Bette Davis

Bette Davis (born Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 5, 1908, died October 6, 1989) is a legendary movie star of classic Hollywood. She starred in such films as Of Human Bondage (1934), Jezebel (1938) with Henry Fonda and The Letter (1940) directed by William Wyler, Dark Victory (1939), The Old Maid (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) with Errol Flynn, All This, and Heaven Too (1940) with Charles Boyer, Now, Voyager (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), The Corn is Green (1945), All About Eve (1950) by Joseph Mankiewicz, Pocketful of Miracles (1961), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) with Joan Crawford.

Read Bette Davis’ classic profile by Elisa Leonelli

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Golden Globe Awards

1963 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
- Bette Davis
1962 Nominee

Actress In A Leading Role - Musical Or Comedy
- Pocketful of Miracles
- Bette Davis
1951 Nominee

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- All About Eve
- Bette Davis