Jeanne Bates and Tom Tyler in The Phantom (1943)
Caption: Jeanne Bates and Tom Tyler in The Phantom (1943)
Actress
Born: May 21, 1918
Star sign: Gemini
Known for: Mulholland Drive (2001), Eraserhead (1977), Die Hard 2 (1990), Ben Casey (1961)
Source: IMDB
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...