Bette Davis
Birthday: 1908-04-05
Deathday: 1989-03-16
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 10
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
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.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1935 | 27 | Of Human Bondage (1934) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1936 | 28 | Dangerous (1935) | Leading Actress | Win | 0 | |
| 1939 | 31 | Jezebel (1938) | Leading Actress | Win | 0 | |
| 1940 | 32 | Dark Victory (1939) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1941 | 33 | The Letter (1940) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1942 | 34 | The Little Foxes (1941) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1943 | 35 | Now, Voyager (1942) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1945 | 37 | Mr. Skeffington (1944) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1951 | 43 | All About Eve (1950) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1953 | 45 | The Star (1952) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| 1963 | 55 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | Leading Actress | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
| Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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Credits
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1989-02-03 | Wicked Stepmother | Miranda Pierpoint |
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1987-10-14 | The Whales of August | Libby Strong |
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1986-05-18 | As Summers Die | Hannah Loftin |
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1985-02-20 | Murder with Mirrors | Carrie Louise Serrocold |
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1983-11-21 | Right of Way | Miniature Dwyer |
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1982-02-03 | A Piano for Mrs. Cimino | Esther McDonald Cimino |
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1981-10-11 | Family Reunion | Elizabeth Winfield |
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1980-11-20 | Skyward | Billie Dupree |
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1980-04-17 | The Watcher in the Woods | Mrs. Aylwood |
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1980-03-05 | White Mama | Estelle Malone |
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1979-05-13 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Lucy Mason |
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1978-09-29 | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler |
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1978-03-10 | Return from Witch Mountain | Letha Wedge |
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1976-11-17 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Minnie Kennedy |
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1976-10-18 | Burnt Offerings | Aunt Elizabeth |
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1974-05-15 | Hello Mother, Goodbye! | |
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1973-11-24 | Scream, Pretty Peggy | Mrs. Elliott |
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1972-12-02 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Judge Meredith |
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1972-08-28 | The Scopone Game | 'A vecchia |
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1972-01-15 | Madame Sin | Madame Sin |
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1971-10-18 | Bunny O'Hare | Bunny O'Hare |
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1970-05-01 | Connecting Rooms | Wanda Fleming |
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1968-02-07 | The Anniversary | Mrs. Taggart |
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1965-10-07 | The Nanny | Nanny |
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1965-06-09 | The Decorator | Liz |
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1964-12-15 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Charlotte Hollis |
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1964-11-02 | Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Gerald Hayden |
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1964-02-19 | Dead Ringer | Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips |
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1963-12-04 | The Empty Canvas | Dino's Mother |
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1962-12-20 | The Andy Williams Christmas Show | |
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1962-10-31 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Baby Jane Hudson |
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1961-12-18 | Pocketful of Miracles | Apple Annie |
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1959-08-06 | The Scapegoat | Countess |
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1959-06-16 | John Paul Jones | Empress Catherine the Great |
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1956-07-31 | Storm Center | Alicia Hull |
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1956-06-14 | The Catered Affair | Mrs. Agnes Hurley |
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1955-07-22 | The Virgin Queen | Queen Elizabeth I |
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1952-12-11 | The Star | Margaret Elliot |
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1952-02-01 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Marie Hoke |
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1951-11-20 | Another Man's Poison | Janet Frobisher |
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1951-02-03 | Payment on Demand | Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson) |
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1950-11-09 | All About Eve | Margo Channing |
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1949-10-21 | Beyond the Forest | Rosa Moline |
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1948-10-29 | June Bride | Linda Gilman |
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1948-04-07 | Winter Meeting | Susan Grieve |
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1946-10-26 | Deception | Christine Radcliffe |
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1946-05-01 | A Stolen Life | Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth |
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1945-03-29 | The Corn Is Green | Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat |
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1944-05-25 | Mr. Skeffington | Fanny Trellis |
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1943-12-01 | A Present with a Future | Mother |
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1943-11-27 | Old Acquaintance | Kit Marlowe |
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1943-08-27 | Watch on the Rhine | Sara Müller |
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1943-04-23 | Stars on Horseback | |
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1942-10-22 | Now, Voyager | Charlotte Vale |
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1942-05-08 | In This Our Life | Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill |
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1941-12-24 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Maggie Cutler |
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1941-08-29 | The Little Foxes | Regina Hubbard Giddens |
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1941-07-12 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Joan Winfield |
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1941-05-30 | Shining Victory | |
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1941-04-05 | The Great Lie | Maggie Patterson Van Allen |
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1940-11-21 | The Letter | Leslie Crosbie |
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1940-07-05 | All This, and Heaven Too | Henriette Deluzy-Desportes |
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1940-05-01 | If I Forget You | Bette Davis |
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1939-11-11 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Queen Elizabeth |
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1939-08-16 | The Old Maid | Charlotte Lovell |
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1939-06-10 | Juarez | Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg |
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1939-04-20 | Dark Victory | Judith Traherne |
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1938-10-14 | The Sisters | Louise Elliott Medlin |
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1938-03-26 | Jezebel | Julie Marsden |
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1937-10-08 | It's Love I'm After | Joyce Arden |
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1937-08-30 | That Certain Woman | Mary Donnell/Mme Al Haines |
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1937-05-29 | Kid Galahad | Louise 'Fluff' Phillips |
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1937-05-22 | A Day at Santa Anita | |
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1937-04-10 | Marked Woman | Mary Dwight Strauber |
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1936-07-22 | Satan Met a Lady | Valerie Purvis |
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1936-05-23 | The Golden Arrow | Daisy Appleby |
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1936-02-08 | The Petrified Forest | Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple |
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1935-12-31 | A Dream Comes True | |
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1935-12-25 | Dangerous | Joyce Heath |
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1935-09-14 | Special Agent | Julie Gardner |
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1935-07-11 | Front Page Woman | Ellen Garfield |
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1935-06-01 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Miriam A. Brady |
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1935-01-23 | Bordertown | Mrs. Marie Roark |
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1934-08-11 | Housewife | Patricia Berkeley |
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1934-07-20 | Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers |
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1934-06-02 | Fog Over Frisco | Arlene Bradford |
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1934-03-09 | Jimmy the Gent | Joan Martin |
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1934-02-14 | Fashions of 1934 | Lynn Mason |
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1934-01-06 | The Big Shakedown | Norma Nelson |
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1933-09-16 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Norma Roberts |
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1933-05-15 | Ex-Lady | Helen Bauer |
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1933-04-20 | The Working Man | Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey |
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1933-01-28 | Parachute Jumper | Patricia 'Alabama' Brent |
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1933-01-17 | Just Around the Corner | Ginger |
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1932-12-24 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Fay Wilson |
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1932-10-29 | Three on a Match | Ruth Westcott |
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1932-09-26 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Madge Norwood |
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1932-06-16 | The Dark Horse | Kay Russell |
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1932-05-19 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Malbro |
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1932-04-30 | So Big! | Miss Dallas O'Mara |
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1932-02-09 | The Man Who Played God | Grace Blair |
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1932-01-30 | Hell's House | Peggy Gardner |
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1932-01-29 | The Menace | Peggy Lowell |
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1931-11-13 | Way Back Home | Mary Lucy Duffy |
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1931-09-01 | Waterloo Bridge | Janet Cronin |
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1931-05-14 | Seed | Margaret Carter |
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1931-03-29 | The Bad Sister | Laura Madison |