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Awards

Academy Awards, USA

1963 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1953 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Star (1952)
1951 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
All About Eve (1950)
1945 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
1943 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Now, Voyager (1942)
1942 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Little Foxes (1941)
1941 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Letter (1940)
1940 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Dark Victory (1939)
1939 Winner
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Jezebel (1938)

On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and ... More

On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was the second time in five years Spielberg did so to protect an Oscar from further commercial exploitation.

1936 Winner
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Dangerous (1935)

On 14 December 2002 Steven Spielberg anonymously bought Davis' Oscar at a Sotheby's auction in New ... More

On 14 December 2002 Steven Spielberg anonymously bought Davis' Oscar at a Sotheby's auction in New York to return it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The statuette was among the memorabilia sold by the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, which has emerged from bankruptcy protection.

1935 Nominee
Oscar
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Of Human Bondage (1934)
This was a write-in nomination.

Primetime Emmy Awards

1983 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
For playing "Alice Gwynnne Vanderbilt".
1980 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
White Mama (1980)
For playing: "Adele Malone".
1979 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)
For playing: "Lucy Mason".
1974 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1973)
For episode "Warner Bros. Movies - A 50 Year Salute".

BAFTA Awards

1964 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Foreign Actress
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA.

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

1977 Winner
Golden Scroll
Best Supporting Actress
Burnt Offerings (1976)

American Film Institute, USA

1977 Winner
Life Achievement Award

British Film Institute Awards

1987 Winner
BFI Fellowship

CableACE Awards

1987 Nominee
ACE
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
As Summers Die (1986)
1984 Nominee
ACE
Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program
Right of Way (1983)

Cannes Film Festival

1951 Winner
Best Actress
All About Eve (1950)

César Awards, France

1986 Winner
Honorary César

Deauville Film Festival

1987 Winner
Special Achievement Award

Faro Island Film Festival

1939 Winner
Golden Train Award
Best Actress
Dark Victory (1939)
Nominee
Audience Award
Best Actress
Dark Victory (1939)

Film Society of Lincoln Center

1989 Winner
Gala Tribute

Golden Apple Awards

1983 Winner
Louella Parsons Award
Life Achievement
1963 Winner
Golden Apple
Most Cooperative Actress
1941 Winner
Golden Apple
Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Globes, USA

1974 Winner
Cecil B. DeMille Award
1963 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actress - Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1962 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
1951 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Actress - Drama
All About Eve (1950)

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

1952 Winner
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
All About Eve (1950)

Laurel Awards

1965 Winner
Golden Laurel
Dramatic Performance, Female
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Nominee
Golden Laurel
Female Star
11th place.
1963 Nominee
Golden Laurel
Top Female Dramatic Performance
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Monte-Carlo TV Festival

1983 Winner
Golden Nymph
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)

National Board of Review, USA

1941 Winner
NBR Award
Best Acting
The Little Foxes (1941)
1939 Winner
NBR Award
Best Acting
Dark Victory (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1950 Winner
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
All About Eve (1950)
1939 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Actress
Dark Victory (1939)
Tied with Greta Garbo for Ninotchka (1939).

Online Film & Television Association

2022 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Character
All About Eve (1950)
as Margo Channing
1999 Winner
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
Acting

Order of Arts and Letters, France

1986 Winner
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters

Photoplay Awards

1972 Nominee
Gold Medal
Favorite Female Star
1963 Winner
Most Popular Female Star
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1951 Winner
Most Popular Female Star
All About Eve (1950)
1950 Winner
Photoplay Award
Best Performances of the Month (December)
All About Eve (1950)
Shared with:
1939 Winner
Photoplay Award
Best Performances of the Month (July)
Juarez (1939)
Shared with:

Picturegoer Awards

1951 Nominee
Gold Medal
Best Actress
All About Eve (1950)
1945 Winner
Gold Medal
Best Actress
Now, Voyager (1942)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1989 Winner
Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

The Kennedy Center Honors

1987 Winner
Kennedy Center Honors

Venice Film Festival

1937 Winner
Volpi Cup
Best Actress
Kid Galahad (1937)
Marked Woman (1937)

Walk of Fame

1960 Winner
Star on the Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
On 8 February 1960. At 6225 Hollywood Blvd.
Television
On 8 February 1960. At 6335 Hollywood Blvd.

Women in Film Crystal Awards

1983 Winner
Crystal Award

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