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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Madonna: Madame X
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/09/2021
Mike Wallace Is Here
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/07/2019
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/07/2018
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/12/2017
Bette and Joan
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2017
Listen to Me Marlon
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/07/2015
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Character:Self - Actress (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2014
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/01/2013
Footsteps on the Ceiling
Character:Margo Channing (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/10/2009
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/09/2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/05/2007
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/05/2006
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/05/2006
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:18/06/2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Character:Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2005
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/12/2002
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/10/2001
Bride of Trailer Camp
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/2001
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/09/2000
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/1997
Frank Capra's American Dream
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1997
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/1996
Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/09/1996
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/09/1994
All About Bette
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/1994
Wicked Stepmother
Character:Miranda Pierpoint
Release Date:03/02/1989
Hairway to the Stars
Character:Self [Archive Footage]
Release Date:01/01/1989
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1988
The Whales of August
Character:Libby Strong
Release Date:14/10/1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:26/06/1987
As Summers Die
Character:Hannah Loftin
Release Date:18/05/1986
Directed by William Wyler
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/1986
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
Murder with Mirrors
Character:Carrie Louise Serrocold
Release Date:20/02/1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Right of Way
Character:Miniature Dwyer
Release Date:21/11/1983
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Character:Self
Release Date:02/11/1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "Deception") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
Character:Esther McDonald Cimino
Release Date:03/02/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
Family Reunion
Character:Elizabeth Winfield
Release Date:11/10/1981
Skyward
Character:Billie Dupree
Release Date:20/11/1980
The Watcher in the Woods
Character:Mrs. Aylwood
Release Date:17/04/1980
White Mama
Character:Estelle Malone
Release Date:05/03/1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Character:Lucy Mason
Release Date:13/05/1979
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
Mickey's 50
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/1978
Death on the Nile
Character:Marie Van Schuyler
Release Date:29/09/1978
Return from Witch Mountain
Character:Letha Wedge
Release Date:10/03/1978
The Disappearance of Aimee
Character:Minnie Kennedy
Release Date:17/11/1976
Burnt Offerings
Character:Aunt Elizabeth
Release Date:18/10/1976
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Character:
Release Date:15/05/1974
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Character:Mrs. Elliott
Release Date:24/11/1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1973
Bette Davis
Character:Self
Release Date:17/12/1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Character:Judge Meredith
Release Date:02/12/1972
The Scopone Game
Character:'A vecchia
Release Date:28/08/1972
Madame Sin
Character:Madame Sin
Release Date:15/01/1972
Bunny O'Hare
Character:Bunny O'Hare
Release Date:18/10/1971
Connecting Rooms
Character:Wanda Fleming
Release Date:01/05/1970
The Anniversary
Character:Mrs. Taggart
Release Date:07/02/1968
The Nanny
Character:Nanny
Release Date:07/10/1965
The Decorator
Character:Liz
Release Date:09/06/1965
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Character:Charlotte Hollis
Release Date:16/12/1964
Where Love Has Gone
Character:Mrs. Gerald Hayden
Release Date:02/11/1964
Dead Ringer
Character:Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
Release Date:29/01/1964
The Empty Canvas
Character:Dino's Mother
Release Date:04/12/1963
The Andy Williams Christmas Show
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Character:Baby Jane Hudson
Release Date:31/10/1962
Pocketful of Miracles
Character:Apple Annie
Release Date:18/12/1961
The Scapegoat
Character:Countess
Release Date:06/08/1959
John Paul Jones
Character:Empress Catherine the Great
Release Date:16/06/1959
Storm Center
Character:Alicia Hull
Release Date:31/07/1956
The Catered Affair
Character:Mrs. Agnes Hurley
Release Date:14/06/1956
The Virgin Queen
Character:Queen Elizabeth I
Release Date:22/07/1955
The Star
Character:Margaret Elliot
Release Date:11/12/1952
Phone Call from a Stranger
Character:Marie Hoke
Release Date:01/02/1952
Another Man's Poison
Character:Janet Frobisher
Release Date:20/11/1951
Payment on Demand
Character:Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)
Release Date:03/02/1951
All About Eve
Character:Margo Channing
Release Date:09/11/1950
Breakdowns of 1949
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1949
Beyond the Forest
Character:Rosa Moline
Release Date:21/10/1949
June Bride
Character:Linda Gilman
Release Date:29/10/1948
Winter Meeting
Character:Susan Grieve
Release Date:07/04/1948
Deception
Character:Christine Radcliffe
Release Date:26/10/1946
A Stolen Life
Character:Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth
Release Date:01/05/1946
The Corn Is Green
Character:Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
Release Date:29/03/1945
Breakdowns of 1944
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1944
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1944
Mr. Skeffington
Character:Fanny Trellis
Release Date:25/05/1944
A Present with a Future
