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Kathy Bates: Roles
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Eighteen years ago, the abusive husband of Dolores Claiborne (Kathy Bates) died under mysterious circumstances. His death was ruled an accident despite the suspicions of police detective John Mackey. Now the elderly woman she has nursed for many years has ... died--with Dolores found standing over her body with a rolling pin in her upraised hands--and this time she is accused of murder. Her estranged daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who blames Dolores for her father's death, returns to confront her with her resentment. Are things as cut-and-dried as they seem, or is there more to the story? After years of living a lie, Dolores Claiborne has to finally face the truth with her daughter--or risk losing her for good.
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Kathy Bates turned down the role of Julie Stiles Grandmother, as there was a breach of contract between her and producer Martin Bregmman. Bates took legal action and it resulted by winning her a payout of over $1.24 million.
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Now came a run of oddities, as if Kathy were looking for small roles to interest her before the next big project. She helped out in Bruno, Shirley Maclaine's directorial debut, playing a Mother Superior helping to bully Maclaine's genius grandson. She sold squirrels in the roustabout comedy Rat Race, then played the mother of Colin Farrell's Jesse James in American Outlaws.
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