| Bette Davis  AKA 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 Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, 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
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Connecting Rooms (1970)
The Anniversary (7-Feb-1968)
The Nanny (27-Oct-1965)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (15-Dec-1964)
Where Love Has Gone (2-Nov-1964)
Dead Ringer (19-Feb-1964)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (26-Oct-1962)
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)
The Virgin Queen (22-Jul-1955)
The Star (11-Dec-1952)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1-Feb-1952)
Another Man's Poison (6-Jan-1952)
Payment on Demand (15-Feb-1951)
All About Eve (13-Oct-1950)
Beyond the Forest (21-Oct-1949)
June Bride (29-Oct-1948)
Winter Meeting (7-Apr-1948)
Deception (18-Oct-1946)
A Stolen Life (6-Jul-1946)
The Corn is Green (29-Mar-1945)
Hollywood Canteen (15-Dec-1944) Herself
Mr. Skeffington (25-May-1944)
Old Acquaintance (2-Nov-1943)
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)
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)
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)
Dark Victory (20-Apr-1939)
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)
Marked Woman (10-Apr-1937)
Satan Met a Lady (22-Jul-1936)
The Golden Arrow (23-May-1936)
The Petrified Forest (06-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)
Fog Over Frisco (2-Jun-1934)
Jimmy the Gent (17-Mar-1934)
Fashions of 1934 (14-Feb-1934)
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)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (24-Dec-1932)
Three on a Match (28-Oct-1932)
The Cabin in the Cotton (15-Oct-1932)
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)
Way Back Home (15-Jan-1932)
Waterloo Bridge (1-Sep-1931)
Seed (14-May-1931)
The Bad Sister (29-Mar-1931)
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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