"Ruth Elizabeth Davis" (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989), better known as "Bette Davis", was an Academy Award winning American actress.
Davis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. Although Davis had wanted to be an actress from an early age, she was denied admission to Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory because she was considered insincere. So she enrolled in John Murray Anderson's dramatic school, and became a star.
Her first professional stage performance was ''The Earth Between'', off-Broadway in 1923.Her first Broadway performance was in 1929, in ''Broken Dishes'' and later in ''Solid South''.The next year, she was hired by Universal Studios, but they felt she was not star material, and in 1932, they let her sign with Warner Brothers.Her first starring role was in The Man Who Played God, and she became a star in Of Human Bondage.
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Dangerous and Jezebel, and was able to name her own roles, with the exception of Gone With the Wind in 1939.Her career began to stagnate through the 1940s, but her performance in All About Eve, for which she received another Oscar nomination, put her back on top.When her career began to fade again, in 1961, she placed a notorious ad for "job wanted" in the trade papers.Her role in 1962's over-the-top What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, in which she played a parody of herself opposite her long-time rival Joan Crawford, earned her another Oscar nomination.
In 1977, Davis received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1979 she won a Best Actress Emmy.She wrote a biography, ''The Lonely Life'', in the 1960s, and ''Mother Goddam'' in 1975.In 1985, her daughter, B.D. Hyman, wrote a tell-all book, ''My Mother's Keeper'', in which she savaged her mother.Davis wrote another book, ''This N That'', in the late 1980s, and ''Bette Davis, The Lonely Life'', which appeared the year after her death, updating what had happened since her first biography had been published.
On July 19, 2001, Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette for ''Jezebel'' at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation.
Bette Davis died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. On Davis's tombstone is written, "She did it the hard way."
*Nominated Mr. Skeffington (1944)
*A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982)
*Mr. Skeffington (1944)
*The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
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Bette Davis in the News
1000 CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Larry King
(02.28.2004)
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1000 Bette Davis' Official Web Site
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http://www.bettedavis.com/ (USA Today)
1000 Saylor, Souza lead in fund-raising
The Davis City Council candidates and the Measure P campaign on Thursday submitted their final fund-raising reports before Tuesday's election; candidates Don Saylor and Stephen Souza continued to hold the first- and second-place spots, but incumbent Mike Harrington sailed into third, thanks to a sizable loan.
http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/03/01/news/306new2.txt (AltaVista News)
975 Party politesse
(10.12.2000)"Stiff." "Dumb." "Wooden." "Arrogant." You know the adjectives, you know who they're attached to and you know they live in the eye of the beholder. Republicans' eyes, Democrats' eyes, Bette...
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972 Firm secretly spends $21,000 on candidates
In a filing with the city late Thursday, a Sacramento consulting firm reported spending more than $21,000 on behalf of the campaigns of three Davis City Council candidates; the report outraged the three hopefuls and prompted an investigation by the city.
http://www.davisenterprise.com/articles/2004/03/01/news/306new1.txt (AltaVista News)
969 Bette Davis Glamour Gallery - Main Page - Bombshells.Com
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http://www.bombshells.com/gallery/davis/ (USA Today)
950 CNN
(02.13.1999)My interviews with people such as Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, James Caan, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Lucille Ball, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Julia...
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944 Friday?s HOME-Spun Wisdom
RISMEDIA, Feb. 27-Do you believe in the value of work? Actress Bette Davis and others do. ?It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.?
http://www.rismedia.com/index.php/article/articleview/5944/1/1/ (AltaVista News)
938 Bette Davis -- Actress --
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925 Review Romantic period piece Firelight sizzling with heat
(09.04.1998)CNN Firelight is a beautifully crafted period piece reminiscent of those costume dramas made in the 1940s, which usually featured stars like Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine or her sister Olivia de Havilland.
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917 Mirror.co.uk - OSCAR'S KISS OF DEATH
THIS year's Oscar winners are basking in the glory of landing the highest honour in entertainment. But as they savour their triumphs this morning they should remember that getting an Academy Award is no guarantee their careers will thrive.
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907 The Unofficial Bette Davis Homepage
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http://my.execpc.com/~reva/html6b.htm (USA Today)
900 Review Land Girls win the war for touching cinema
(06.12.1998)CNN Before I review David Lelands adaptation of Angela Huths novel, The Land Girls, I have to say that the trailer which I, unfortunately, wound up seeing about 15 times didnt exactly fill me with high hopes for the movie It made what...
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889 Old is still new
Destination: MONTEBELLO, Que. Some 10,000 red cedars had to give up their lives for it, but the resulting polished-log presentation of the Chateau Montebello never loses its ability to thrill visitors no matter how often they return. And for many families, that can be pretty often.
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876 Bette Davis - A Tribute
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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/4474/bette1.html (USA Today)
875 Showbuzz
(12.19.2002)Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey narrowly escaped injury Tuesday when a marquee collapsed during a function in South Africa at which the Oprah Winfrey Foundation presented Christmas gifts to schoolkids.
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861 02/29/04
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834 Upsets: We've learned to expect the unexpected
In Oscar land, there are snubs, surprises and outright upsets. Barbra Streisand was snubbed when "Yentl" was ignored at nomination time, except for its music, art direction/set decoration and supporting actress Amy Irving.
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825 The woman who changed television
(09.02.2003)The redhead was never more striking than in black and white.
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806 Obituaries
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Bette Davis on the Web
1000 Bette Davis' Official Web Site
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972 This ' N ' That: The Bette Davis Legacy
fans discuss her life, her movies, and her legacy.
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950 The Bette Davis Glamour Gallery
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929 Bette Davis -- Actress --
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925 This & That The Bette Davis Legacy
Includes photos and author's comments.
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916 Tribute to the Silver Screen Classics - Bette Davis
devoted to the classic actress.
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900 Bette Davis at Reel Classics
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888 Bette Davis: Actress
fan page featuring plot synopses of favorite films.
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858 Lynn's Bette Davis Page
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850 All About Bette Davis at Classic Movie Stars
Bette Davis's official Web Site Television Appearances page includes this month's appearances of Bette's movies on TV...
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834 Bright Lights Film Journal | Bette Davis (1)
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832 William Wyler Directs Bette Davis in Jezebel
Wyler discusses his working relationship with Bette Davis on the set of the 1938 film.
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825 Bette Davis at Lynn's Classic Movie Favorites
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811 Bette Davis - A Tribute
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804 IMDb: All About Eve (1950)
cast overview and links for the Joseph L. Mankiewicz film starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, and Marilyn Monroe.
http://www.imdb.com/Title?All+About+Eve+(1950) (Yahoo! Directory)
800 Divas - The Site / Acting Divas / Bette Davis
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