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Annie Wilkes
Anne Marie Wilkes Dugan
, usually known as
Annie Wilkes
, is a character in the 1987 novel
Misery
, by
Stephen King
. In the 1990
film adaptation of the novel
, Annie Wilkes was portrayed by
Kathy Bates
, who won the
Academy Award for Best Actress
for her portrayal. The
American Film Institute
included Annie Wilkes (as played by Bates) in their
"100 Heroes and Villains"
list, ranking her as the 17th most iconic villain (and sixth most iconic villainess) in film history. A nurse by training, she has become one of the
stereotypes
of the nurse as a torturer and
angel of death
.
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