Bette Davis (I) (1908–1989)

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Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but then she discovered the stage, and gave up ... See full bio »

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Known For

Kaikki Eevasta
Kaikki Eevasta Margo
(1950)
Mitä tapahtuikaan Baby Janelle?
Mitä tapahtuikaan Baby Janelle? Baby Jane Hudson
(1962)
Synkkä voitto
Synkkä voitto Judith Traherne
(1939)
Uusien tähtien alla
Uusien tähtien alla Charlotte Vale
(1942)
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 1989 Noita muuttaa taloon
Miranda Pierpont Fisher
 1987 Elokuun valaat
Libby Strong
 1986 Kun kesä kuolee (TV Movie)
Hannah Loftin
 1985 Murder with Mirrors (TV Movie)
Carrie Louise Serrocold
 1983 Hotel (TV Series)
Laura Trent
- Hotel (1983) ... Laura Trent
 1983 Right of Way (TV Movie)
Mini Dwyer
 1982 Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV Mini Series)
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
- Part II (1982) ... Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
- Part I (1982) ... Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
 1982 Piano rouva Ciminolle (TV Movie)
Esther McDonald Cimino
 1981 Family Reunion (TV Movie)
Elizabeth Winfield
 1980 Skyward (TV Movie)
Billie Dupree
 1980 Tarkkailija metsässä
Mrs. Aylwood
 1980 White Mama (TV Movie)
Adele Malone
 1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (TV Movie)
Lucy Mason
 1978 Kuolema Niilillä
Mrs. Van Schuyler
 1977 Laugh-In (TV Series)
Guest Performer
- Episode #1.1 (1977) ... Guest Performer
 1976 The Disappearance of Aimee (TV Movie)
Minnie Kennedy
 1976 Suljettu ovi
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 Kidutuskammio
Madame Sin
 1971 Bunny O'Hare
Bunny O'Hare
 1970 Connecting Rooms
Wanda Fleming
 1970 Itse teossa (TV Series)
Bessie Grindel
- Touch of Magic (1970) ... Bessie Grindel
 1968 Kuka murhaisi äitikullan?
Mrs. Taggart
 1966 Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Etta Stone
- The Jailer (1966) ... Etta Stone (as Miss Bette Davis)
 1965 The Decorator (TV Movie)
Liz
 1965 Kuolema kulkee talossa
Nanny
 1964 Murha asuu sydämessä
Charlotte
 1964 Where Love Has Gone
Mrs. Gerald Hayden
 1964 Kuka makaa haudassani?
Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
 1963 Ei rakkaudesta, ei rahasta...
Dino's mother
 1963 Perry Mason yllättää (TV Series)
Constant Doyle
- The Case of Constant Doyle (1963) ... Constant Doyle
 1962 Virginialainen (TV Series)
Celia Miller
- The Accomplice (1962) ... Celia Miller
 1962 Mitä tapahtuikaan Baby Janelle?
Baby Jane Hudson
 1959-1961 Wagon Train (TV Series)
Bettina May / Madame Elizabeth McQueeny / Ella Lindstrom
- The Bettina May Story (1961) ... Bettina May
- The Elizabeth McQueeny Story (1959) ... Madame Elizabeth McQueeny
- The Ella Lindstrom Story (1959) ... Ella Lindstrom
 1961 Taskullinen ihmeitä
Apple Annie
 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series)
Sarah Whitney
- Dark Morning (1959) ... Sarah Whitney
 1959 Kaksoisolento
Countess
 1959 Lippulaivan kapteeni
Empress Catherine the Great
 1959 Alfred Hitchcock esittää (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 Se parhaiten nauraa... (TV Series)
Christine Marlowe / Miss Burrows
- The Cold Touch (1958) ... Christine Marlowe
- With Malice Toward One (1957) ... Miss Burrows
 1958 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Paula
- The Starmaker (1958) ... Paula
 1957 Telephone Time (TV Series)
Mrs. Beatrice Enter
- Stranded (1957) ... Mrs. Beatrice Enter
 1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)
Dolley Madison
- Footnote on a Doll (1957) ... Dolley Madison
 1957 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series)
Irene Van Buren
- For Better, for Worse (1957) ... Irene Van Buren
 1956 The Catered Affair
Aggie Hurley
 1956 Storm Center
Alicia Hull
