Bette Davis

Won 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations See more awards »

Known For

All About Eve (1950)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Now, Voyager (1942)

Jezebel (1938)

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Actress (123 titles)

1989 Wicked Stepmother
Miranda Pierpoint

1987 The Whales of August
Libby Strong

1986 As Summers Die (TV movie)
Hannah Loftin

1985 Murder with Mirrors (TV movie)
Carrie Louise Serrocold

1983 Right of Way (TV movie)
Mini Dwyer

1983 Hotel (TV series)
Laura Trent

– Hotel (1983) … Laura Trent

1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (as Betty Davis)

1982 A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (TV movie)
Esther McDonald Cimino

1981 Family Reunion (TV movie)
Elizabeth Winfield

1980 Skyward (TV movie)
Billie Dupree

1980 The Watcher in the Woods
Mrs. Aylwood

1980 White Mama (TV movie)
Adele Malone

1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (TV movie)
Lucy Mason

1978 The Children of Sanchez
Woman (uncredited)

1978 Death on the Nile
Mrs. Van Schuyler

1978 Return from Witch Mountain
Letha

1978 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (TV mini-series)
Widow Fortune

1977 Laugh-In (TV series)
Guest star

– Episode dated 5 November 1977 (1977) … Guest star

1976 The Disappearance of Aimee (TV movie)
Minnie Kennedy

1976 Burnt Offerings
Aunt Elizabeth

1974 Hello Mother, Goodbye! (TV movie)

1973 Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV movie)
Mrs. Elliott

1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie)
Judge Meredith

1972 Lo scopone scientifico
The Millionairess

1972 Madame Sin
Madame Sin

1971 Bunny O'Hare
Bunny O'Hare

1970 Connecting Rooms
Wanda Fleming

1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Bessie Grindel

– Touch of Magic (1970) … Bessie Grindel

1968 The Anniversary
Mrs. Taggart

1966 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Etta Stone

– The Jailer (1966) … Etta Stone (as Miss Bette Davis)

1965 The Nanny
Nanny

1964 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte

1964 Where Love Has Gone
Mrs. Gerald Hayden

1964 Dead Ringer
Margaret DeLorca/Edith Phillips

1963 The Empty Canvas
Dino's mother

1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Constant Doyle

– The Case of Constant Doyle (1963) … Constant Doyle

1962 The Virginian (TV series)
Celia Miller

– The Accomplice (1962) … Celia Miller

1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Baby Jane Hudson

1959-1961 Wagon Train (TV series)
Bettina May / Ella Lindstrom / Madame Elizabeth McQueeny

– The Bettina May Story (1961) … Bettina May

– The Elizabeth McQueeny Story (1959) … Madame Elizabeth McQueeny

– The Ella Lindstrom Story (1959) … Ella Lindstrom

1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Apple Annie

1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Sarah Whitney

– Dark Morning (1959) … Sarah Whitney

1959 The Scapegoat
Countess

1959 John Paul Jones
Empress Catherine the Great

1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Miss Fox

– Out There - Darkness (1959) … Miss Fox

1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Mrs. Wilfred Ellis

– Fraction of a Second (1958) … Mrs. Wilfred Ellis

1957-1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Christine Marlowe / Miss Burrows

– The Cold Touch (1958) … Christine Marlowe

– With Malice Toward One (1957) … Miss Burrows

1958 Studio 57 (TV series)

– The Starmaker (1958)

