Bette Davis

★ Acting #783

1908 - 1989 (age 81) • Acting

Born: 4/5/1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 10/6/1989 (age 81)

Known for: Acting

Bette Davis

★ Acting #783

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.

Known For

All About My Mother

76%

In Memory Of

1999

All About Eve

81%

Margo Channing

1950

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

79%

Baby Jane Hudson

1962

Death on the Nile

72%

Marie Van Schuyler

1978

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

73%

Charlotte Hollis

1964

Burnt Offerings

65%

Aunt Elizabeth

1976

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

78%

Miss Fox

1955

The Letter

73%

Leslie Crosbie

1940

This Is Joan Collins

72%

Self (Archive Footage)

2022

Madonna: Madame X

78%

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021

Morceaux de Cannes

20%

Self (archive footage)

2021

Mike Wallace Is Here

65%

(archive footage)

2019

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

59%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

60%

Self (archive footage)

2017

The Fabulous Allan Carr

50%

Self (archive)

2017

Bette and Joan

Self (archive footage)

2017

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

90%

Self (archive footage)

2015

Listen to Me Marlon

75%

Self (archive footage)

2015

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire

72%

Self - Actress (archive footage)

2014

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

55%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Talking Pictures

62%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Footsteps on the Ceiling

Margo Channing (archive footage)

2013

Vito

70%

Self (archive)

2011

Marilyn at the Movies

Self (archive footage)

2011

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka

40%

Self (archive footage)

2009

Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

75%

Self (archive footage)

2009

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

43%

Self (archive footage)

2007

Jezebel: Legend of the South

70%

Self (archive footage)

2006

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

67%

Self (archive footage)

2006

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

66%

Self (archive footage)

2006

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert

75%

Self (archive footage)

2005

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

77%

Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)

2005

How Real is 'The Star'?

60%

Self (archive footage)

2005

Complicated Women

69%

Self (archive footage)

2003

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

45%

Self (archive footage)

2002