John Jacob Jingle-Himmer Smith!
--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Kathy Bates. After working as a cashier at New York's Museum
of Modern Art and as a singing waitress in a Catskill resort,
Bates distinguished herself in 1983's 'Night Mother, for
which she earned a Tony nomination. She won a prestigious
Obie award for her role as the abused waitress Frankie in
Terence McNally's Off-Broadway play Frankie and Johnny - a
part that was written especially for her.
Until the 1990s, Bates had only minor parts in TV series and
lackluster films. But with the critical and popular success
of Misery, Bates' film career hit an upswing. She won a Best
Actress Oscar for her role opposite James Caan in Misery,
followed by a Golden Globe for her role as the comically
emancipated housewife in Fried Green Tomatoes.
She had prominent roles in Dolores Claiborne, Diabolique,
Titanic, The Waterboy, and Primary Colors for which she
received another Oscar nomination. Bates has directed
episodes of the TV dramas Homicide, NYPD Blue, and Oz, and
also directed A&E's Dash and Lilly, starring Sam Shepard,
Judy Davis, and Babe Neuwirth.