Bette DavisAwards

Born:
April 5, 1908 in Lowell, MA
Occupation:
Actor
Birth name:
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Biography:
The daughter of a Massachusetts lawyer, American actress Bette Davis matured with a desire to become an actress upon her graduation from Cushing Academy, but was turned away from Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory in New York. Undaunted, Davis enrolled in John Murray Anderson's Dramatic...Read More

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1962

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1962

  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1961

  • The Star

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1952

  • All About Eve

    Best Actress

    Won
    Cannes Film Festival
    1951

  • All About Eve

    Best Actress

    Won
    New York Film Critics Circle
    1950

  • All About Eve

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1950

  • All About Eve

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1950

  • Mr. Skeffington

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1944

  • Now, Voyager

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1942

  • The Little Foxes

    Best Acting

    Won
    National Board of Review
    1941

  • The Little Foxes

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1941

  • The Letter

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1940

  • Dark Victory

    Best Acting

    Won
    National Board of Review
    1939

  • The Old Maid

    Best Acting

    Won
    National Board of Review
    1939

  • Dark Victory

    Best Actress

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1939

  • Jezebel

    Best Actress

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1938

  • Kid Galahad

    Volpi Cup for Best Actress

    Won
    Venice International Film Festival
    1937

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