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