Bette Davis
Biography
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.
After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized.
Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and thrice divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theater roles to her credit. In 1999, Davis was placed second, after Katharine Hepburn, on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of all time.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1908-04-05
Place of birth
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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Cast
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
7.30
All About Eve
1950
8.08
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
7.91
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
7.30
Jezebel
1938
7.00
Death on the Nile
1978
7.10
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
5.90
Murder with Mirrors
1985
6.50
Dead Ringer
1964
6.90
Deception
1946
6.50
Marked Woman
1937
6.50
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
6.60
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
6.90
Bordertown
1935
5.90
Now, Voyager
1942
7.36
The Horror Show
1979
4.33
Dark Victory
1939
7.00
Burnt Offerings
1976
6.50
Satan Met a Lady
1936
5.80
Wicked Stepmother
1989
4.50
Beyond the Forest
1949
6.80
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
7.10
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
6.30
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
5.90
Three on a Match
1932
6.20
Mr. Skeffington
1944
6.64
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
6.30
The Virgin Queen
1955
7.10
Winter Meeting
1948
6.50
A Stolen Life
1946
6.40
The Corn Is Green
1945
7.10
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
6.15
In This Our Life
1942
6.80
The Little Foxes
1941
7.50
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
7.10
The Great Lie
1941
6.80
Of Human Bondage
1934
6.50
The Old Maid
1939
7.10
Storm Center
1956
6.40
Hollywood Canteen
1944
7.30
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
5.00
Shining Victory
1941
5.90
A Dream Comes True
1935
5.50
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
5.00
The Petrified Forest
1936
7.08
The Nanny
1965
6.90
The Letter
1940
7.30
Watch on the Rhine
1943
6.70
The Whales of August
1987
7.00
Fog Over Frisco
1934
6.20
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
7.00
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
10.00
Jimmy the Gent
1934
6.30
Dangerous
1935
6.70
Special Agent
1935
6.20
Kid Galahad
1937
7.00
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
5.80
Ex-Lady
1933
6.30
Where Love Has Gone
1964
6.20
Another Man's Poison
1951
6.60
Fashions of 1934
1934
6.38
Old Acquaintance
1943
6.90
John Paul Jones
1959
6.10
Payment on Demand
1951
6.20
Madame Sin
1972
6.70
The Scopone Game
1972
7.38
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
6.40
The Empty Canvas
1963
6.10
Bette and Joan
2017
0.00
The Star
1952
7.20
The Anniversary
1968
6.60
Waterloo Bridge
1931
7.00
Juarez
1939
6.48
The Dark Horse
1932
7.20
The Working Man
1933
6.60
The Big Shakedown
1934
5.60
That Certain Woman
1937
5.70
Bunny O'Hare
1971
5.60
So Big!
1932
5.80
It's Love I'm After
1937
7.00
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
5.20
June Bride
1948
7.20
The Catered Affair
1956
7.10
The Sisters
1938
6.10
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
7.80
Hairway to the Stars
1989
0.00
The Scapegoat
1959
6.80
The Man Who Played God
1932
7.20
The Bad Sister
1931
5.40
Front Page Woman
1935
5.80
Hell's House
1932
5.10
Parachute Jumper
1933
6.10
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000
0.00
Way Back Home
1931
6.20
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.00
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973
6.00
Right of Way
1983
7.30
Housewife
1934
7.60
Madonna: Madame X
2021
7.50
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
6.50
The Golden Arrow
1936
6.10
The Menace
1932
4.50
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
8.00
Just Around the Corner
1933
6.00
Connecting Rooms
1970
6.00
Seed
1931
6.00
White Mama
1980
8.00
Skyward
1980
6.90
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982
8.00
The Decorator
1965
6.00
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006
7.00
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
0.00
A Present with a Future
1943
6.00
As Summers Die
1986
6.20
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
7.00
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
1962
6.00
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
7.50
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
6.50
Always at The Carlyle
2018
6.81
Family Reunion
1981
8.00
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
3.00
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
8.00
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
0.00
All About Bette
1994
7.00
Faye
2024
6.70
Faye
2024
6.70
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
7.48
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
6.00
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
7.00
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
6.50
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
6.00
Show-Business at War
1943
7.00
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
6.50
If I Forget You
1940
5.30
Complicated Women
2003
6.70
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
6.00
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
6.00
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.50
Stars on Horseback
1943
0.00
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
6.20
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
6.99
Directed by William Wyler
1986
0.00
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
2009
4.00
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
6.00
Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
1996
8.00
Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013
0.00
The 42nd Street Special
1933
5.30
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.67
Bette Davis
1972
0.00
Miss Moffat
0.00
Mickey's 50
1978
0.00
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
0.00