Bette Davis: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Born	April 5, 1908 • Lowell • Massachusetts
Died	October 6, 1989 (aged 81) • Neuilly-sur-Seine • France
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (1987) • Emmy Award (1979) • Academy Award (1939) • Academy Award (1936) • Academy Award (1939): Actress in a Leading Role • Academy Award (1936): Actress in a Leading Role • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1974) • Emmy Award (1979): Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
Married To	Gary Merrill (1950–1960) • William Grant Sherry (1945–1950) • Arthur Austin Farnsworth (1940–1943 [his death]) • Harmon Nelson (1932–1938)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Wicked Stepmother" (1989) • "The Whales of August" (1987) • "Hotel" (1983) • "Little Gloria... Happy at Last" (1982) • "The Watcher in the Woods" (1980) • "Death on the Nile" (1978) • "Return from Witch Mountain" (1978) • "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" (1978) • "Laugh-In" (1977) • "Burnt Offerings" (1976) • "Lo scopone scientifico" (1972) • "Madame Sin" (1972) • "Bunny O'Hare" (1971) • "Connecting Rooms" (1970) • "It Takes a Thief" (1970) • "The Anniversary" (1968) • "Gunsmoke" (1966) • "The Nanny" (1965) • "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) • "Where Love Has Gone" (1964) • "Dead Ringer" (1964) • "La noia" (1963) • "Perry Mason" (1963) • "The Virginian" (1962) • "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) • "Wagon Train" (1959–1961) • "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961) • "The DuPont Show with June Allyson" (1959) • "The Scapegoat" (1959) • "John Paul Jones" (1959) • "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1959) • "Suspicion" (1958) • "General Electric Theater" (1957–1958) • "Studio 57" (1958) • "Telephone Time" (1957) • "The Ford Television Theatre" (1957) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957) • "The Catered Affair" (1956) • "Storm Center" (1956) • "The 20th Century-Fox Hour" (1956) • "The Virgin Queen" (1955) • "The Star" (1952) • "Phone Call from a Stranger" (1952) • "Another Man's Poison" (1951) • "Payment on Demand" (1951) • "All About Eve" (1950) • "Beyond the Forest" (1949) • "June Bride" (1948) • "Winter Meeting" (1948) • "Deception" (1946) • "A Stolen Life" (1946) • "The Corn Is Green" (1945) • "Hollywood Canteen" (1944) • "Mr. Skeffington" (1944) • "Old Acquaintance" (1943) • "Thank Your Lucky Stars" (1943) • "Watch on the Rhine" (1943) • "Now, Voyager" (1942) • "In This Our Life" (1942) • "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1942) • "The Little Foxes" (1941) • "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941) • "The Great Lie" (1941) • "The Letter" (1940) • "All This, and Heaven Too" (1940) • "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939) • "The Old Maid" (1939) • "Juarez" (1939) • "Dark Victory" (1939) • "The Sisters" (1938) • "Jezebel" (1938) • "It's Love I'm After" (1937) • "That Certain Woman" (1937) • "Kid Galahad" (1937) • "Marked Woman" (1937) • "Satan Met a Lady" (1936) • "The Golden Arrow" (1936) • "The Petrified Forest" (1936) • "Dangerous" (1935) • "Special Agent" (1935) • "Front Page Woman" (1935) • "The Girl from 10th Avenue" (1935) • "Bordertown" (1935) • "Housewife" (1934) • "Of Human Bondage" (1934) • "Fog Over Frisco" (1934) • "Jimmy the Gent" (1934) • "Fashions of 1934" (1934) • "The Big Shakedown" (1934) • "Bureau of Missing Persons" (1933) • "Ex-Lady" (1933) • "The Working Man" (1933) • "Parachute Jumper" (1933) • "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" (1932) • "Three on a Match" (1932) • "The Cabin in the Cotton" (1932) • "The Dark Horse" (1932) • "The Rich Are Always with Us" (1932) • "So Big!" (1932) • "Hell's House" (1932) • "The Man Who Played God" (1932) • "The Menace" (1932) • "Way Back Home" (1931) • "Waterloo Bridge" (1931) • "Seed" (1931) • "The Bad Sister" (1931)