5 Facts About Kathy Bates

1. For the filmmakers, Kathy Bates signing on was like winning the casting lottery.

2. On May 11, 2018, Kathy Bates led advocates in a Capitol Hill Lobby Day to garner Congressional support for research funding.

3. On September 20, 2016, Kathy Bates received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry.

4. In 2012 Kathy Bates made a guest appearance on Two and a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper on the episode "Why We Gave Up Women", which aired on April 30, 2012.

5. In 1995 Kathy Bates played the title character in Dolores Claiborne, a film adaptation of another Stephen King novel, although she was not nominated for an Oscar.