Bette Davis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1908-04-05 (81 years old)

Deathday

1989-10-06

Place of Birth

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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 romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1...

Acting

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Apple Annie

1950

All About Eve

as Margo Channing

1985

1962

2005

1964

1938

Jezebel

as Julie Marsden

1978

Death on the Nile

as Marie Van Schuyler

1980

1985

Murder with Mirrors

as Carrie Louise Serrocold

1964

Dead Ringer

as Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips

1946

Deception

as Christine Radcliffe

1937

Marked Woman

as Mary Dwight Strauber

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "Deception") (archive footage)

1941

1935

Bordertown

as Mrs. Marie Roark

1942

Now, Voyager

as Charlotte Vale

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1939

Dark Victory

as Judith Traherne

1976

Burnt Offerings

as Aunt Elizabeth

1936

Satan Met a Lady

as Valerie Purvis

1989

Wicked Stepmother

as Miranda Pierpoint

1949

Beyond the Forest

as Rosa Moline

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Joan Winfield

1932

1978

1932

Three on a Match

as Ruth Westcott

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as Fanny Trellis

1932

The Cabin in the Cotton

as Madge Norwood

1955

The Virgin Queen

as Queen Elizabeth I

1948

Winter Meeting

as Susan Grieve

1946

A Stolen Life

as Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth

1945

The Corn Is Green

as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat

1942

In This Our Life

as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill

1941

The Little Foxes

as Regina Hubbard Giddens

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes

1941

The Great Lie

as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

1934

Of Human Bondage

as Mildred Rogers

1939

The Old Maid

as Charlotte Lovell

1956

Storm Center

as Alicia Hull

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Self (archive footage)

1937

A Day at Santa Anita

as Bette Davis (uncredited)

1936

The Petrified Forest

as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

1965

The Nanny

as Nanny

1940

The Letter

as Leslie Crosbie

1943

Watch on the Rhine

as Sara Müller

1987

The Whales of August

as Libby Strong

1934

Fog Over Frisco

as Arlene Bradford

1941

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1934

Jimmy the Gent

as Joan Martin

1935

Dangerous

as Joyce Heath

1935

Special Agent

as Julie Gardner

1933

1933

Ex-Lady

as Helen Bauer

1937

Kid Galahad

as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips

1964

Where Love Has Gone

as Mrs. Gerald Hayden

1951

Another Man's Poison

as Janet Frobisher

1934

Fashions of 1934

as Lynn Mason

1943

Old Acquaintance

as Kit Marlowe

1959

John Paul Jones

as Empress Catherine the Great

1951

Payment on Demand

as Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)

1972

Madame Sin

as Madame Sin

1972

The Scopone Game

as 'A vecchia

2017

Bette and Joan

as Self (archive footage)

1963

The Empty Canvas

as Dino's Mother

1952

The Star

as Margaret Elliot

1968

The Anniversary

as Mrs. Taggart

1931

Waterloo Bridge

as Janet Cronin

1939

Juarez

as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg

1932

The Dark Horse

as Kay Russell

1933

The Working Man

as Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey

1934

The Big Shakedown

as Norma Nelson

1937

That Certain Woman

as Mary Donnell/Mme Al Haines

1971

Bunny O'Hare

as Bunny O'Hare

1932

So Big!

as Miss Dallas O'Mara

1937

It's Love I'm After

as Joyce Arden

1956

The Catered Affair

as Mrs. Agnes Hurley

1948

June Bride

as Linda Gilman

1938

The Sisters

as Louise Elliott Medlin

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)

1989

Hairway to the Stars

as Self [Archive Footage]

1959

The Scapegoat

as Countess

1932

2018

1931

The Bad Sister

as Laura Madison

1935

Front Page Woman

as Ellen Garfield

1932

Hell's House

as Peggy Gardner

1933

Parachute Jumper

as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent

2000

Backstory: 'All About Eve'

as Self (archive footage)

1931

Way Back Home

as Mary Lucy Duffy

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Scream, Pretty Peggy

as Mrs. Elliott

1983

Right of Way

as Miniature Dwyer

1934

Housewife

as Patricia Berkeley

2021

Madonna: Madame X

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935

The Girl from 10th Avenue

as Miriam A. Brady

1936

The Golden Arrow

as Daisy Appleby

1932

The Menace

as Peggy Lowell

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from All About Eve [1950]) (archive footage)

1976

1931

Seed

as Margaret Carter

1970

Connecting Rooms

as Wanda Fleming

1980

White Mama

as Estelle Malone

1980

Skyward

as Billie Dupree

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1982

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

as Esther McDonald Cimino

1965

2006

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Jezebel: Legend of the South

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

1986

As Summers Die

as Hannah Loftin

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as (archive footage)

2018

Always at The Carlyle

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Family Reunion

as Elizabeth Winfield

1972

The Judge and Jake Wyler

as Judge Meredith

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

1994

2024

Faye

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1973

2024

Faye

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015

Listen to Me Marlon

as Self (archive footage)

1940

If I Forget You

as Bette Davis

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1988

2017

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

1997

Frank Capra's American Dream

as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2009

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Footsteps on the Ceiling

as Margo Channing (archive footage)

1933

The 42nd Street Special

as Self (uncredited)

1972

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Miss Moffat

as Miss Moffat

1978

2001

Production

1946

A Stolen Life

as Producer

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