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Jeanne Bates (born March 21, 1918) is an American film and television actress. She signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1942 which began a long career in films both in bit parts and larger roles. She played Bela Lugosi's vampires first victim in Return of the Vampire (1943), Diana Palmer in The Phantom, (1943) and she had a minor role in Death of a Salesman (1952). Bates worked steadily in television beginning in the 1950s and is remembered for playing Nurse Wills on the weekly program Ben Casey (1961-66). Bates, who also taught acting, also appeared, as Mrs. X, in the cult-classic Eraserhead (1977). Jeanne Bates' latter-day film appearances have included small but worthwhile roles in Die Hard 2 (1992) and Mulholland Dr. (2001).

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