At 77, Kathy Bates is now the oldest Emmy nominee for lead actress in a drama collection.
Bates stars as septuagenarian lawyer Madeline Matlock within the CBS collection “Matlock,” which concluded its first season in April. Created by Jennie Snyder Urman (finest recognized for “Jane the Virgin”), the present is a reboot of the traditional Andy Griffith-led collection of the identical title, which ran from 1986 to 1995. Bates’ Matlock is a bit older and simply as sensible.
“I know that there was some talk of possibly creating this character as a granddaughter of [the original] Matlock — someone in her 30s or 40s — so I’m incredibly fortunate that, at 76, for heaven’s sake, I’ve been able to play this role,” Bates instructed The Occasions final 12 months.
Bates, who celebrated a birthday final month, on Tuesday turned the oldest nominee within the class’s historical past. The report was beforehand held by the late Angela Lansbury, who was 70 when she was nominated for “Murder, She Wrote” in 1996. Lansbury by no means gained an Emmy regardless of 18 nominations.
Bates’ nomination doesn’t come as a shock. She was up for a similar class at this 12 months’s Golden Globes and Display screen Actors Guild Awards. She took house the trophy on the Critics Selection Awards in February.
Bates has now been nominated for 15 Emmy Awards, two of which she’s gained: visitor actress in a comedy collection for “Two and a Half Men” (2012) and supporting actress in a restricted collection for “American Horror Story: Coven” (2014). In 1991, she gained the lead actress Oscar for her chilling position within the horror film “Misery,” based mostly on the Stephen King novel of the identical title.
“Matlock” has been renewed for a sophomore season and is anticipated to return within the fall.
