
Bette Davis
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1908
Died: October 6, 1989
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 fo…
Known for

All About Eve
1950

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964

Jezebel
1938

The Watcher in the Woods
1980

Dead Ringer
1964

Deception
1946

Marked Woman
1937

The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941

Now, Voyager
1942

Dark Victory
1939

Satan Met a Lady
1936

Beyond the Forest
1949

Return from Witch Mountain
1978

Mr. Skeffington
1944

Winter Meeting
1948

A Stolen Life
1946

The Corn Is Green
1945

In This Our Life
1942

The Little Foxes
1941

All This, and Heaven Too
1940

The Great Lie
1941

Of Human Bondage
1934

The Old Maid
1939

Storm Center
1956

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939

The Nanny
1965

The Letter
1940

Watch on the Rhine
1943

The Whales of August
1987

Fog Over Frisco
1934

Dangerous
1935

Special Agent
1935

Bureau of Missing Persons
1933

Ex-Lady
1933

Another Man's Poison
1951

Old Acquaintance
1943

Payment on Demand
1951

Madame Sin
1972

The Star
1952

The Anniversary
1968

The Dark Horse
1932

That Certain Woman
1937

Bunny O'Hare
1971

The Catered Affair
1956

June Bride
1948

Hairway to the Stars
1989

Front Page Woman
1935

Hell's House
1932

Right of Way
1983

The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935

The Golden Arrow
1936

Connecting Rooms
1970

White Mama
1980

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979

Skyward
1980

A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982

The Decorator
1965

Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
1986

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
A Present with a Future
1943

Family Reunion
1981

The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972

All About Bette
1994

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936

Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983

Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
1996

Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
2009

Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013
Bette Davis
1972

Miss Moffat
1974
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001

Pocketful of Miracles
1961

Murder with Mirrors
1985

Bordertown
1935

The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932

The Virgin Queen
1955

The Petrified Forest
1936

Jimmy the Gent
1934

Kid Galahad
1937

Where Love Has Gone
1964

Fashions of 1934
1934

Bette and Joan
2017

Juarez
1939

The Working Man
1933

The Big Shakedown
1934

It's Love I'm After
1937

The Sisters
1938

The Scapegoat
1959

Parachute Jumper
1933

The Disappearance of Aimee
1976

Just Around the Corner
1933

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013

Breakdowns of 1939
1939

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017

Directed by William Wyler
1986

The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
2009

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006

Three on a Match
1932

The Cabin in the Cotton
1932

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943

The Empty Canvas
1963

The Rich Are Always with Us
1932

The Man Who Played God
1932

The Bad Sister
1931

Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973

Housewife
1934

The Menace
1932

As Summers Die
1986

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973

Listen to Me Marlon
2015
If I Forget You
1940

The 42nd Street Special
1933

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936

How Real is 'The Star'?
2005

Marilyn at the Movies
2011

Death on the Nile
1978

Burnt Offerings
1976

The Scopone Game
1972

Phone Call from a Stranger
1952

So Big!
1932

Way Back Home
1931

Breakdowns of 1937
1937

Stars on Horseback
1943

This Is Joan Collins
2022

Wicked Stepmother
1989

A Day at Santa Anita
1937

John Paul Jones
1959

Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000

Seed
1931

Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001

Waterloo Bridge
1931

Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006

Breakdowns of 1936
1936

Breakdowns of 1949
1949
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978

The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
2005

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Breakdowns of 1944
1944

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015

Complicated Women
2003

Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982

Hollywood Canteen
1944

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997

Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986

The Horror Show
1979

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014

Shining Victory
1941

Showbiz Goes to War
1982

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987

Mike Wallace Is Here
2019

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

Show-Business at War
1943

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007

Vito
2011

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982

100 Years at the Movies
1994

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018

Frank Capra's American Dream
1997

Madonna: Madame X
2021

A Dream Comes True
1935

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Mickey's 50
1978

Breakdowns of 1938
1938

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

General Electric Theater
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

The Hollywood Palace
1964

The Virginian
1962

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978

Telephone Time
1956

The Oscars
1953

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978

Talking Pictures
2013

Wagon Train
1957

Intimate Portrait
1993

Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982

Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

It Takes a Thief
1968

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

What's My Line?
1950

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Suspicion
1957

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

Reflets de Cannes
1954

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Dinah!
1974

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
Laugh-In
1977

Family Reunion
1981

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The World of Hammer
1994

Tony Awards
1956

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

Hotel
1982
Film '72
1971