Character:Mother
Release Date:01/12/1943
Old Acquaintance
Character:Kit Marlowe
Release Date:27/11/1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Character:Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/1943
Watch on the Rhine
Character:Sara Müller
Release Date:27/08/1943
Show-Business at War
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1943
Stars on Horseback
Character:
Release Date:23/04/1943
Breakdowns of 1942
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1942
Now, Voyager
Character:Charlotte Vale
Release Date:22/10/1942
In This Our Life
Character:Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
Release Date:08/05/1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character:Maggie Cutler
Release Date:24/12/1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:14/11/1941
The Little Foxes
Character:Regina Hubbard Giddens
Release Date:29/08/1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Character:Joan Winfield
Release Date:12/07/1941
Shining Victory
Character:
Release Date:30/05/1941
The Great Lie
Character:Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Release Date:05/04/1941
The Letter
Character:Leslie Crosbie
Release Date:21/11/1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Character:Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
Release Date:05/07/1940
If I Forget You
Character:Bette Davis
Release Date:01/05/1940
Breakdowns of 1939
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:11/11/1939
The Old Maid
Character:Charlotte Lovell
Release Date:16/08/1939
Juarez
Character:Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Release Date:10/06/1939
Dark Victory
Character:Judith Traherne
Release Date:20/04/1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1938
The Sisters
Character:Louise Elliott Medlin
Release Date:14/10/1938
Jezebel
Character:Julie Marsden
Release Date:26/03/1938
Breakdowns of 1937
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1937
It's Love I'm After
Character:Joyce Arden
Release Date:08/10/1937
That Certain Woman
Character:Mary Donnell
Release Date:30/08/1937
Kid Galahad
Character:Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
Release Date:29/05/1937
A Day at Santa Anita
Character:Bette Davis (uncredited)
Release Date:22/05/1937
Marked Woman
Character:Mary Dwight Strauber
Release Date:10/04/1937
Breakdowns of 1936
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Character:Self
Release Date:11/09/1936
Satan Met a Lady
Character:Valerie Purvis
Release Date:22/07/1936
The Golden Arrow
Character:Daisy Appleby
Release Date:23/05/1936
The Petrified Forest
Character:Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
Release Date:08/02/1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1936
A Dream Comes True
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1935
Dangerous
Character:Joyce Heath
Release Date:25/12/1935
Special Agent
Character:Julie Gardner
Release Date:14/09/1935
Front Page Woman
Character:Ellen Garfield
Release Date:11/07/1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue
Character:Miriam A. Brady
Release Date:01/06/1935
Bordertown
Character:Mrs. Marie Roark
Release Date:23/01/1935
Housewife
Character:Patricia Berkeley
Release Date:11/08/1934
Of Human Bondage
Character:Mildred Rogers
Release Date:20/07/1934
Fog Over Frisco
Character:Arlene Bradford
Release Date:02/06/1934
Jimmy the Gent
Character:Joan Martin
Release Date:09/03/1934
Fashions of 1934
Character:Lynn Mason
Release Date:14/02/1934
The Big Shakedown
Character:Norma Nelson
Release Date:06/01/1934
Bureau of Missing Persons
Character:Norma Roberts
Release Date:16/09/1933
Ex-Lady
Character:Helen Bauer
Release Date:15/05/1933
The Working Man
Character:Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey
Release Date:20/04/1933
The 42nd Street Special
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:20/02/1933
Parachute Jumper
Character:Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
Release Date:28/01/1933
Just Around the Corner
Character:Ginger
Release Date:17/01/1933
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Character:Fay Wilson
Release Date:24/12/1932
Three on a Match
Character:Ruth Westcott
Release Date:29/10/1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
Character:Madge Norwood
Release Date:26/09/1932
The Dark Horse
Character:Kay Russell
Release Date:16/06/1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
Character:Malbro
Release Date:19/05/1932
So Big!
Character:Miss Dallas O'Mara
Release Date:30/04/1932
The Man Who Played God
Character:Grace Blair
Release Date:09/02/1932
Hell's House
Character:Peggy Gardner
Release Date:30/01/1932
The Menace
Character:Peggy Lowell
Release Date:29/01/1932
Way Back Home
Character:Mary Lucy Duffy
Release Date:13/11/1931
Waterloo Bridge
Character:Janet Cronin
Release Date:01/09/1931
Seed
Character:Margaret Carter
Release Date:14/05/1931
The Bad Sister
Character:Laura Madison
Release Date:29/03/1931
Television Appearances
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self (archive footage)
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Character:Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
Family Reunion
Character:Elizabeth Winfield
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Character:Widow Fortune
Laugh-In
Character:Guest Performer
Dinah!
Character:Self
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Character:Mother
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
It Takes a Thief
Character:Bessie Grindel
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Hollywood Palace
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Virginian
Character:Celia Miller
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Co-Host
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Sarah Whitney
Suspicion
Character:Mrs. Wilfred Ellis
Perry Mason
Character:Constant Doyle
Wagon Train
Character:Ella Lindstrom
Wagon Train
Character:Madame Elizabeth McQueeny
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Telephone Time
Character:
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:Marie Hoke
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:Miss Fox
Gunsmoke
Character:Etta Stone
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Miss Burrows
General Electric Theater
Character:Christine Marlowe
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Dolley Madison
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Irene Van Buren
What's My Line?
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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