Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1908-04-05
- Day of Death1989-10-06 (81 years)
- Place of BirthLowell, Massachusetts, USA
- Also Known AsThe First Lady of FilmRuth Elizabeth DavisThe Fourth Warner Brother베티 데이비스Μπέτι ΝτέιβιςБетт Дейвіс
Bette Davis
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1989
Wicked Stepmother
As: Miranda Pierpoint
- 1987
The Whales of August
As: Libby Strong
- 1986
As Summers Die
As: Hannah Loftin
- 1985
Murder with Mirrors
As: Carrie Louise Serrocold
- 1983
Right of Way
As: Miniature Dwyer
- 1982
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
As: Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
- 1982
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
As: Esther McDonald Cimino
- 1981
Family Reunion
As: Elizabeth Winfield
1981Family Reunion
As: Elizabeth Winfield
1980Skyward
As: Billie Dupree
1980The Watcher in the Woods
As: Mrs. Aylwood
1980White Mama
As: Estelle Malone
1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
As: Lucy Mason
- 1978
Death on the Nile
As: Marie Van Schuyler
1978Return from Witch Mountain
As: Letha Wedge
1978The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
As: Widow Fortune
1976The Disappearance of Aimee
As: Minnie Kennedy
1976Burnt Offerings
As: Aunt Elizabeth
1974Hello Mother, Goodbye!
As: Mother
1973Scream, Pretty Peggy
As: Mrs. Elliott
1972The Judge and Jake Wyler
As: Judge Meredith
1972The Scopone Game
As: 'A vecchia
1972Madame Sin
As: Madame Sin
1971Bunny O'Hare
As: Bunny O'Hare
1970Connecting Rooms
As: Wanda Fleming
1968The Anniversary
As: Mrs. Taggart
1968It Takes a Thief
As: Bessie Grindel
1965The Nanny
As: Nanny
1965The Decorator
As: Liz
- 1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
As: Charlotte Hollis
1964Where Love Has Gone
As: Mrs. Gerald Hayden
1964Dead Ringer
As: Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
1963The Empty Canvas
As: Dino's Mother
- 1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
As: Baby Jane Hudson
1962The Virginian
As: Celia Miller
1961Pocketful of Miracles
As: Apple Annie
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As: Sarah Whitney
1959The Scapegoat
As: Countess
1959John Paul Jones
As: Empress Catherine the Great
1957Suspicion
As: Mrs. Wilfred Ellis
1957Perry Mason
As: Constant Doyle
1957Wagon Train
As: Ella Lindstrom
- 1957
Wagon Train
As: Madame Elizabeth McQueeny
1956Storm Center
As: Alicia Hull
1956The Catered Affair
As: Mrs. Agnes Hurley
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour
As: Marie Hoke
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Miss Fox
1955Gunsmoke
As: Etta Stone
1955The Virgin Queen
As: Queen Elizabeth I
1953General Electric Theater
As: Miss Burrows
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Christine Marlowe
1952The Star
As: Margaret Elliot
1952The Ford Television Theatre
As: Dolley Madison
1952Phone Call from a Stranger
As: Marie Hoke
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother
1951Another Man's Poison
As: Janet Frobisher
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Irene Van Buren
1951Payment on Demand
As: Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)
- 1950
All About Eve
As: Margo Channing
1949Beyond the Forest
As: Rosa Moline
1948June Bride
As: Linda Gilman
1948Winter Meeting
As: Susan Grieve
1946Deception
As: Christine Radcliffe
1946A Stolen Life
As: Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth
1945The Corn Is Green
As: Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
1944Mr. Skeffington
As: Fanny Trellis
1943Old Acquaintance
As: Kit Marlowe
1943Watch on the Rhine
As: Sara Müller
1942Now, Voyager
As: Charlotte Vale
1942In This Our Life
As: Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
1941The Man Who Came to Dinner
As: Maggie Cutler
1941The Little Foxes
As: Regina Hubbard Giddens
1941The Bride Came C.O.D.
As: Joan Winfield
1941The Great Lie
As: Maggie Patterson Van Allen
1940The Letter
As: Leslie Crosbie
1940All This, and Heaven Too
As: Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
1939The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
As: Queen Elizabeth
1939The Old Maid
As: Charlotte Lovell
1939Juarez
As: Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
1939Dark Victory
As: Judith Traherne
1938The Sisters
As: Louise Elliott Medlin
1938Jezebel
As: Julie Marsden
1937It's Love I'm After
As: Joyce Arden
1937That Certain Woman
As: Mary Donnell
1937Kid Galahad
As: Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
1937A Day at Santa Anita
As: Bette Davis (uncredited)
1937Marked Woman
As: Mary Dwight Strauber
1936Satan Met a Lady
As: Valerie Purvis
1936The Golden Arrow
As: Daisy Appleby
1936The Petrified Forest
As: Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
1935Dangerous
As: Joyce Heath
1935Special Agent
As: Julie Gardner
1935Front Page Woman
As: Ellen Garfield
1935The Girl from 10th Avenue
As: Miriam A. Brady
1935Bordertown
As: Mrs. Marie Roark
1934Housewife
As: Patricia Berkeley
1934Of Human Bondage
As: Mildred Rogers
1934Fog Over Frisco
As: Arlene Bradford
1934Jimmy the Gent
As: Joan Martin
1934Fashions of 1934
As: Lynn Mason
1934The Big Shakedown
As: Norma Nelson
1933Bureau of Missing Persons
As: Norma Roberts
1933Ex-Lady
As: Helen Bauer
1933The Working Man
As: Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey
1933Parachute Jumper
As: Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
1933Just Around the Corner
As: Ginger
193220,000 Years in Sing Sing
As: Fay Wilson
1932Three on a Match
As: Ruth Westcott
1932The Cabin in the Cotton
As: Madge Norwood
1932The Dark Horse
As: Kay Russell
1932The Rich Are Always with Us
As: Malbro
1932So Big!
As: Miss Dallas O'Mara
1932The Man Who Played God
As: Grace Blair
1932Hell's House
As: Peggy Gardner
1932The Menace
As: Peggy Lowell
1931Way Back Home
As: Mary Lucy Duffy
1931Waterloo Bridge
As: Janet Cronin
1931Seed
As: Margaret Carter
1931The Bad Sister
As: Laura Madison