List of the best Florence Bates movies: The Second Woman(1951), The Chocolate Soldier(1941), The Son of Monte Cristo(1940), Love Crazy(1941), The Judge Steps Out(1949), San Antonio(1945), Lullaby of Broadway(1951), Saratoga Trunk(1945), My Dear Secretary(1948), Diary of a Chambermaid(1946), Mexican Spitfire at Sea(1942), Portrait of Jennie(1948) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Amelia Foster
Robert Young Betsy Drake John Sutton Florence Bates Morris Carnovsky Henry O'Neill Jean Rogers Raymond Largay Shirley Ballard Vicki Raaf Jason Robards Sr.
architect insurance investigator psychologist father neighbor niece bleak brooding california beach household adultery guilt architecture bad luck paranoia car crash mystery revenge 1940s
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly ... See full summary »
Musical
1941
102 Minutes
Madame "Pugsie" Helene
Nelson Eddy Rise Stevens Nigel Bruce Florence Bates Dorothy Gilmore Nydia Westman Max Barwyn Charles Judels Jack "Tiny" Lipson Leon Belasco Sig Arno
husband wife friend lady maid soldier playful cheery vienna theater café apartment jealousy actors impersonation singing romance secret love temptation
An opera singer (Nelson Eddy) poses as a Russian in Vienna to test his wife's (Rise Stevens) fidelity; she plays along.
Adventure
1940
102 Minutes
Countess Mathilde Von Braun
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett George Sanders Florence Bates Lionel Royce Montagu Love Ian Wolfe Clayton Moore Ralph Byrd Georges Renavent Michael Visaroff
queen general son king guard brash crafty gutsy fictional country royal court royal palace europe royalty power struggle identity schemes adventure rivalry 1860s
A masked swordsman (Louis Hayward) poses as a French banker to save a grand duchess (Joan Bennett) from a dictator (George Sanders).
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Mrs. Cooper
William Powell Myrna Loy Gail Patrick Jack Carson Florence Bates Sidney Blackmer Vladimir Sokoloff Kathleen Lockhart Sig Ruman Donald MacBride Sara Haden
architect wife mother-in-law artist lawyer wild playful apartment insane asylum love triangle misunderstanding divorce jealousy feigned insanity love 1940s
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Chita
Alexander Knox Ann Sothern George Tobias Sharyn Moffett Florence Bates Frieda Inescort Myrna Dell Ian Wolfe H.B. Warner Martha Hyer James Warren
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Henrietta
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Victor Francen Florence Bates John Litel Paul Kelly John Alvin Monte Blue Robert Shayne Robert Barrat
rancher kingpin dancer gunslinger engaging thrilling san antonio, texas mexico alamo ranch range war cattle theft old west justice romance quest revenge rivalry 19th century
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Mrs. Anna Hubbell
Doris Day Gene Nelson Gladys George S.Z. Sakall Billy De Wolfe Florence Bates Anne Triola Hanley Stafford Page Cavanaugh Trio The De Mattlazzis
A showgirl returns to her New York home to visit her alcoholic mother, where she catches the eye of a Broadway producer.
Drama, History
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Sophie Bellop
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Flora Robson Jerry Austin John Warburton Florence Bates Curt Bois John Abbott Ethel Griffies Marla Shelton Helen Freeman
gambler aristocrat businessman socialite pretty woman dwarf melodramatic mushy new orleans new york state hotel docks restaurant romance gambling class conflict secret blackmail revenge love
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Comedy
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Horrible Hannah Reeve
Laraine Day Kirk Douglas Keenan Wynn Helen Walker Rudy Vallee Florence Bates Alan Mowbray Grady Sutton Irene Ryan Gale Robbins Virginia Hewitt
novelist secretary publisher neighbor wife husband cheeky playful apartment beach house las vegas nightclub writing romantic dilemma publishing unlikely romance love transformation discovery 1940s
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Comedy, Drama
1946
86 Minutes
Rose
Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith Hurd Hatfield Francis Lederer Judith Anderson Florence Bates Irene Ryan Reginald Owen
A gold-digging chambermaid (Paulette Goddard) eyes her brooding master (Hurd Hatfield) and drives a valet to murder.
Comedy
1942
72 Minutes
Mrs. Baldwin
Lupe Velez Leon Errol Charles Rogers ZaSu Pitts Elisabeth Risdon Florence Bates Marion Martin Lydia Bilbrook Eddie Dunn Harry Holman
Uncle Matt (Leon Errol) poses as Lord Epping and helps Carmelita's (Lupe Velez) husband clinch a shipboard deal.
Romance
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Mrs. Jekes (landlady)
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ethel Barrymore Cecil Kellaway David Wayne Albert Sharpe Florence Bates Lillian Gish Henry Hull Maude Simmons Felix Bressart
painter girl gallery owner cab driver mother superior dreamy brooding creative fascinating new york city cape cod central park convent apartment pub time poverty art storm love
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Romance
USA
1949
78 Minutes
Miss Emma Shoemaker
Ronald Reagan Virginia Mayo Eddie Bracken Dona Drake Henry Travers Lois Wilson Florence Bates Jerome Cowan Helen Westcott Paul Harvey Lloyd Corrigan
talent scout artist teacher secretary photographer mother lighthearted playful new york city artist's studio apartment beach school courtroom talent search publicity art deception family trials
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his pin-up creation is really a composite ... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Mrs. Amanda Roanoke-Brooke
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
98 Minutes
Madame Dilyovska
Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller Vera-Ellen Betty Garrett Jules Munshin Alice Pearce Florence Bates
sailor actress anthropologist cab driver lighthearted playful new york city ship street empire state building museum coney island friendship freedom romance military shore leave adventure love quest
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Mrs. Charlotte Alsop
Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou Marshall Thompson Ruby Dee Will Geer Richard Rober Florence Bates Victor Kilian Katharine Warren Leif Erickson
assassin detective sister slave abraham lincoln criminal suspenseful thrilling train baltimore new york city assassination presidency murder plot police work conspiracy crime pursuit underdog 1860s
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Madame Elise Chavez
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Comedy
USA
1947
108 Minutes
Mrs. Griswold
Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo Boris Karloff Fay Bainter Ann Rutherford Thurston Hall Konstantin Shayne Florence Bates Gordon Jones Reginald Denny Henry Corden
man fiancée mother beautiful woman villain criminal endearing amusing united states city household dreams imagination courage heroism crime adventure quest pursuit 1940s
A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
83 Minutes
Mrs. Davis
Jack Carson Robert Hutton Martha Vickers Janis Paige Otto Kruger Barbara Brown Tom D'Andrea Florence Bates Craig Stevens Don McGuire John Alvin
A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music business.
Drama
USA
1949
103 Minutes
Mrs. Manleigh
Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Ann Sothern Kirk Douglas Paul Douglas Barbara Lawrence Jeffrey Lynn Connie Gilchrist Florence Bates Hobart Cavanaugh
wife child adulterer husband maid emotional intense suspenseful westchester, n.y. river household suburbia infidelity marriage mystery 1940s
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she does not say which one.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
130 Minutes
Mrs. Edythe Van Hopper
Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Judith Anderson George Sanders Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper
widower housekeeper husband wife bride dark suspenseful emotional mansion england cabin death fire obsession betrayal deception suicide transformation mystery 1940s
A British gentleman's (Laurence Olivier) innocent bride (Joan Fontaine) grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Mrs. Van Every
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Hal Roach Carole Landis John Hubbard Charles Butterworth Patsy Kelly George E. Stone Margaret Roach Polly Ann Young Edward Norris
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Alda Herman Brix Andrea King Martha Vickers Alan Hale Dolores Moran John Ridgely Don McGuire Warren Douglas Craig Stevens
A homesick, no-nonsense, lounge singer decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast, and eventually falling in love with down-and-out ex-jazz pianist.