Bette Davis biography
Bette Davis was an American actress, born on 5 April 1908 in Lowell, who died on 6 October 1989.
Bette Davis's screen career began in 1931 with Way Back Home, playing Mary Lucy.
Bette Davis appeared in 120 films and 36 television or streaming titles between 1931 and 2014.
Honours include Emmy Award, Laurel Awards and New York Film Critics Circle.
- Also known as
- Ruth Elizabeth Davis, Ruth Davis
- Born
- 5 April 1908
- Died
- 6 October 1989 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Lowell
- Work
- Autobiographer, Character actor, Stage actor, Film actor, Television actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1929 to 1989
- Awards
- Emmy Award
- Laurel Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- Donostia Award
Bette Davis filmography
120 films and 36 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | El último adiós de Bette Davis | Spanish | ||
| 2011 | Vito | English | ||
| 2007 | P.S. I Love You | English | ||
| 1999 | All About My Mother | Catalan | ||
| 1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Miranda Pierpoint | final film role | |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | English | ||
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Libby Strong | ||
| 1986 | As Summers Die | English | ||
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Archival footage | ||
| 1983 | Right of Way | English | ||
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | English | ||
| 1982 | A Piano for Mrs. Cimino | English | ||
| 1981 | Family Reunion | English | ||
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | Mrs. Aylwood | ||
| 1980 | White Mama | English | ||
| 1980 | Skyward | English | ||
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | English | ||
| 1978 | The Children of Sanchez | English | ||
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler | ||
| 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Letha Wedge | ||
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Aunt Elizabeth | ||
| 1973 | Scream, Pretty Peggy | |||
| 1972 | The Scientific Cardplayer | The Millionairess | ||
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | English | ||
| 1972 | Madame Sin | Madame Sin |
Show all 120 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Bunny O'Hare | Bunny O'Hare | ||
| 1970 | Connecting Rooms | Wanda Fleming | ||
| 1968 | The Anniversary | Mrs. Taggart | ||
| 1965 | The Nanny | The Nanny | ||
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | |||
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Gerald Hayden | ||
| 1964 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Charlotte Hollis | ||
| 1964 | Dead Ringer | Margaret De Lorca / Edith Phillips | dual role | |
| 1963 | The Empty Canvas | Dino's mother | ||
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Baby Jane Hudson | ||
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Apple Annie | ||
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | Countess De Gué | ||
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Catherine the Great | ||
| 1956 | Storm Center | Alicia Hull | ||
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Agnes Hurley | ||
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Queen Elizabeth I | ||
| 1952 | The Star | Margaret Elliot | ||
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Marie Hoke | ||
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Joyce Ramsey | Shot in 1949, except for final scene | |
| 1951 | Another Man's Poison | Janet Frobisher | ||
| 1950 | All About Eve | Margo Channing | ||
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest | Rosa Moline | ||
| 1948 | Winter Meeting | Susan Grieve | ||
| 1948 | June Bride | Linda Gilman | ||
| 1946 | Deception | Christine Radcliffe | ||
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth | dual role | |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green | Miss Lilly Moffat | ||
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Fanny Trellis | ||
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | English | ||
| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine | Sara Muller | ||
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | English | ||
| 1943 | Show Business at War | |||
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Kit Marlowe | ||
| 1943 | The Present with a Future | Herself / Mother | ||
| 1942 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Maggie Cutler | ||
| 1942 | Now, Voyager | Charlotte Vale | ||
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill | ||
| 1941 | The Little Foxes | Regina Giddens | ||
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Maggie Patterson Van Allen | ||
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D | Joan Winfield | ||
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Nurse | uncredited cameo role | |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | |||
| 1940 | The Letter | Leslie Crosbie | ||
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Henriette Deluzy-Desportes | ||
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Queen Elizabeth I | ||
| 1939 | The Old Maid | Charlotte Lovell | ||
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | English | ||
| 1939 | Juarez | Empress Carlotta | ||
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Judith Traherne | ||
| 1938 | The Sisters | Louise Elliott Medlin | ||
| 1938 | Jezebel | Julie Marsden | ||
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 | |||
| 1938 | For Auld Lang Syne | |||
