Bette Davis
Age: 81 | From: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1908-04-05 12:42:53
Death: 1989-10-06 12:42:53
Aliases: The First Lady of Film , Ruth Elizabeth Davis , The Fourth Warner Brother , Бетт Дэвис , 베티 데이비스 , Бетті Девіс , Μπέτι Ντέιβις , Бети Дейвис , Бет Дэвіс
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Homepage: https://www.bettedavis.com/
Movie Involvements: 128
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Wagon Train
(1957) Ella Lindstrom
Perry Mason
(1957) Constant Doyle
The Virginian
(1962) Celia Miller
Gunsmoke
(1955) Etta Stone
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1955) Marie Hoke
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(1959) Sarah Whitney
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Miss FoxActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Herself (archival footage) | |
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2019 | (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self - Actress (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Margo Channing (archive footage) | ||
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Queen Elizabeth (archive footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1996 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 1993 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1989 | Miranda Pierpoint | |
| Self [Archive Footage] | ||
| 1988 | (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage) | |
| Libby Strong | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1986 | Hannah Loftin | |
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| 1985 | Carrie Louise Serrocold | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1983 | Miniature Dwyer | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1982 | (archive footage) | |
| Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt | ||
| (in "Deception") (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Esther McDonald Cimino | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1981 | Elizabeth Winfield | |
| 1980 | Billie Dupree | |
| Mrs. Aylwood | ||
| Estelle Malone | ||
| 1979 | Lucy Mason | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1978 | Self | |
| Marie Van Schuyler | ||
| Letha Wedge | ||
| Widow Fortune | ||
| Marie Van Schuyler (archive footage) | ||
| 1977 | Self | |
| 1976 | Minnie Kennedy | |
| Aunt Elizabeth | ||
| 1974 | Mother | |
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Mrs. Elliott | |
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Judge Meredith | |
| 'A vecchia | ||
| Madame Sin | ||
| 1971 | Bunny O'Hare | |
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Wanda Fleming | |
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| Mrs. Taggart | ||
| 1965 | Nanny | |
| Liz | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1964 | Charlotte Hollis | |
| Mrs. Gerald Hayden | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips | ||
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Dino's Mother | |
| 1962 | N/A | |
| Baby Jane Hudson | ||
| Self | ||
| Celia Miller | ||
| 1961 | Apple Annie | |
| 1959 | Sarah Whitney | |
| Countess | ||
| Empress Catherine the Great | ||
| 1957 | Mrs. Wilfred Ellis | |
| Constant Doyle | ||
| Ella Lindstrom | ||
| Mrs. Beatrice Enter | ||
| 1956 | Self | |
| Alicia Hull | ||
| Mrs. Agnes Hurley | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1955 | Marie Hoke | |
| Miss Fox | ||
| Etta Stone | ||
| Queen Elizabeth I | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| Christine Marlowe | ||
| Miss Burrows | ||
| 1952 | Margaret Elliot | |
| Marie Hoke | ||
| 1951 | Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother | |
| Janet Frobisher | ||
| Irene Van Buren | ||
| Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson) | ||
| 1950 | Margo Channing | |
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Self | |
| Rosa Moline | ||
| 1948 | Linda Gilman | |
| Susan Grieve | ||
| 1946 | Christine Radcliffe | |
| Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth | ||
| 1945 | Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat | |
| 1944 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Fanny Trellis | ||
| 1943 | Mother | |
| Kit Marlowe | ||
| Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Sara Müller | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1942 | Self | |
| Charlotte Vale | ||
| Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill | ||
| Maggie Cutler | ||
| 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Regina Hubbard Giddens | ||
| Joan Winfield | ||
| N/A | ||
| Maggie Patterson Van Allen | ||
| 1940 | Leslie Crosbie | |
| Self | ||
| Henriette Deluzy-Desportes | ||
| Bette Davis | ||
| 1939 | Self | |
| Queen Elizabeth | ||
| Charlotte Lovell | ||
| Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg | ||
| Judith Traherne | ||
| 1938 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Louise Elliott Medlin | ||
| Julie Marsden | ||
| 1937 | Self | |
| Joyce Arden | ||
| Mary Donnell/Mme Al Haines | ||
| Louise 'Fluff' Phillips | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mary Dwight Strauber | ||
| 1936 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Valerie Purvis | ||
| Daisy Appleby | ||
| Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple | ||
| 1935 | N/A | |
| Joyce Heath | ||
| Julie Gardner | ||
| Ellen Garfield | ||
| Miriam A. Brady | ||
| Mrs. Marie Roark | ||
| 1934 | Patricia Berkeley | |
| Mildred Rogers | ||
| Arlene Bradford | ||
| Joan Martin | ||
| Lynn Mason | ||
| Norma Nelson | ||
| 1933 | Norma Roberts | |
| Helen Bauer | ||
| Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| Patricia 'Alabama' Brent | ||
| Ginger | ||
| 1932 | Fay Wilson | |
| Ruth Westcott | ||
| Madge Norwood | ||
| Kay Russell | ||
| Malbro | ||
| Miss Dallas O'Mara | ||
| Grace Blair | ||
| Peggy Gardner | ||
| Peggy Lowell | ||
| 1931 | Mary Lucy Duffy | |
| Janet Cronin | ||
| Margaret Carter | ||
| Laura Madison | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Costume & Make-Up
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Makeup Artist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |