Kathy Bates had it all wrong. For years, the Matlock star was under the impression that she’d neglected to thank her mother in her 1991 Oscar acceptance speech. But it turns out, her memory had played a trick on her.

For years, Kathy Bates has believed she missed thanking someone pivotal during her acceptance speech after she won the Oscar for best actress in 1991 for her performance in “Misery.”