Bette Davis was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, on April 5th. 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
She was nicknamed, "The First Lady of Film."
Her performances in Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938) earned her Oscars. She is best known for her character Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950).
One of her classmates at John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School in New York was Lucille Ball.
Bette Davis was the first woman to be president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1941).
She was the first actress to receive ten Academy Award nominations and the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
She is mentioned by name in Madonna's #1 hit "Vogue."
She was nominated for an Academy Award 5 years in a row for movies in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. She shares the record for most consecutive nominations with Greer Garson.
Bette claimed that she gave the Academy Award statue the nickname "Oscar" because she felt it resembled her husband, whose middle name was Oscar.
She was nicknamed, "The First Lady of Film."
Her performances in Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938) earned her Oscars. She is best known for her character Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950).
One of her classmates at John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School in New York was Lucille Ball.
Bette Davis was the first woman to be president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected 1941).
She was the first actress to receive ten Academy Award nominations and the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
She is mentioned by name in Madonna's #1 hit "Vogue."
She was nominated for an Academy Award 5 years in a row for movies in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. She shares the record for most consecutive nominations with Greer Garson.
Bette claimed that she gave the Academy Award statue the nickname "Oscar" because she felt it resembled her husband, whose middle name was Oscar.