
Biography
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greater successes were in romantic dramas. A recipient of two Academy Awards, she was the first thespian to accrue ten nominations.
Bette Davis appeared on Broadway in New York, then the 22-year-old Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930. After some unsuccessful films, she had her critical breakthrough playing a vulgar waitress in Of Human Bondage (1934) although, contentiously, she was not among the three nominees for the Academy Award for Best Actress that year. The next year, her performance as a down-and-out actress in Dangerous (1935) did land Davis her first Best Actress nomination, and she won. In 1937, she tried to free herself from her contract with Warner Brothers Studio; although she lost the legal case, it marked the start of more than a decade as one of the most celebrated leading ladies of U.S. cinema. The same year, she starred in Marked Woman, a film regarded as one of the most important in her early career. Davis's portrayal of a strong-willed 1850s southern belle in Jezebel (1938) won her a second Academy Award for Best Actress and was the first of five consecutive years in which she received a Best Actress nomination; the others were for Dark Victory (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941) and Now, Voyager (1942).
Davis was known for her forceful and intense style of acting and gained a reputation as a perfectionist in her craft. She could be combative and confrontational with studio executives and film directors, as well as with her co-stars, expecting the same high standard of performance and commitment from them as she expected from herself. Her forthright manner, idiosyncratic speech, and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona that has been often imitated.She played a Broadway star in All About Eve (1950), which earned her another Oscar nomination and won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Her last Oscar nomination was for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), which also starred her famous rival Joan Crawford. In the latter stage of her career, her most successful films were Death on the Nile (1978) and The Whales of August (1987). Her career went through several periods of eclipse, but despite a long period of ill health she continued acting in film and on television until shortly before her death from breast cancer in 1989. She admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. She was married four times, divorcing three and widowed once, when her second husband died unexpectedly. She raised her children largely as a single parent. Her daughter, B. D. Hyman, wrote a controversial memoir about her childhood, 1985's My Mother's Keeper.Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, a free club for food, dancing and entertainment for servicemen during World War II, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She was also the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. In 1999, Davis was placed second behind Katharine Hepburn on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of the classical Hollywood cinema era.
Filmography
All 206
Movies 177
Self 71
TV Shows 29

Madonna - Madame X (2021)

The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland (2021)

Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)

Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben (2017)

Bette and Joan (2017)

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn (2015)

Listen to Me Marlon (2015)

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Talking Pictures (2013)

Footsteps on the Ceiling (2013)

The Time That Remains (2012)

The Clock (2010)

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka (2009)

Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis (2009)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

Never Apologize (2008)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

Jezebel: Legend of the South (2006)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (2006)

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert (2005)

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

Complicated Women (2003)

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)

Backstory: 'All About Eve' (2000)

Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial (1999)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis (1996)

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)

All About Bette (1994)

Here's Looking At You, Warner Bros. (1991)

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

Hairway to the Stars (1989)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987)

The Whales of August (1987)

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)

As Summers Die (1986)

Directed by William Wyler (1986)

Super Duper Bloopers (1986)

Murder with Mirrors (1985)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)

Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

Right of Way (1983)

Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (1983)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Night of 100 Stars (1982)

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)

Family Reunion (1981)

Skyward (1980)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

White Mama (1980)

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)

The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)

Death on the Nile (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978)

The Disappearance of Aimee (1976)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)

Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974)

Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)

The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)

The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)

The Scopone Game (1972)

Madame Sin (1972)

Bunny O'Hare (1971)

V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)

Connecting Rooms (1970)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

The Anniversary (1968)

Hollywood My Home Town (1965)

The Nanny (1965)

The Love Goddesses (1965)

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Hollywood and the Stars (1964)

Dead Ringer (1964)

The Hollywood Palace (1964)

The Empty Canvas (1963)

Hollywood and the Stars (1963)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)

The Scapegoat (1959)

John Paul Jones (1959)

Suspicion (1957)

Perry Mason (1957)

Wagon Train (1957)

Stranded (1957)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)

Storm Center (1956)

The Catered Affair (1956)

Telephone Time (1956)

Tony Awards (1956)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Gunsmoke (1955)

The Virgin Queen (1955)

When the Talkies Were Young (1955)

The Oscars (1953)

General Electric Theater (1953)

The Star (1952)

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Another Man's Poison (1951)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

Payment on Demand (1951)

All About Eve (1950)

What's My Line? (1950)

Beyond the Forest (1949)

Breakdowns of 1949 (1949)

June Bride (1948)

Winter Meeting (1948)

Deception (1946)

A Stolen Life (1946)

The Corn Is Green (1945)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Breakdowns of 1944 (1944)

A Present with a Future (1943)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Show-Business at War (1943)

Stars on Horseback (1943)

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Now, Voyager (1942)

In This Our Life (1942)

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)

The Little Foxes (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Shining Victory (1941)

The Great Lie (1941)

The Letter (1940)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

If I Forget You (1940)

Breakdowns of 1939 (1940)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Old Maid (1939)

Juarez (1939)

Dark Victory (1939)

The Sisters (1938)

Jezebel (1938)

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)

It's Love I'm After (1937)

That Certain Woman (1937)

Kid Galahad (1937)

A Day at Santa Anita (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)

Breakdowns of 1936 (1936)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

The Golden Arrow (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

A Dream Comes True (1935)

Dangerous (1935)

Special Agent (1935)

Front Page Woman (1935)

The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)

Bordertown (1935)

Housewife (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Fog Over Frisco (1934)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Ex-Lady (1933)

The Working Man (1933)

The 42nd Street Special (1933)

Parachute Jumper (1933)

Just Around the Corner (1933)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

Three on a Match (1932)

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)

The Dark Horse (1932)

The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)

So Big! (1932)

The Man Who Played God (1932)

Hell's House (1932)

The Menace (1932)

The Christmas Party (1931)

Way Back Home (1931)

Waterloo Bridge (1931)

Seed (1931)

The Bad Sister (1931)

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Murder with Mirrors
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Information
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1908-04-05
Deathday1989-10-06 (81 years old)
Place of birthLowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsWilliam Grant Sherry (1945-01-01 - 1950-01-01), Gary Merrill (1950-01-01 - 1960-01-01)
ChildrenB. D. Hyman
FatherHarlow Morrell Davis
MotherRuth Augusta 'Ruthie' Favor
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also known asThe First Lady of Film, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, The Fourth Warner Brother, Бетт Дэвис, 베티 데이비스, Бетті Девіс, Μπέτι Ντέιβις, Бети Дейвис, Бет Дэвіс
AwardsSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Laurel Awards, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Crystal Award, Los Angeles Times Women of the Year Silver Cup, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, Donostia Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, New York Film Critics Circle, Emmy Award, Academy Award for Best Actress, Volpi Cup
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