Florence Rabe
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 15, 1888 San Antonio, TX |
| Died | Jan 31, 1954 Burbank, CA |
| Age | Died at 65 |
Florence Bates | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1937-1953 |
| Known for | Meddlesome matrons, monstrous matriarchs |
| Top Roles | Sophie Bellop, Mme. Dilyovska, Tiare Johnson, Mrs. Amanda Roanoke, Madame Elise Chavez |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance, Drama, Musical, Film Adaptation, Crime |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Jack L. Warner (Producer), David Butler (Director), David O. Selznick (Producer), David Hempstead (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Wallace Reid, John Williams, Harvey Lembeck see more.. |
Florence Bates Overview:
Character actress, Florence Bates, was born Florence Rabe on Apr 15, 1888 in San Antonio, TX. Bates appeared in over 75 film and television roles. Her best known films include Mr. Lucky, Since You Went Away, Saratoga Trunk, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, I Remember Mama, Portrait of Jennie, A Letter to Three Wives, On the Town and Rebecca. Bates died at the age of 65 on Jan 31, 1954 in Burbank, CA .
MINI BIO:
Formidable was about the only word for the dominant, galleon-shaped Florence Bates who was much in demand in the 1940s. Her matrons were meddlesome and her matriarchs monstrous. She was once a lawyer (how the opposition must have suffered), but her Edythe Van Hopper in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca" set her galloping through a gallery of gorgons and gargoyles. Died from a heart attack.
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Florence Bates Quotes:
Innkeeper: After great effort, I, Hercules Schneider, have found you the only carriage in Pecs. Of course, the horses may not be the best in the world...
Countess Mathilde: Can they walk?
Innkeeper: Oh, yes, Madam!
Countess Mathilde: That's all that's necessary. Point them to Paris and start them moving.
Innkeeper: Tonight, madam?
Countess Mathilde: Certainly, tonight!
Innkeeper: But it's dark!
Countess Mathilde: You don't say. It usually is at night.
Mrs. Jekes: I just can't understand a man fiddling away his time just painting things. Of course he did shovel some snow to pay part of last month's rent.
Mrs. Bunce: Painting things? Women? Women in the...
Mrs. Jekes: Mrs. Bunce, we agreed that he was a gentleman and gentleman just don't paint "women in the... "
Mrs. Bunce: [flustered] No, of course not.
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