Jeanne Bates
| Jeanne Bates | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 21, 1918 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 2007 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1943–2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Lew X. Lansworth (m. 1943; d. 1981) |
Jeanne Bates (May 21, 1918 – November 28, 2007) was an American radio, film and television 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.
Bates was born in Berkeley, Alameda County, California in 1918. She began her acting career while attending San Mateo Junior College, with roles on radio soap operas produced in San Francisco. Bates had the lead role, and supplied the signature scream, on the radio mystery series Whodunit. In 1943, she married the writer of Whodunit, Lew X. Lansworth (1904–1981).
She also had her film debut in 1943, in a Boston Blackie mystery, The Chance of a Lifetime. She played Bela Lugosi's first victim in The Return of the Vampire (1943), Diana Palmer in The Phantom (1943), and she had a minor role in Death of a Salesman (1951).
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