Cast & creator
Jeanne Bates
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Bonanza
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.
36
film credits
57
television credits
93
1943–2001 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (93)
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Perry Mason
Miss Clay
1957Perry Mason
Jean Strague
1957
Bonanza
Stella Harris
1959
Hawaii Five-O
Grace Willis
1969
That '70s Show
Game Show Contestant (voice)
1998
Mannix
1967Mannix
Mary Reardon
1967
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
Alice Clements
1976
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Wings
Mrs. Peabody
1990
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Twilight Zone
Ethel Hollis
1959
My Three Sons
1960
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Saint
Lila Prentice
1962
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Ben Casey
1961Ben Casey
Miss Wills
1961
Sister, Sister
Elderly Woman
1994
Rawhide
1959Rawhide
Henny Morton
1959
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Collins
1969
Three's Company
Alice
1977
The Lone Ranger
Amy McQueen
1949
Barnaby Jones
Bertha Delbart
1973
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Lee Devlin
1956
The Rookies
1972
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Nolan
1955Gunsmoke
Mrs. Wyatt
1955
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
One Step Beyond
Mrs. Teller
1959One Step Beyond
Mary Todd Lincoln
1959One Step Beyond
Edna Gibbs
1959
The Commish
Annette Atkins
1991
Switch
Mrs. Bates
1975
The Mod Squad
1968
Studio 57
1954
M Squad
Nurse
1957State Trooper
1956
Checkmate
Miss Marx
1960
Wonder Woman
Mrs. Walls
1975
Mulholland Drive
Irene
2001
Mayberry R.F.D.
Jennie Mae Swanson
1968Mayberry R.F.D.
Receptionist
1968
Lock-Up
1959
Die Hard 2
Northeast Plane - Older Woman
1990
Riverboat
Sara Crane
1959
The Restless Gun
Greta Hoffman
1957
Dangerous Assignment
Eve Schaeffer
1952
Eraserhead
Mrs. X
1977
Kodiak
Mrs. Carson
1974
My Friend Flicka
1955Gang Busters
1952
The Living Christ
Mary - Sister of Lazarus
1951
General Electric Theater
Eve
1953General Electric Theater
Sister Mary
1953
Dream Lover
Jeanne
1994
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Katherine
1990
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Mrs. Felt
1991
Vice Raid
Marilyn
1959
Death of a Salesman
Mother (uncredited)
1951
Grand Canyon
Mrs. Mencken
1991
The Return of the Vampire
Miss Northcutt (uncredited)
1943
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Wife
1960
Tonight and Every Night
W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)
1945
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Gus
Nurse
1976
Guns Don't Argue
Mrs. Ross Baxter
1957
The Chance of a Lifetime
Mary Watson
1943
The Soul of a Monster
Ann Winson
1944
From the Dead of Night
Nurse
1989Hi Grandma!
1958
Trooper Hook
Ann Weaver
1957
Getting Married
Divorced Woman
1978
She's a Soldier Too
'Red' Burns (uncredited)
1944
The Strangler
Clara Thomas
1964
General Electric Theater: Into the Night
Eve
1955
Sabaka
Durga
1955
Shadows in the Night
Adele Carter
1944
The Mask of Diijon
Victoria
1946
Sergeant Mike
Terry Arno
1944
The Racket Man
Phyllis Lake
1944
Mom
Emily Dwyer
1990
It's Murder
Mrs. Tom Blair
1944
Public Enemy #2
Nurse
1991
Blood Arrow
Almee
1958
The Black Parachute
Olga - Peasant Woman
1944
Sundown Valley
Sidney Hawkins
1944
The Phantom
Diana Palmer
1943