Kathy Bates facts and trivia

• Real name: Kathleen Doyle Bates
• Kathy Bates was nominated for Broadway's 1983 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "'night, Mother."
• Kathy was born on June 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Kathy Bates donated $1 million to Hurricane Katrina victims.
• Nickname: 'BoBo'.
• Kathy rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won both the Oscar for Best Actress and a Golden Globe.
• Her role in Misery (1990) was originally offered to the actress Anjelica Huston.
• Kathy is a close friend of Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler, Elizabeth Perkins, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Oprah Winfrey and Kate Winslet.
• Bates is 1.60 m (5' 3").
• Parents: Langdon Doyle Bates and Bertye Kathleen Talbot.
• The actress married Tony Campisi in April of 1991 (divorced him in 1997).
• Kathy Bates was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003.
• Bates has been nominated for an Emmy award 7 times.