1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
Beatrice Enter

– Stranded (1957) … Beatrice Enter

1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Dolley Madison

– Footnote on a Doll (1957) … Dolley Madison

1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Irene Wagner

– For Better, for Worse (1957) … Irene Wagner

1956 Storm Center
Alicia Hull

1956 The Catered Affair
Mrs. Agnes Hurley

1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Marie Hoke

– Crack-Up (1956) … Marie Hoke

1955 The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth I

1952 The Star
Margaret Elliot

1952 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actress

– Episode #2.33 (1952) … Guest Actress

1952 Phone Call from a Stranger
Marie Hoke

1951 Another Man's Poison
Janet Frobisher

1951 Payment on Demand
Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)

1950 All About Eve
Margo

1949 Beyond the Forest
Rosa Moline

1948 June Bride
Linda Gilman

1948 Winter Meeting
Susan Grieve

1946 Deception
Christine Radcliffe

1946 A Stolen Life
Kate Bosworth/Patricia Bosworth

1945 The Corn Is Green
Miss Lilly Moffat

1944 Hollywood Canteen
Bette Davis

1944 Mr. Skeffington
Fanny Trellis Skeffington

1943 Old Acquaintance
Kit Marlowe

1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bette Davis

1943 Watch on the Rhine
Sara Muller

1942 Now, Voyager
Charlotte Vale

1942 In This Our Life
Stanley Timberlake

1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Maggie Cutler

1941 The Little Foxes
Regina Giddens

1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
Joan Winfield

1941 Shining Victory
Nurse (uncredited)

1941 The Great Lie
Maggie Patterson Van Allen

1940 The Letter
Leslie Crosbie

1940 All This, and Heaven Too
Henriette Deluzy-Desportes

1940 If I Forget You (short)

1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Queen Elizabeth

1939 The Old Maid
Charlotte Lovell

1939 Juarez
Carlota

1939 Dark Victory
Judith Traherne

1938 The Sisters
Louise Elliott Medlin

1938 Jezebel
Julie

1937 It's Love I'm After
Joyce Arden

1937 That Certain Woman
Mary Donnell

1937 Kid Galahad
Fluff

1937 Marked Woman
Mary

1936 Satan Met a Lady
Valerie Purvis

1936 The Golden Arrow
Daisy Appleby

1936 The Petrified Forest
Gabrielle Maple

1935 Dangerous
Joyce Heath

1935 Special Agent
Julie Gardner

1935 Front Page Woman
Ellen Garfield

1935 The Girl from 10th Avenue
Miriam A. Brady

1935 Bordertown
Marie Roark

1934 Housewife
Patricia Berkeley

1934 Of Human Bondage
Mildred

1934 Fog Over Frisco
Arlene

1934 Jimmy the Gent
Joan

1934 Fashions of 1934
Lynn

1934 The Big Shakedown
Norma Nelson

1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
Norma Roberts

1933 Ex-Lady
Helen Bauer

1933 The Working Man
Jenny

1933 Parachute Jumper
Patricia 'Alabama' Brent

1933 Just Around the Corner (short)
Ginger

1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Fay Wilson

1932 Three on a Match
Ruth Wescott

1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
Madge

1932 The Dark Horse
Kay Russell

1932 The Rich Are Always with Us
Malbro

1932 So Big!
Miss Dallas O'Mara

1932 The Man Who Played God
Grace Blair

1932 Hell's House
Peggy Gardner

1932 The Menace
Peggy Lowell

1931 Way Back Home
Mary Lucy

1931 Waterloo Bridge
Janet Cronin

1931 Seed
Margaret Carter

1931 The Bad Sister
Laura Madison

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Radio: Starred in the dramas "Alien Corn" (Theater Guild on the Air, ABC, Apr 24, 1949, with Kirk Douglas) and in "Reflected Glory" (Theater Guild on the Air, ABC, Feb 1, 1953, with Macdonald Carey). See more »

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Estate of Bette Davis c/o CMG Worldwide | See more »

Alternate Names:

Betty Davis | Miss Bette Davis

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)

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Personal Quote:

[on being idolized and spoiled while traveling] This is *part* of the reward, but boy, you don't get that for a long time! And that must never be your motive. See that *can't* be the motive. Because that isn't what you want the most. You want to get on that stage and work. See more »

Trivia:

She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture. See more »

Trademark:

Often played assertive, uncompromising, aggressive and even ruthless women, though never less than compelling See more »

Nickname:

The Fifth Warner Brother See more »

Star Sign:

Aries

Bette Davis (1908–1989)

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