Bette Davis

<html> <head> <title>Bette Davis</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/457/000026379/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Bette Davis<img src="bd.jpg" height=336 width=257 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Bette Davis">AKA Ruth Elizabeth DavisBorn: <a href="/lists/613/000106295/" class=proflink>5-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/907/000105592/" class=proflink>1908</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/584/000069377/" class=proflink>Lowell, MA</a> Died: <a href="/lists/166/000106845/" class=proflink>6-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/499/000106181/" class=proflink>1989</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/868/000069661/" class=proflink>Neuilly-sur-Seine, France</a> Cause of death: <a href="/lists/365/000069158/" class=proflink>Cancer - Breast</a> Remains: Buried, <a href="/cemetery/650/000208026/" class="proflink">Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, CA</a> Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: ActorNationality: United States Executive summary: All About EveHusband: Harmon Nelson (m. 18-Aug-1932, div. 1939) Husband: Arthur Farnsworth (m. 31-Dec-1940, d. 1943 accidental fall) Husband: William Grant Sherry (m. 30-Nov-1945, div. 1950, one daughter) Daughter: Barbara Davis Hyman (b. 1-May-1947) Husband: <a href="/people/420/000131027/">Gary Merrill</a> (actor, m. 28-Jul-1950, div. 6-Jul-1960, one son, one daughter) Son: Michael (adopted) Daughter: Margot (adopted)     High School: Northfield Mt. Hermon High School     <a href="/org/969/000205354/">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> President (1941)     <a href="/org/977/000353915/">Hollywood Anti-Nazi League</a>     <a href="/honors/512/000032416/">Oscar for Best Actress</a> 1936 for Dangerous     <a href="/honors/512/000032416/">Oscar for Best Actress</a> 1939 for Jezebel     <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> 1977 for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter     <a href="/honors/469/000032373/">American Film Institute Life Achievement Award</a> 1978     <a href="/honors/109/000048962/">Kennedy Center Honor</a> 1987     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6233 Hollywood Blvd. (television)     <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6225 Hollywood Blvd. (motion pictures)     Endorsement of <a href="/company/822/000124450/">Liggett Group</a> Chesterfield cigarettes     <a href="/event/267/000072051/">Abortion</a>     <a href="/event/723/000080483/">Mastectomy</a> 1983     <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 1983     Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a>, <a href="/lists/445/000066247/">Breast Cancer</a>, <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/421/000034319/">Wicked Stepmother (3-Feb-1989)</a>     <a href="/films/928/000032832/">The Whales of August (16-Oct-1987)</a> · Libby Strong     <a href="/films/363/000084111/">As Summers Die (18-May-1986)</a>     <a href="/films/599/000084347/">Murder with Mirrors (20-Feb-1985)</a>     <a href="/films/975/000119618/">Right of Way (21-Nov-1983)</a>     <a href="/films/993/000119636/">Little Gloria: Happy at Last (24-Oct-1982)</a>     <a href="/films/976/000119619/">A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (3-Feb-1982)</a>     <a href="/films/600/000134198/">Family Reunion (11-Oct-1981)</a>     <a href="/films/662/000138248/">Skyward (20-Nov-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/472/000038358/">The Watcher in the Woods (17-Apr-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/530/000134128/">White Mama (5-Mar-1980)</a>     <a href="/films/099/000083847/">Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (13-May-1979)</a>     <a href="/films/720/000033621/">Death on the Nile (30-Oct-1978)</a> · Marie Van Schuyler     <a href="/films/222/000036114/">Return From Witch Mountain (10-Mar-1978)</a>     <a href="/films/835/000083586/">The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (23-Jan-1978)</a>     <a href="/films/100/000083848/">The Disappearance of Aimee (17-Nov-1976)</a>     <a href="/films/467/000038353/">Burnt Offerings (25-Aug-1976)</a> · Aunt Elizabeth     <a href="/films/657/000108333/">Scream, Pretty Peggy (24-Nov-1973)</a> · Mrs. Elliott     <a href="/films/864/000119507/">The Judge and Jake Wyler (2-Dec-1972)</a>     <a href="/films/384/000076156/">The Scientific Cardplayer (16-Oct-1972)</a>     <a href="/films/159/000083907/">Madame Sin (15-Jan-1972)</a>     <a href="/films/091/000083839/">Bunny O'Hare (18-Oct-1971)</a> · Bunny O'Hare     <a href="/films/829/000119472/">Connecting Rooms (1970)</a>     <a href="/films/510/000083261/">The Anniversary (7-Feb-1968)</a>     <a href="/films/124/000041001/">The Nanny (27-Oct-1965)</a> · The Nanny     <a href="/films/631/000035526/">Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (15-Dec-1964)</a> · Charlotte     <a href="/films/584/000083335/">Where Love Has Gone (2-Nov-1964)</a> · Mrs. Gerald Hayden     <a href="/films/252/000065057/">Dead Ringer (19-Feb-1964)</a> · Margaret and Edith Phillips     <a href="/films/918/000246180/">The Empty Canvas (4-Dec-1963)</a>     <a href="/films/774/000037663/">What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (26-Oct-1962)</a> · Jane Hudson     <a href="/films/707/000032611/">Pocketful of Miracles (19-Dec-1961)</a> · Apple Annie     <a href="/films/013/000082764/">The Scapegoat (6-Aug-1959)</a> · The Countess     <a href="/films/086/000042957/">John Paul Jones (16-Jun-1959)</a> · Catherine the Great     <a href="/films/408/000083159/">Storm Center (31-Jul-1956)</a>     <a href="/films/220/000038106/">The Catered Affair (14-Jun-1956)</a> · Mrs. Tom Hurley     <a href="/films/959/000082713/">The Virgin Queen (22-Jul-1955)</a> · Queen Elizabeth I     <a href="/films/403/000079166/">The Star (11-Dec-1952)</a> · Margaret Elliot     <a href="/films/023/000082774/">Phone Call from a Stranger (1-Feb-1952)</a>     <a href="/films/005/000082756/">Another Man's Poison (6-Jan-1952)</a> · Janet Frobisher     <a href="/films/381/000083132/">Payment on Demand (15-Feb-1951)</a> · Joyce Ramsey     <a href="/films/722/000032626/">All About Eve (13-Oct-1950)</a> · Margo     <a href="/films/044/000068837/">Beyond the Forest (21-Oct-1949)</a> · Rosa Moline     <a href="/films/318/000033219/">June Bride (29-Oct-1948)</a> · Linda Gilman     <a href="/films/971/000079734/">Winter Meeting (7-Apr-1948)</a> · Susan Grieve     <a href="/films/841/000079604/">Deception (18-Oct-1946)</a> · Christine Radcliffe     <a href="/films/245/000035140/">A Stolen Life (6-Jul-1946)</a> · Kate Bosworth     <a href="/films/479/000079242/">The Corn is Green (29-Mar-1945)</a> · Miss Lilly Moffat     <a href="/films/848/000079611/">Hollywood Canteen (15-Dec-1944)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/977/000038863/">Mr. Skeffington (25-May-1944)</a> · Fanny Trellis     <a href="/films/476/000078242/">Old Acquaintance (2-Nov-1943)</a> · Kitty     <a href="/films/560/000033461/">Thank Your Lucky Stars (1-Oct-1943)</a> · Herself     <a href="/films/221/000038107/">Watch on the Rhine (27-Aug-1943)</a> · Sara Muller     <a href="/films/545/000061362/">Now, Voyager (22-Oct-1942)</a> · Charlotte Vale     <a href="/films/296/000065101/">In This Our Life (8-May-1942)</a> · Stanley Timberlake     <a href="/films/616/000033517/">The Man Who Came to Dinner (1-Jan-1942)</a> · Maggie Cutler     <a href="/films/232/000038118/">The Little Foxes (21-Aug-1941)</a> · Regina Giddens     <a href="/films/031/000037917/">The Bride Came C.O.D. (12-Jul-1941)</a>     <a href="/films/917/000037806/">The Great Lie (5-Apr-1941)</a> · Maggie     <a href="/films/233/000038119/">The Letter (22-Nov-1940)</a> · Leslie Crosbie     <a href="/films/961/000037850/">All This, and Heaven Too (4-Jul-1940)</a> · Henriette Deluzy-Desportes     <a href="/films/114/000064919/">The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (27-Sep-1939)</a> · Queen Elizabeth     <a href="/films/956/000038842/">The Old Maid (16-Aug-1939)</a> · Charlotte Lovell     <a href="/films/898/000037787/">Juarez (24-Apr-1939)</a> · Carlotta     <a href="/films/918/000037807/">Dark Victory (20-Apr-1939)</a> · Judith Traherne     <a href="/films/252/000079015/">The Sisters (14-Oct-1938)</a> · Louise Elliott     <a href="/films/237/000038123/">Jezebel (10-Mar-1938)</a> · Julie     <a href="/films/030/000067826/">It's Love I'm After (8-Oct-1937)</a>     <a href="/films/915/000037804/">That Certain Woman (15-Sep-1937)</a> · Mary Donnell     <a href="/films/005/000037891/">Kid Galahad (26-May-1937)</a> · Fluff     <a href="/films/006/000037892/">Marked Woman (10-Apr-1937)</a> · Mary     <a href="/films/264/000079027/">Satan Met a Lady (22-Jul-1936)</a> · Valerie Purvis     <a href="/films/882/000091609/">The Golden Arrow (23-May-1936)</a> · Daisy Appleby     <a href="/films/563/000061380/">The Petrified Forest (6-Feb-1936)</a> · Gabrielle Maple     <a href="/films/621/000074399/">Dangerous (25-Dec-1935)</a>     <a href="/films/893/000091620/">Special Agent (14-Sep-1935)</a>     <a href="/films/279/000079042/">Front Page Woman (11-Jul-1935)</a> · Ellen Garfield     <a href="/films/072/000091796/">The Girl from 10th Avenue (26-May-1935)</a>     <a href="/films/269/000079032/">Bordertown (23-Jan-1935)</a>     <a href="/films/075/000091799/">Housewife (9-Aug-1934)</a> · Patricia Berkeley     <a href="/films/754/000041631/">Of Human Bondage (28-Jun-1934)</a> · Mildred     <a href="/films/315/000079078/">Fog Over Frisco (2-Jun-1934)</a> · Arlene     <a href="/films/448/000039331/">Jimmy the Gent (17-Mar-1934)</a>     <a href="/films/280/000079043/">Fashions of 1934 (14-Feb-1934)</a> · Lynn     <a href="/films/882/000131489/">The Big Shakedown (6-Jan-1934)</a>     <a href="/films/308/000079071/">Bureau of Missing Persons (8-Sep-1933)</a>     <a href="/films/305/000079068/">Ex-Lady (14-May-1933)</a>     <a href="/films/307/000064115/">The Working Man (20-Apr-1933)</a>     <a href="/films/094/000091818/">Parachute Jumper (25-Jan-1933)</a> · Patricia Brent     <a href="/films/818/000038704/">20,000 Years in Sing Sing (24-Dec-1932)</a> · Fay Wilson     <a href="/films/939/000037828/">Three on a Match (28-Oct-1932)</a> · Ruth Wescott     <a href="/films/958/000038844/">The Cabin in the Cotton (15-Oct-1932)</a> · Madge     <a href="/films/069/000091793/">The Dark Horse (8-Jun-1932)</a>     <a href="/films/026/000091750/">The Rich Are Always with Us (15-May-1932)</a> · Malbro     <a href="/films/285/000079048/">So Big! (29-Apr-1932)</a> · Dallas O'Mara     <a href="/films/301/000064109/">The Man Who Played God (10-Feb-1932)</a>     <a href="/films/885/000091612/">Hell's House (30-Jan-1932)</a> · Peggy Gardner     <a href="/films/805/000264013/">The Menace (29-Jan-1932)</a>     <a href="/films/330/000137916/">Way Back Home (15-Jan-1932)</a> · Mary Lucy     <a href="/films/312/000079075/">Waterloo Bridge (1-Sep-1931)</a> · Janet Cronin     <a href="/films/432/000114090/">Seed (14-May-1931)</a>     <a href="/films/881/000091608/">The Bad Sister (29-Mar-1931)</a> · Laura Madison Is the subject of books: My Mother's Keeper: A Daughter's Candid Portrait of Her Famous Mother, <tt>1986</tt>, BY: B. D. 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