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Bette Davis
Bette Davis TV Listings
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Thu, Nov 12, 6:00 PM
Old Acquaintance
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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
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Bette Davis Biography
Birth Name:
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Birth Place:
Lowell, MA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
04/05/1908, Aries
Date of Death:
10/06/1989
Profession:
Actor
Bette Davis Fast Facts:
Classmate of Lucille Ball at the John Murray Anderson-Robert Milton Dramatics School.
Fought the studio contract system by signing with a British film company in 1936 to make two films in London.
Claimed to have coined the name "Oscar" for the Academy Awards, saying she named it after first husband Harmon Oscar Nelson Jr.
After her career flagged in the 1940s, made a spectacular comeback in the 1950 film
All About Eve
.
Took out a "job wanted" ad in
Variety
in 1961.
Had a legendary feud with Joan Crawford, her co-star in
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Daughter Barbara wrote a "tell-all" book in 1985 about Davis called
My Mother's Keeper
. Davis responded two years later with an autobiography called
This 'N That
.
Her epitaph reads "She did it the hard way."
Bette Davis Relationships:
Arthur Farnsworth - Husband (deceased)
Barbara D. Merrill - Daughter
Barbara Davis - Sister
Gary Merrill - Ex-husband
Harlow Morrell Davis - Father
Harmon Oscar Nelson Jr. - Ex-husband
Margot Merrill - Daughter
Michael Merrill - Son
Ruth Favor Davis - Mother
William Grant Sherry - Ex-husband
William Wyler - Ex-significant Other
Bette Davis Awards:
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - Winner
1963 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1935 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1940 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1941 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1942 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1944 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1962 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1980 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - Nominee
1974 Emmy: Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement - Nominee
1938 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1939 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1950 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1952 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special - Nominee
1951 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1962 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1974 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
1934 Oscar: Best Actress - Nominee
College:
Attended John Murray Anderson-Robert Milton Dramatics School, New York, NY
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