One of the silver screen's legendary divas, Bette Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Mass., to parents who divorced when she was quite young. After high school, Davis enrolled in John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School, where she was considered by everyone (including classmate Lucille Ball) to be the star pupil.After success on Broadway in the late 1920s, Davis was hired by Universal Studios and made her inauspicious screen debut in 1931's The Bad Sister. The next year, she signed a contract with Warner Brothers and had a hit with Of Human Bondage. She won Best Actress Oscars for her roles in Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938).
Davis hit a rough career patch during the 1940s, but scored a stunning comeback with All About Eve in 1950. Later films include the gothic horror movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Davis married four times and had three children. She died Oct. 6, 1989.
AddAll About EveWriter-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's sharp script anchors this story about New York City theater life, with Bette Davis playing an aging Broadway diva who employs a starstruck fan (Anne Baxter) as her assistant, only to learn the woman is a conniving upstart. The now-classic All About Eve won... Read More
AddWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?In this Grand Guignol chiller, Hudson sisters Jane (Bette Davis) and Blanche (Joan Crawford), both aging actresses, share a rotting Los Angeles mansion, where Jane, once a vaudeville headliner, remains lost in her deranged childhood fantasies. When a devastating car crash -- blamed on a drunken Jane... Read More
AddThe Watcher in the WoodsNo sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis headlines and Lynn-Holly Johnson co-stars in this... Read More
AddNow, VoyagerBridled by an autocratic mother, Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) borders on a nervous breakdown. But when a psychiatrist (Claude Rains) persuades her to drastically change her life, she blossoms into a self-possessed woman. The newly confident Charlotte takes a voyage, where she falls in love with the... Read More
AddDark VictoryFast living comes easy for Long Island socialite Judith Traherne (Bette Davis): Lavish soirées, free-flowing booze and raising thoroughbreds are among the pleasures in her hedonistic existence. But a horse-jumping accident forces her to come to terms with her lifestyle -- and mortality -- when... Read More
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