They had a daughter named Kathleen Doyle Bates, better known as actress Kathy Bates.
Morgan attended the prestigious White Station Highschool in Memphis, TN, which has produced many highly successful artists, including Kathy Bates, and Andrew VanWyngarden.
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The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière, and stars Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, John Lithgow and Tom Waits.
He has directed some of the most respected American actors in cinema, including: William Hurt, John Lithgow, Raul Julia, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, and others.
The film starred Kathy Bates as Kushnick, who received an Emmy Award nomination for her role, and won a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.
At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that Smallhorne would direct his comedy screenplay Pushers Needed with an all-star cast of Joan Allen, Claire Danes, Kathy Bates, Brenda Blethyn and Maggie Smith.
In 2011, Wall made his first broadcast network appearance in Harry's Law, playing a young, newly qualified attorney opposite Kathy Bates and George Wendt.
A movie based on the novel starring Sophie Nélisse as Gilly Hopkins and Kathy Bates as Trotter is currently in production and due for release in 2014.