more talented), he gets fame and lots of bucks and she gets minor roles because she doesn't look like a model.

Kathy bates is the greatest actresss of all time .Have you seen her in misery! judging by the opinions most of you have.Shes classic. Seein her hobble Mr caan was a great moment in cinematic history and the swearing and chapter plays speeches were unforgetable as were all her other outstanding performances.She won many awards for her films.an ocar,golden globes obies and critic awards.i only said i was #2 fan as i thought #1 would be taken.Kathy is number#1 in my eyes!

I only have one word: "Misery." Watch this movie. It could not be cast any better than Kathy Bates, and James Caan. Great movie!

Kathy Bates has done some really great roles in big movies and she should have been given more Oscars. On an interview show she said she is extremely shy, unlike her characters in the movies. She seems like a very kind person and is exremely talented.

Funny, I liked Deloris Claiborne and misery!!!

Kathy Bates is proof that you don't need to be an anorexic supermodel to get where you want in life. She is also very talented and is able to take on almost any role that she chooses.

I love Kathy Bates in any movie she does.I watch all her movies from Misery, Delores Clayborne, Fried Green Tomatoes and all the rest. I hope i get a chance to meet her someday and shake hands. You are the BEST !!!! Kathy Bates!! Thank you, Loretta Keesee Piketon, Ohio

I have seen her do comedy (in movies like "Rat Race") and drama (in movies like "Misery") and be equally compelling in both. She was certainly the best part of "Titanic" and was the breath of fresh air in that overlong and stale movie.

I think Kathy Bates is the best actress today. She is definitely my favorite. She is versatile and very well rounded.

Kathy Bates is good, but does not really measure up to all the rave reviews written about her work a few years ago. She has put in some good performances in some off the wall films (“Fried Green Tomatoes”, “Misery”, “Dolores Claiborne”) yet often has a kind of mechanical quality to her delivery. Her role as Molly Brown in “Titanic” was brief but I think demonstrates this well. I think the fact that she’s dumpy and middle aged yet is still cast in plumb roles causes people to conclude that she’s a great actress – when, in reality, she is simply a good one who has beaten the odds in Hollywood.