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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (/ ˈ b ɛ t i /; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and ...
This is a list of Bette Davis 's accolades for both her cinematic and television performances. Her career spans over six decades, from the beginning of the 1930s until the end of the 1980s, shortly before her death. Her first acting "award" was being cited, alongside Joan Blondell and Ginger Rogers, as one of the "Stars of Tomorrow" in 1932.
Warner Bros. borrowed him again, this time to play Bette Davis' leading man in Dangerous (1935). After a lead role in Exclusive Story (1935), he was again paired with friend Loretta Young in The Unguarded Hour (1936), and also starred with Grace Moore in Columbia's The King Steps Out (1936), notable for the debut of an eleven-year-old Gwen Verdon .
Rowlands paid tribute to idol Bette Davis in honorary Oscar speech. Rowlands was especially fond of her idol, actress Bette Davis, who she got to work with in the 1979 movie "Strangers: The Story ...
Born May 1, 1947, in Santa Ana, California, she is the daughter of Davis and artist William Grant Sherry (1914–1995), Bette Davis's third husband. Davis and Sherry divorced in 1950. As an infant, B. D. appeared briefly in her mother's film Payment on Demand (1951).
Bette Midler is opening up about her bittersweet encounter with her namesake, Bette Davis. “My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler, 78, said on ...
Bette Midler tells Hoda Kotb's "Making Space" podcast that Bette Davis was "not pleased" that she was named after her, recalling an encounter at Elizabeth Taylor's birthday party.
Davis explained her viewpoint to a journalist, saying: "I knew that, if I continued to appear in any more mediocre pictures, I would have no career left worth fighting for." She eventually settled her disagreements with Warner Brothers, and returned to the studio in 1937. In 1938, Warner Brothers cast her in Jezebel. It was a critical and box ...