Lange plays a widow dealing with financial issues and two sons grieving their father in various ways. Bates plays one of a group of prostitutes, including Lily Tomlin and Jodie Foster, who are among the vigilantes trying to stop the killer.īates and Jessica Lange would be go on to great success working together on “American Horror Story” and both would win Emmys for the “Coven” season of that show.
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Instead of his usual New York City based urban dramas and comedies, this film tells the story of a meek book keeper who gets thrust into the search for a serial killer that is loss in some fictional European country in an unspecified time period in the past. This is an unusual type of film for Woody Allen. SEE Jessica Lange movies: 12 greatest films from ‘Tootsie’ to ‘Cape Fear’ to ‘Big Fish’
On the occasion of Bates premiering in the eighth season of “ American Horror Story: Apocalyse,” take a photo gallery tour of her 15 greatest film performances, ranked from worst to best. Bates has said all she could do was laugh and think it was just typical Hollywood when the role of Frankie, an unattractive middle-aged waitress was given to the gorgeous Pfeiffer.
Bates also lost out on the film version of another play that was written for her “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.” This time she was replaced by Michelle Pfeiffer.