Actress. She was best known for playing the character roles of school teachers, tourists, tenants, reformers, and little old lady types, but some were uncredited. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Mrs. Rogers' in the classic romance film drama, "Girl Of The Ozarks" (1936). The film which was directed by William Shea, which was written for the screen by Stuart Anthony, Michael L. Simmons, and Maurine Babb, and which also starred Virginia Weidler, Henrietta Crosman, and Leif Erickson, tells the story of a sweet little country girl who has issues with school. Her mother is ill. The school threatens to send her to an orphanage. She was born one of two children as Kathryn L. Bates in Providence, Rhode Island, to Dr. William Lincoln Bates (1855-1932), a prominent specialist in Electropathy and who was in charge of the Bates Sanitarium for 40 years in Jamestown, Rhode Island, and his wife Rebecca Jane Lewin Bates (1856-1928), on September 23, 1877. She made her actual film debut playing a 'Minor Role' in the classic western film, "Klondike Annie" (1936). The film which was directed by Raoul Walsh, which was written for the screen by Marion Morgan and George B. Dowell, and which also starred Mae West (she also wrote the play), Victor McLaglen, and Phillip Reed, tells the story of Carlton Rose, a girl known as "The Frisco Doll," who escapes to Alaska after accidentally killing her guard. Besides, playing a 'Minor Role' in the western film, "Klondike Annie" (1936), and playing the role of 'Mrs. Rogers' in the classic romance film drama, "Girl Of The Ozarks" (1936), her many other film credits include, "The Texas Rangers" (1936), "Tassels In The Air" (1938), "Arrest Bulldog Drummond" (1938), "Boy Trouble" (1939), "Unmarried" (1939), "Grand Jury Secrets" (1939), "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" (1939), "Parole Fixer" (1940), "The Quarterback" (1940), "Hands Across The Rockies" (1941), and "Birth Of The Blues" (1941). Her last film role was playing 'Mrs. McTavish' in the classic film drama, "The Green Years" (1946). The film which was directed by Victor Savile, which was written for the screen by Robert Ardrey and Sonya Levien, which was based on the novel of the same name, "The Green Years," by A.J. Cronin, and which also starred Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, and Beverly Tyler, tells the story of an orphaned young boy who is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way. She retired from acting shortly thereafter and later worked as a secretary for the Hard of Hearing Society in Pasadena, California. She passed away in Los Angeles, California, on January 1, 1964, at the age of 86. Her funeral was held at Church of the Hills in Hollywood Hills, California, and she was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California. In her private life, she was known as Carrie Bates Crouchley and she was the mother of four children, Carolyn, Elizabeth, Paul, and William
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