Jeanne Bates Dies at 89

Fast Facts
Born: May 21, 1918 (Berkeley, CA)
Died: November 28, 2007 (Woodland Hills, CA)
Spouse: Lew X. Lansworth (1943 - 1981: DoD)
Died from breast cancer.
Most notable for her roles as Jean Perkins and Anne Peters on Days of our Lives.

Show	Role	Episode and/or Year
The Chance of a Lifetime	Mary Watson	1943
There's Something About a Soldier	Phyllis	1943
The Phantom	Diana Palmer	1943
The Return of the Vampire	Miss Norcutt	1944
The Racket Man	Phyllis Lake	1944
Sundown Valley	Sidney Hawkins	1944
Hey Rookie	Chief W.A.C.	1944
The Black Parachute	Olga	1944
She's a Soldier Too	Red Burns	1944
Shadows in the Night	Adele Carter	1944
The Soul of a Monster	Ann Winson	1944
Sergeant Mike	Terry	1944
Tonight and Every Night	W.A.C. Woman	1045
The Mask of Dijon	Victoria	1946
The Philco Television Playhouse	unknown	1950
Family Theater	Mary Magdalene	unknown
Trouble In Laws	unknown	1951
Death of a Salesman	Mother	1951
Dangerous Assignment	Eve Schaeffer	1952
Gang Busters	Ellie	unknown
Paula	Nurse	1952
The Range Rider	unknown	1953
Sabaka	Durga	1954
Studio 57	unknown	1955
Gunsmoke	Mrs. nolan	1955
Medic	Katie Trenton	1956
My Friend Flicka	Mary Anderson	1956
Tension at Table Rock	Mrs. Brice	1956
The Lone Ranger	Amy McQueen	1956
Whirlybirds	Mrs. Patterson	unknown
Gins Don't Argue	Mrs. Ross Baxter	1957
The New Adventures of Charlie Chan	Nurse	1957
Trooper Hook	Weaver's Daughter	1957
Back from the Dead	Agnes, Housekeeper	1957
Blood Arrow	Almee	1958
State Trooper	Kate Bayla	1957-1958
Suspicion	Ruby Lina	1958
Buckskin	Alice	1958
Rescue 8	unknown	1958
Mackenzie's Raiders	Julia Smith	unknown
Perry Mason	Jean Strague	1958
Lassie	Mrs. Heffer	1958
Have Gun - Will Travel	Harriet Morrow	1959
Cimmaron City	Amy Shaw	1959
Sky King	Mrs. Tyler	1959
The Restless Gun	Anna	1957-1959
General Electric Theater	Eve	1955-1959
M Squad	Audie Cranston	1958-1959
Bonanza	Stella Harris	1959
Peter Gunn	Ellen Majeski	`959
Tales of Wells Fargo	Amy	1958-1959
Riverboat	Sara	1959
Bourbon Street Beat	Mrs. Grandsoir	1959
Man with a Camera	Mrs. Mason	1960
Rawhide	Henny Morton	1959-1960
77 Sunset Strip	Lydia Noble	1960
Zane Grey Theater	Lee Devlin	1960
Vice Raid	Marilyn	1960
The Slowest Gun in the West	The Wife	1960
The Donna Reed Show	Ruth Handler	1960
Laramie	Sarah Campbell	1960
Outlaws	Mrs. Starke	1960
Todd Lincoln - The Night of April 14th	Mrs. Teller	1959
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Edna Gibbs	1959-1960
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Selma Grant	1960
Checkmate	Miss Marx	1961
Lock Up	Catherine Tanner	1961
The Twilight Zone	Ethel Hollis	1961
Wagon Train	Erna Logan	1958-1962
The Strangler	Clara Thomas, Nurse	1964
Ben Casey	Nurse Willis	1962-1965
Days of Our Lives	Jean Perkins	1967-1968
Hawaii Five-O	Grace Willis	1968
The Saint	Lila Prentice	1968
Family Affair	Mrs. Morrison	1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.	Mrs. Collins	1970
Mayberry R.F.D.	Jennie Mae, Receptionist	1969-1970
Suppose they Gave a War and Nobody Came?	Mrs. Flanders	1970
The Young Lawyers	Dr. Rowe	1970
Cannon	unknown	1972
Days of Our Lives	Anne Peters, Nurse	1972-1975
The Stranger	unknown	1973
Topper Returns	unknown	1973
Griff	Dr. Larkin	1973
Mannix	Mary Reardon	1974
Lucas Tanner	Woman	1974
Kodiak	unknown	1974
The Rockford Files	Lady in Bank	1975
Gus	Nurse	1976
Charlie's Angels	Alice Clements	1976
Eraserhead	Mrs. X	1977
Poco: Little Dog Lost	Mrs. John Ashmore	1977
Disneyland: Gus	Nurse	1977
Getting Married	Divorcee	1978
Barnaby Jones	Bertha Delbart	1974-1978
Wonder Woman	Mrs. Walls	1978
Quincy, M.D.	Mrs. Murphy	1979
A Special Gift	unknown	1979
Three's Company	Alice	1979
The Chisholm's	Abigail	1980
Dallas	unknown	1981
The Young and the Restless	Edith Mills	1973
Touch and Go	Lady at Mortuary	1986
From the Dead of Night	Nurse	1989
Hard Time on Planet Earth	Clerk	1989
Mom	Emily Dwyer	1990
Die Hard 2	Older Woman (Northeast Plane)	1990
Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4	Katharine	1990
Grand Canyon	Mrs. Menken	1991
Wild Orchard II: Two Shades of Blue	Mrs. Felt	1992
Dream Lover	Jeanne	1994
Wings	Mrs. Peabody	1996
Sister Sister	Elderly Woman	1996
Dr. Mulholland	Irene	2001
That 70's Show	Game Show Contestant	2002

Jeanne Bates, best known for her roles as Jean Perkins and Anne Peters on the NBC Daytime Drama, Days of our Lives, died at the age of 89 in Woodland Hills, CA from breast cancer.

Ms. Bates was born in Berkeley, CA on May 21, 1918 She began her career appearing on radio soap operas in San Francisco while attending San Mateo Junior College. While playing the lead on the radio mystery series "Whodunit," she met and married the program's writer, Lew X. Lansworth, in 1943. Her infamous scream popularized the show. The two remained married until Lansworth's death in 1981.

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