Bette Davis

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Bette Davis was one of the Leading Ladies of cinema during the 'Golden Age' of Hollywood. Despite early difficulties in her career Bette Davis grew to be a star by taking on roles she wanted and by letting nothing stand in her way.

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1999 The Hollywood Greats (1)
1989 Wicked Stepmother Miranda Pierpoint
1987 The Whales of August Libby Strong
1986 As Summers Die Hannah Loftin
1985 Murder with Mirrors Carrie Louise Serrocold
1984 Terror in the Aisles Jane Hudson
1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (in "Deception") (archive footage)
1982 The Watcher in the Woods Mrs. Aylwood
1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino Esther McDonald Cimino
1981 Family Reunion Elizabeth Winfield
1978 Death on the Nile
1978 Return from Witch Mountain Letha Wedge
1976 Hallmark Hall of Fame (1)
1976 Burnt Offerings Aunt Elizabeth
1971 Bunny O'Hare Bunny O'Hare
1968 The Anniversary Mrs. Taggart
1967 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (3)
1966 Gunsmoke (1)
1965 The Nanny Nanny
1964 Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte Charlotte
1964 Where Love Has Gone Mrs. Gerald Hayden
1964 Dead Ringer Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Baby Jane Hudson
1961 Pocketful of Miracles Apple Annie
1961 Wagon Train (3)
1959 The Scapegoat Countess
1959 John Paul Jones Empress Catherine the Great
1958 G.E. True Theater (2)
1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1) Herself
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (1)
1956 Storm Center
1956 The Catered Affair Mrs. Agnes Hurley
1955 When the Talkies Were Young Fay Wilson
1952 The Star Margaret Elliot
1952 Another Man's Poison Janet Frobisher
1950 All About Eve Margo
1949 Beyond the Forest Rosa Moline
1948 Winter Meeting
1946 Deception
1945 The Corn Is Green
1944 Mr. Skeffington Fanny Trellis
1943 The Present with a Future Herself / Mother
1943 Watch on the Rhine Sara Muller
1942 The Little Foxes Regina Giddens
1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner Maggie Cutler
1942 Now, Voyager
1942 In This Our Life Stanley Timberlake
1941 The Great Lie
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D. Joan Winfield
1940 The Letter Leslie Crosbie
1940 All This and Heaven Too
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Queen Elizabeth
1939 The Old Maid Charlotte Lovell
1939 Dark Victory Judith Traherne
1938 For Auld Lang Syne Herself - arriving celebrity
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 Herself, Oscar winner
1938 Jezebel Julie
1937 That Certain Woman Mary Donnell, aka Mrs. Al Haines
1937 Marked Woman Mary Dwight Strauber
1936 Satan Met a Lady Valerie Purvis
1936 The Petrified Forest Gabrielle Maple
1935 Dangerous Joyce Heath
1935 Bordertown Mrs. Marie Roark
1934 Of Human Bondage Mildred Rogers
1934 Jimmy the Gent Miss Joan Martin
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
1932 Three on a Match Ruth Wescott
1932 Three on a Match Ruth Wescott
1932 The Cabin in the Cotton Madge Norwood
1932 The Rich are Always With Us Malbro
1932 So Big! Miss Dallas O'Mara
1932 The Man Who Played God Grace Blair
1931 Waterloo Bridge Janet Cronin
1931 The Bad Sister Laura Madison
General Information Edit
Credited Name Bette Davis
Gender Female
Birthday April 5, 1908
Death Oct. 6, 1989
Primary Role Actor
Hometown Lowell, Massachusetts
Country United States of America
Website http://www.bettedavis.com/
Email Address
Alias(es) Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart
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George Brent George Brent
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Bess Flowers Bess Flowers
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Leo White
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Jack Mower
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Creighton Hale Creighton Hale
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Donald Crisp Donald Crisp
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William B. Davidson
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Cliff Saum
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Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding
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Michael Curtiz Michael Curtiz
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William Wyler William Wyler
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Allen H. Miner
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John Brahm
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William Keighley
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Robert Aldrich
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Jules Bricken
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Irving Rapper
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Hal B. Wallis
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Jack L. Warner
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Darryl F. Zanuck Darryl F. Zanuck
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Raymond Griffith
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Henry Blanke
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Samuel Bischoff
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Robert Lord
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Tony Barr
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Robert Aldrich
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