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MY LIFE IN 10 PICTURES KATHY BATES

Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Kathleen Doyle Bates admitted that “from the very beginning I knew acting was what I wanted to do, I just didn’t know if I could really do it as a profession … I’ve always struggled with self-doubt.”

Partly, it was due to her feelings about her looks. “I’m not a stunning woman,” Kathy has said. “I never was an ingénue … It was hard, not just for the lack of work but because you have to face up to how people are looking at

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