Baltimore accent Click to see full answer. Besides, who plays the bearded lady in American horror story?The same definitely cannot be said for Ethel Darling, the bearded lady played by Kathy Bates. We know that Ethel’s fanatically devoted to Elsa, and that she doesn’t mind her son making some extra money by manually stimulating housewives for 18 bucks a pop.Subsequently, question is, does Kathy Bates have an accent? One of the most beguiling mysteries of American Horror Story: Freak Show is Kathy Bates’s accent, a jagged Appalachian tootle that has upstaged ravenous scenery-chewers like Angela Bassett and Jessica Lange, as well as the show’s over-the-top prosthetics. Correspondingly, what accent does the butcher have in AHS? The Butcher, and other members of the Roanoke colony, use a very distinct OP (Original Pronunciation) Accent, common in late 16th Century Britain.How did Ethel die in AHS?Asking Ethel for one last drink, Elsa threw a dagger into her old friend’s eye when she raised her gun to shoot. With Stanley and Maggie’s help, Elsa was able to cover up Ethel’s murder as a suicide. The plan worked out perfectly for Stanley, who staged for Ethel to be decapitated in a car crash.