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Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 β April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
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Filmography
all 61
Movies 47
TV Shows 14
self 6
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Thriller (1960)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The President's Lady (1953)
Close to My Heart (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
June Bride (1948)
Ford Theatre (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Deep Valley (1947)
The Virginian (1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
State Fair (1945)
3 Is a Family (1944)
Dark Waters (1944)
The Heavenly Body (1944)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
Salute to the Marines (1943)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
The Human Comedy (1943)
Journey for Margaret (1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Personalities (1942)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Maryland (1940)
A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
Our Town (1940)
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Daughters Courageous (1939)
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
The Shining Hour (1938)
The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Quality Street (1937)
This Side of Heaven (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1893-12-07
Deathday1968-04-16 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, California, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFay Okell Bainter
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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