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Bette Davis

Bette DavisAKA Ruth Elizabeth Davis

Born: 5-Apr-1908
Birthplace: Lowell, MA
Died: 6-Oct-1989
Location of death: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Cause of death: Cancer - Breast
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: All About Eve

Husband: Harmon Nelson (m. 18-Aug-1932, div. 1939)
Husband: Arthur Farnsworth (m. 31-Dec-1940, d. 1943 accidental fall)
Husband: William Grant Sherry (m. 30-Nov-1945, div. 1950, one daughter)
Daughter: Barbara Davis Hyman (b. 1-May-1947)
Husband: Gary Merrill (actor, m. 28-Jul-1950, div. 6-Jul-1960, one son, one daughter)
Son: Michael (adopted)
Daughter: Margot (adopted)

    High School: Northfield Mt. Hermon High School

    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President (1941)
    Oscar for Best Actress 1936 for Dangerous
    Oscar for Best Actress 1939 for Jezebel
    Emmy 1977 for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
    American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1978
    Kennedy Center Honor 1987
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6233 Hollywood Blvd. (television)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6225 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)
    Endorsement of Liggett Group Chesterfield cigarettes
    Abortion
    Mastectomy 1983
    Stroke 1983
    Risk Factors: Smoking, Breast Cancer, Alcoholism,

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Wicked Stepmother (3-Feb-1989)
    The Whales of August (16-Oct-1987) · Libby Strong
    As Summers Die (18-May-1986)
    Murder with Mirrors (20-Feb-1985)
    Right of Way (21-Nov-1983)
    Little Gloria: Happy at Last (24-Oct-1982)
    A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (3-Feb-1982)
    Family Reunion (11-Oct-1981)
    Skyward (20-Nov-1980)
    The Watcher in the Woods (17-Apr-1980)
    White Mama (5-Mar-1980)
    Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (13-May-1979)
    Death on the Nile (30-Oct-1978) · Marie Van Schuyler
    Return From Witch Mountain (10-Mar-1978)
    The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (23-Jan-1978)
    The Disappearance of Aimee (17-Nov-1976)
    Burnt Offerings (25-Aug-1976)
    Scream, Pretty Peggy (24-Nov-1973) · Mrs. Elliott
    The Judge and Jake Wyler (2-Dec-1972)
    The Scientific Cardplayer (16-Oct-1972)
    Madame Sin (15-Jan-1972)
    Bunny O'Hare (18-Oct-1971) · Bunny O'Hare
    Connecting Rooms (1970)
    The Anniversary (7-Feb-1968)
    The Nanny (27-Oct-1965)
    Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (15-Dec-1964) · Charlotte
    Where Love Has Gone (2-Nov-1964)
    Dead Ringer (19-Feb-1964) · Margaret and Edith Phillips
    The Empty Canvas (4-Dec-1963)
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (26-Oct-1962) · Jane Hudson
    Pocketful of Miracles (19-Dec-1961)
    The Scapegoat (6-Aug-1959)
    John Paul Jones (16-Jun-1959)
    Storm Center (31-Jul-1956)
    The Catered Affair (14-Jun-1956) · Mrs. Tom Hurley
    The Virgin Queen (22-Jul-1955) · Queen Elizabeth I
    The Star (11-Dec-1952) · Margaret Elliot
    Phone Call from a Stranger (1-Feb-1952)
    Another Man's Poison (6-Jan-1952) · Janet Frobisher
    Payment on Demand (15-Feb-1951)
    All About Eve (13-Oct-1950)
    Beyond the Forest (21-Oct-1949) · Rosa Moline
    June Bride (29-Oct-1948)
    Winter Meeting (7-Apr-1948) · Susan Grieve
    Deception (18-Oct-1946) · Christine Radcliffe
    A Stolen Life (6-Jul-1946) · Kate Bosworth
    The Corn is Green (29-Mar-1945) · Miss Lilly Moffat
    Hollywood Canteen (15-Dec-1944) · Herself
    Mr. Skeffington (25-May-1944)
    Old Acquaintance (2-Nov-1943) · Kit Marlowe
    Thank Your Lucky Stars (1-Oct-1943) · Herself
    Watch on the Rhine (27-Aug-1943)
    Now, Voyager (22-Oct-1942)
    In This Our Life (8-May-1942)
    The Man Who Came to Dinner (1-Jan-1942) · Maggie Cutler
    The Little Foxes (21-Aug-1941)
    The Bride Came C.O.D. (12-Jul-1941)
    The Great Lie (5-Apr-1941)
    The Letter (22-Nov-1940) · Leslie Crosbie
    All This, and Heaven Too (4-Jul-1940)
    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (27-Sep-1939)
    The Old Maid (16-Aug-1939)
    Juarez (24-Apr-1939) · Carlotta
    Dark Victory (20-Apr-1939) · Judith Traherne
    The Sisters (14-Oct-1938)
    Jezebel (10-Mar-1938)
    It's Love I'm After (8-Oct-1937)
    That Certain Woman (15-Sep-1937)
    Kid Galahad (26-May-1937) · Fluff
    Marked Woman (10-Apr-1937)
    Satan Met a Lady (22-Jul-1936) · Valerie Purvis
    The Golden Arrow (23-May-1936)
    The Petrified Forest (6-Feb-1936)
    Dangerous (25-Dec-1935)
    Special Agent (14-Sep-1935)
    Front Page Woman (11-Jul-1935)
    The Girl from 10th Avenue (26-May-1935)
    Bordertown (23-Jan-1935)
    Housewife (9-Aug-1934)
    Of Human Bondage (28-Jun-1934) · Mildred
    Fog Over Frisco (2-Jun-1934)
    Jimmy the Gent (17-Mar-1934)
    Fashions of 1934 (14-Feb-1934) · Lynn
    The Big Shakedown (6-Jan-1934)
    Bureau of Missing Persons (8-Sep-1933)
    Ex-Lady (14-May-1933)
    The Working Man (20-Apr-1933)
    Parachute Jumper (25-Jan-1933) · Patricia Brent
    20,000 Years in Sing Sing (24-Dec-1932) · Fay Wilson
    Three on a Match (28-Oct-1932)
    The Cabin in the Cotton (15-Oct-1932) · Madge
    The Dark Horse (8-Jun-1932)
    The Rich Are Always with Us (15-May-1932)
    So Big! (29-Apr-1932)
    The Man Who Played God (10-Feb-1932)
    Hell's House (30-Jan-1932) · Peggy Gardner
    The Menace (29-Jan-1932)
    Way Back Home (15-Jan-1932)
    Waterloo Bridge (1-Sep-1931) · Janet Cronin
    Seed (14-May-1931)
    The Bad Sister (29-Mar-1931) · Laura Madison

Is the subject of books:
My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Candid Portrait of Her Famous Mother, 1986, BY: B. D. Hyman, DETAILS: (biography)

Author of books:
This 'n' That (1987, memoir, with Michael Herskowitz)


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