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Outtakes from That Certain Woman and Jezebel | ||
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Mary Donnell | aka Mrs. Al Haines | |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Mary Dwight Strauber | ||
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Louise "Fluff" Phillips | ||
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After | Joyce Arden | ||
| 1937 | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 | |||
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | |||
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest | Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple | ||
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | Daisy Appleby | ||
| 1936 | Satan Met a Lady | Valerie Purvis | ||
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 | |||
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 10 | |||
| 1935 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Miriam A. Brady | ||
| 1935 | Special Agent | Julie Gardner | ||
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Ellen Garfield | ||
| 1935 | Dangerous | Joyce Heath | ||
| 1935 | Bordertown | Mrs. Marie Roark | ||
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | |||
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown | Norma Nelson | ||
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers | ||
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Miss Joan Martin | ||
| 1934 | Housewife | Patricia "Pat" Berkeley | ||
| 1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Arlene Bradford | ||
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Lynn Mason | ||
| 1933 | The Working Man | Jenny Harland | aka Jane Grey | |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Patricia "Alabama" Brent | ||
| 1933 | Ex-Lady | Helen Bauer | ||
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Norma Roberts | ||
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Ruth Wescott | ||
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Malbro | ||
| 1932 | The Menace | Peggy Lowell | ||
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God | Grace Blair | ||
| 1932 | The Dark Horse | Kay Russell | ||
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Madge Norwood | ||
| 1932 | So Big! | Miss Dallas O'Mara | ||
| 1932 | Hell's House | Peggy Gardner | ||
| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Fay Wilson | ||
| 1932 | The 42nd Street Special | |||
| 1931 | Way Back Home | Mary Lucy | ||
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridge | Janet Cronin | ||
| 1931 | Seed | Margaret Carter | ||
| 1931 | Bad Sister | Laura Madison | film debut |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | As Summers Die (TV movie) | Hannah Loftin | ||
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors (TV movie) | Carrie Louise Serracold | ||
| 1983 | Right of Way (TV movie) | Minnie Dwyer | ||
| 1983 | Hotel Episode: “Hotel” (pilot) | Laura Trent | ||
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV miniseries) | Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt | ||
| 1982 | A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (TV movie) | Esther MacDonald Cimino | ||
| 1981 | Family Reunion (TV movie) | Elizabeth Winfield | ||
| 1980 | White Mama (TV movie) | Adele Malone | ||
| 1980 | Skyward (TV movie) | Billie Dupree | ||
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (TV movie) | Lucy Mason | ||
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (TV miniseries) | Widow Fortune | ||
| 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee (TV movie) | Minnie Kennedy | ||
| 1974 | Hello Mother, Goodbye! (unsold pilot) | Teresa Mullen | ||
| 1973 | Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV movie) | Mrs Elliott | ||
| 1973 | ABC's Wide World of Entertainment | Hostess of "Warner Bros. Movies: A 50 Year Salute" | ||
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie) | Judge Meredith | ||
| 1972 | Madame Sin (TV movie) | Madame Sin | ||
| 1970 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | |||
| 1970 | It Takes a Thief Episode: Touch of Magic | Bessie Grindel | ||
| 1966 | Gunsmoke Episode: The Jailer | Etta Stone | ||
| 1965 | The Decorator (unsold pilot) | Liz | ||
| 1963 | Perry Mason Episode: The Case of Constant Doyle | Constant Doyle | ||
| 1962 | The Virginian Episode: The Accomplice | Celia Miller | ||
| 1961 | Wagon Train Episode: The Bettina May Story | Bettina May | ||
| 1959 | Wagon Train Episode: The Ella Lindstrom Story | Ella Lindstrom |
Show all 36 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Wagon Train Episode: The Elizabeth McQueeney Story | Elizabeth McQueeney | ||
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson Episode: Dark Morning | Sarah Whitney | ||
| 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 4 Episode 16: "Out There - Darkness" | Miss Fox | ||
| 1958 | Suspicion Episode: Fraction of a Second | Mrs Ellis | ||
| 1958 | Studio 57 Episode: The Starmaker | Paula | ||
| 1958 | General Electric Theater Episode:The Cold Touch | Christine Marlowe | ||
| 1957 | The Ford Television Theatre Episode: Footnote on a Doll | Dolley Madison | ||
| 1957 | Telephone Time Episode: Stranded | Beatrice Enter | ||
| 1957 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Episode: For Better, For Worse | Irene Van Buren | ||
| 1957 | General Electric Theater Episode: With Malice Toward One | Miss Burrows | ||
| 1956 | The 20th Century Fox Hour Episode : Crack Up | Marie Hoke |