Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Gary Busey, and Jake Busey in Straight Time (1978)

Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, and Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell (2019)

Kathy Bates and Conan O'Brien in Kathy Bates (2019)

Kathy Bates and Arvin Combs in The Highwaymen (2019)

Kathy Bates and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kathy Bates, Simon Helberg, and Teller in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kathy Bates, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, and Teller in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kathy Bates and Kaley Cuoco in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Kathy Bates and Conan O'Brien in Conan (2010)

Kathy Bates and Snoop Dogg in Conan (2010)

Kathy Bates, James Corden, and Ed Helms in The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, David Warner, and Bernard Hill in Titanic (1997)

Kathy Bates in American Horror Story (2011)

Kathy Bates and Denis O'Hare in American Horror Story (2011)

Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Cheryl Hamada, Howard Hesseman, and Mark Venhuizen in About Schmidt (2002)

Kathy Bates and James Caan in Misery (1990)

Kathy Bates and Lady Gaga in American Horror Story (2011)

Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange in The Great Lillian Hall (2024)

Kathy Bates, Ray Mickshaw, and Iris in American Horror Story (2011)

Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Shirley MacLaine, Gary Sinise, Joey Lauren Adams, Kathy Bates, and Alex D. Linz in Bruno (2000)

Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Meryl Streep, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Tandy in On Golden Pond (1981)

Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Victor Garber, Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, and Alicia Morton in Annie (1999)