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Bette Davis

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 for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized. Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and thrice divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theater roles to her credit. In 1999, Davis was placed second, after Katharine Hepburn, on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of all time.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	43.568
Birthday	1908-04-05
Place of Birth	Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As	The First Lady of Film, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, The Fourth Warner Brother, Бетт Дэвис, 베티 데이비스, Бетті Девіс, Μπέτι Ντέιβις, Бети Дейвис, Бет Дэвіс,

Pocketful of Miracles

All About Eve

Jezebel

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Death on the Nile

The Watcher in the Woods

Murder with Mirrors

Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette

Dead Ringer

Deception

Marked Woman

Now, Voyager

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Bordertown

Dark Victory

Burnt Offerings

Satan Met a Lady

Wicked Stepmother

Beyond the Forest

The Bride Came C.O.D.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Return from Witch Mountain

Three on a Match

The Cabin in the Cotton

Mr. Skeffington

The Virgin Queen

Winter Meeting

A Stolen Life

The Corn Is Green

Thank Your Lucky Stars

In This Our Life

The Great Lie

The Little Foxes

All This, and Heaven Too

Of Human Bondage

The Old Maid

Storm Center

Hollywood Canteen

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Petrified Forest

The Nanny

The Letter

Watch on the Rhine

The Whales of August

Fog Over Frisco

Jimmy the Gent

Bureau of Missing Persons

Ex-Lady

Kid Galahad

Dangerous

Special Agent

Another Man's Poison

Fashions of 1934

John Paul Jones

Where Love Has Gone

Payment on Demand

Madame Sin

Old Acquaintance

The Scopone Game

Phone Call from a Stranger

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

The Empty Canvas

The Star

The Anniversary

The Working Man

That Certain Woman

Waterloo Bridge

Juarez

The Dark Horse

The Big Shakedown

Bunny O'Hare

So Big!

It's Love I'm After

The Rich Are Always with Us

The Catered Affair

June Bride

The Sisters

The Adventures of Errol Flynn