Jeanne Bates
Biography
Jeanne Bates began her acting career while a student at San Mateo Junior College, appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco. She played the lead in an airwave mystery series, Lew X. Lansworth's "Whodunit" (Bates' scream was the show's "signature"), which became so successful that it (and Bates) moved to Hollywood in 1941. Bates and Lansworth married in 1943. By the time the two were married, Bates was already under contract to Columbia Pictures, where she debuted in a Boston Blackie mystery.
89years old at death
- Born Berkeley
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 58 years1943 to 2001
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Beyond film
On the radio mystery series Whodunit, Bates played the lead and provided the signature scream. After the war, the show returned as "Murder Will Out."
First role
While she was a student at San Mateo Junior College, Bates started her acting career by taking parts in radio soap operas that were made in San Francisco.
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Worked with
Jeanne Bates shares two films with Patrick O'Moore, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Lew LandersDirector, 2 films, 1943 to 1946
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