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It was a critical and box office success, and earned her another Best Actress Academy Award. Davis in The Little Foxes. Davis was at the peak of her career in the late 1930s and early-to-mid 1940s, at a time when she was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and turned down parts she found inferior.
Bette Davis and Donald Meek in Broken Dishes (1929). "I was now a bona fide Broadway actress—in a hit," Davis wrote. [2]Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as "Betty", was born on April 5, 1908, [3] in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harlow Morrell Davis (1885–1938), a law student from Augusta, Maine, and subsequently a patent attorney, and Ruth Augusta (née Favór ...
When Muni receive his write-in, Davis received her first Oscar for Best Actress, for the film Dangerous (1935). [4] Three years later, she would win again for Jezebel (1938). [ 5 ] Beginning with this film, she next set a record for the most consecutive nominations, receiving five in a row from 1938 through 1942. [ 6 ]
Davis' performance is fine on the whole, despite a few imperfect moments. When called upon to reach an intense dramatic pitch without hysterics, Davis is capable of turning the trick. Yet there are moments in Dangerous when a lighter acting mood would be opportune." [10] Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mixed ...
The Star is a 1952 American drama film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden and Natalie Wood. The plot tells the story of an aging, washed-up actress who is desperate to restart her career. Even though the film was a critical and commercial failure, Bette Davis received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
The film stars Bette Davis and Charles Boyer with Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, Helen Westley, Walter Hampden, Henry Daniell, Harry Davenport, George Coulouris and Montagu Love. Field's novel is based on the true story of her great-aunt Henriette Deluzy-Desportes , a French governess who fell in love with the Duc de Praslin ...
Footage from the Bette Davis films Parachute Jumper and Ex-Lady (both 1933) and the Joan Crawford film Sadie McKee (1934) was used to represent the film acting of Jane and Blanche, respectively. The character of Liza, Mrs. Bates' daughter, was played by Davis's real-life daughter B. D. Merrill. [citation needed]
The Nanny is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Seth Holt, and starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett. [2] It was written by Jimmy Sangster based on the novel of the same title by Evelyn Piper (a pseudonym for Merriam Modell) and was scored by Richard Rodney Bennett.