 1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series)
Marie Hoke
- Crack-Up (1956) ... Marie Hoke
 1955 Neitsytkuningatar
Queen Elizabeth I
 1952 Sammuva tähti
Margaret Elliot
 1952 Puhelu tuntemattomalta
Marie Hoke
 1951 Toisen miehen myrkyt
Janet Frobisher
 1951 Maksa elämäni
Joyce Ramsey
 1950 Kaikki Eevasta
Margo
 1949 Synnin pauloissa
Rosa Moline
 1948 Kesäkuumorsian
Linda Gilman
 1948 Outo kohtaus
Susan Grieve
 1946 Rakkauden valhe
Christine Radcliffe
 1946 Varastettu elämä
Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth
 1945 Vilja viheriöi
Miss Lilly Moffat
 1944 Hollywood-kanttiini
Bette Davis
 1944 Naisen valta
Fanny Trellis Skeffington
 1943 Ystävättäriä
Katherine 'Kit' Marlowe
 1943 Onnen tähti
Bette Davis
 1943 Usko huomispäivään
Sara Muller
 1942 Uusien tähtien alla
Charlotte Vale
 1942 Tässä meidän elämässämme
Stanley Timberlake
 1942 Hän, joka tuli päivälliselle
Maggie Cutler
 1941 Nainen ei armoa antanut
Regina Giddens
 1941 Morsian jälkivaatimuksella
Joan Winfield
 1941 Shining Victory
Nurse (uncredited)
 1941 Suuri valhe
Maggie
 1940 Kirje
Leslie Crosbie
 1940 Kaikki tämä ja taivas myös
Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
 1940 If I Forget You (Short)
Bette Davis
 1939 Elizabeth ja Essex
Queen Elizabeth
 1939 Nainen naista vastaan
Charlotte Lovell
 1939 Vapaudensankari Juarez
Carlota
 1939 Synkkä voitto
Judith Traherne
 1938 Rakkauden harhateillä
Louise Elliott
 1938 Jezebel
Julie Marsden
 1937 Jälkeen puoliyön
Joyce Arden
 1937 That Certain Woman
Mary Donnell
 1937 Gangsterivalmentaja
Fluff
 1937 A Day at Santa Anita (Short)
Bette Davis (uncredited)
 1937 Yön kasvot
Mary
 1936 Satan Met a Lady
Valerie Purvis
 1936 Kultainen nuoli
Daisy Appleby
 1936 Kivettynyt metsä
Gabrielle Maple
 1935 Erotetut sydämet
Joyce Heath
 1935 Special Agent
Julie Gardner
 1935 Front Page Woman
Ellen Garfield
 1935 The Girl from 10th Avenue
Miriam Brady
 1935 Bordertown
Marie Roark
 1934 Housewife
Patricia Berkeley
 1934 Of Human Bondage
Mildred
 1934 Fog Over Frisco
Arlene Bradford
 1934 Jimmy the Gent
Joan Martin
 1934 Naisten aarreaitta
Lynn Mason
 1934 The Big Shakedown
Norma Nelson
 1933 Just Around the Corner (Short)
Ginger
 1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
Norma Roberts
 1933 Ex-Lady
Helen Bauer
 1933 The Working Man
Jenny Hartland / Jane Grey
 1933 Parachute Jumper
Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
 1932 20 000 vuotta Sing-Singissä
Fay Wilson
 1932 Hänen vaimonsa rikos
Ruth Westcott
 1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
Madge Norwood
 1932 The Dark Horse
Kay Russell
 1932 So Big!
Miss Dallas O'Mara
 1932 Hell's House
Peggy Gardner
 1932 The Man Who Played God
Grace Blair
 1932 The Menace
Peggy Lowell
 1931 Way Back Home
Mary Lucy
 1931 Waterloo Bridge
Janet Cronin
 1931 Rakastavia naisia
Margaret Carter
 1931 Bad Sister
Laura Madison
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Print ads: Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey (w/Robert Wagner). See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Biographical Movies | 25 Print Biographies | 11 Portrayals | 5 Interviews | 24 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 44 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Betty Davis | Miss Bette Davis

Height:

5' 3" (1.6 m)

Spouse:

Gary Merrill  (divorced)  (2 children) | See more »

Children:

Michael Merrill | See more »

Parents:

Ruth Favor | Harlow Morrell Davis

Relatives:

Barbara Davis (sibling)
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Did You Know?

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:

Voted the 25th Greatest Movie Star of all time by "Premiere" magazine. See more »

Trademark:

Smirking after her delivery of impactful lines See more »

Nickname:

The Fourth Warner Brother See more »
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