Bette Davis American Actress Known for All About Eve

Bette Davis was an American actress from Lowell. She died on 6 October 1989 at the age of 81. The recorded cause of death is breast cancer. Her best-known titles on this site are Death on the Nile (1978) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).

Early life

She attended Cushing Academy.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Seed, from 1931. Her 1930s credits include Jezebel (1938) and Dark Victory (1939). During the 1940s, she worked on The Little Foxes (1941) and Now, Voyager (1942). Work from the 1950s includes All About Eve (1950) and The Star (1952). Pocketful of Miracles (1961) and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) are among her 1960s credits.

In total, 109 films and one TV series are listed from 1931 to 2014. She is last credited, in her lifetime, on Wicked Stepmother (1989). Death on the Nile (1978) is recorded with a worldwide box office of $14.6 million.

Humphrey Bogart appears in eight of her listed titles, including The Petrified Forest (1936) and Marked Woman (1937). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Joan Crawford (three titles) and James Cagney (three titles).

Bette Davis had released one album and one single on record, including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Original Soundtrack (1962). MGM Records is listed as her label.

Recognition

Bette Davis collected two Academy Awards (1936 and 1939). Bette Davis also received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1979) for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter and an Emmy Award. Her nominations include the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for Of Human Bondage. Altogether, 14 wins and 11 nominations are listed.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to William Grant Sherry (1945 to 1950) and Gary Merrill (1950 to 1960). She was the mother of B. D. Hyman, and has 3 children in total.