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First Name

Bette

Last Name

Davis

Date of Birth

05 April 1908

Height

Build

Slim

Eye Color

Blue

Hair Color

Blonde

Place of Birth

Lowell, Massachusetts

Star Sign

Aries

Date of Death

06 October 1989

Place of Death

Neuilly, France

Cause of Death

Breast Cancer

Ethnicity

White

Religion

Anglican / Episcopalian

Claim to Fame

Of Human Bondage (1934), All Abot Eve

Middle Name

Elizabeth

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

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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.

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Actor/Actress, Soundtrack, Producer

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Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on April 5, 1908. Her parents divorced when she was 10. Her early interests were in dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but then she discovered the stage. She gave up dancing for acting. To her, it presented much more of a challenge. She studied drama in New York City and made her debut on Broadway in 1929. In 1930, she moved to Hollywood where she hoped things would get better for her in the world of acting. They did indeed. She would become known as the actress that could play a variety of very strong and complex roles. She was first under contract to Universal Studios, where she made her first film, called Way Back Home (1931). After the unsuccessful film The Bad Sister (1931), made the same year, she was fired, which was wildly unpopular. She then moved on to Warner Brothers. Her first film with them was Seed (1931). More fairly successful movies followed, but it was the role of Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage (1934) that would give Bette major acclaim from the film critics. Warner Bros. felt their seven-year deal with Bette was more than justified. They had a genuine star on their hands. With this success under her belt, she began pushing for stronger and more meaningful roles. In 1935, she received her first Oscar for her role in Dangerous (1935) as Joyce Heath. In 1936, she was suspended without pay for turning down a role that she deemed unworthy of her talent. She went to England, where she had planned to make movies, but was stopped by Warner Bros. because she was still under contract to them. They did not want her to work anywhere. Although she sued to get out of her contract, she lost. Still, they began to take her more seriously after that. In 1938, Bette received a second Academy Award nomination for her work in Jezebel (1938) opposite the soon-to-be-legendary Henry Fonda. Bette would receive six more nominations, including one for her role as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950). While she was a genuine star in the `30s and `40s, the `50s and early `60s saw her in the midst of films that all lost money. Then came What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) in which she played a deranged former child star and a rather spooky one at that. This brought about a new round of super-stardom for generations of fans who were not familiar with her work. Two years later she starred in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). Bette was married four times. Her last marriage, to actor Gary Merrill, lasted ten years, longer than any of the previous three. In 1985, her daughter Barbara Davis ("B.D.") Hyman published a scandalous book about Bette called "My Mother`s Keeper." Sadly, Bette Davis died on October 6, 1989, of metastasized breast cancer.

High School

Cushing Academy

Official Websites

www.bettedavis.com/

Full Name at Birth

Ruth Elizabeth Davis

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Hips (inches)

Cup Size

Count - Awards

Brand Endorsement

Lustre-Creme Shampoo (Magazine Advertisement) [1951]

Friend

Hedy Lamarr, Olivia De Havilland, Joan Blondell, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jane Bryan, Marlene Dietrich, Peggy Shannon, Joan Fontaine, Debbie Reynolds, Thelma Ritter, Gladys Cooper, Claude Reins, Hattie McDaniel, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Ginger Rogers, Estelle Winwood, Donald Meek, Ruth Chatterton, Ann Dvorak, Countess Di Frasso

Favorite Places

France

Favorite Colors

Pink, Blue

Books Authored

This 'n' That [1987]

Biography (Print)

My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Candid Portrait of Her Famous Mother [1986] (B. D. Hyman)

Father

Harlow Morrell Davis

Mother

Ruth Favor