Matlock' star Kathy Bates on her desert island shows, how 'Dolores Claiborne' changed a stranger's life and the movie that ...

Kathy Bates, IndieWire Honors Vanguard Award winner, unpacked the art of acting for CBS's hit legal show as she looked back ...

IndieWire Honors Vanguard winner Kathy Bates saluted the creative team behind CBS' 'Matlock' at the awards event June 5.

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The Matlock star talks candidly about longevity, mental health, and the decades she spent feeling like she didn’t belong.

Jennie Snyder Urman may have a writers' room for "Matlock," but the most creative ideas come from her multiple walks a day.

Since her acting no longer resonated with viewers, Kathy Bates came dangerously close to retiring. But the part in Matlock was a game-changer. Playing Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a retired lawyer ...

“Matlock” centers on the unexpected, yet profound friendship between Kathy Bates’ Madeline Matlock and Skye P. Marshall’s Olympia — a connection that extends beyond the screen between ...

Her costar, Skye P. Marshall, looks back on filming her confrontation with Bates. The two share thoughts on if their characters can reconcile and how many years the show might run. Kathy Bates was ...

Kathy Bates isn't afraid to get candid about some of her career lows. In 1990, the Matlock actress received critical acclaim — and an Oscar — for portraying Annie Wilkes in the psychological thriller ...

A studied actor celebrating her biggest TV role ever at age 76, Kathy Bates recruited some legendary help to get ready for “Matlock.” In 1992, the year after she won her Academy Award for “Misery,” ...