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Norma Bates
Appears in Psycho IV: The Beginning
Portrayed By	Virginia Gregg (voice) Paul Jasmin (voice) Jeanette Nolan (voice) Gloria Bates Olivia Hussey Alice Hirson (voice) Rose Marie (voice) Vera Farmiga

First Appearance	Psycho (1960) Psycho II Bates Motel (1987) Psycho IV: The Beginning Psycho (1998)

Last Appearance	Bates Motel (2013)

Profile
Gender	Female

Born	1909

Died	1949

Age	40

Status	Deceased

Residence	Green Lawn Cemetery

Also Known As	The Mother, "Mother" Bates, Norma Spool, Mrs. Bates

Cause of Death	Poisoned with Strychnine

Killed By	Norman Bates

Relationships
Romances	Mr. Bates Chet Rudolph

Father	Mr. Spool (mentioned)

Sister(s)	Emma Spool

Son(s)	Norman Bates Dylan Massett

Norma Bates was the domineering mother of Norman Bates. After Norman murdered her, he developed a murderous split personality based on her.

Biography

Following the death of her husband, Norma raised their son alone. The two lived in Fairvale, California, where they ran the Bates Motel.

Norma was extremely controlling of her son's life and preached to him that all women – except herself – were whores and that sexual intercourse was sinful.

After Norma took a lover, a jealous Norman murdered them both and staged the scene to look like a murder-suicide perpetrated by Norma.

Norman later stole his mother's corpse and mummified it. He began to act as though she was still alive and would hear her speak to him. He also believed that she was responsible for several murders that took place on the motel property when, in reality, Norman had developed a split personality of his mother. When the Norma personality took over, he would dress up as her and speak with her voice.