

Bette Davis
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
5 Apr 1908
Age
118 Years
Born In
Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Total Projects
218
Years Active
90 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.7 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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Madonna: Madame X
Madonna: Madame X
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Morceaux de Cannes
Morceaux de Cannes

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Mike Wallace Is Here
Mike Wallace Is Here
as (archive footage)

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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self (archive footage)

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Bette and Joan
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)

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Listen to Me Marlon
Listen to Me Marlon
as Self (archive footage)

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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)

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Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)

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Footsteps on the Ceiling
Footsteps on the Ceiling
as Margo Channing (archive footage)

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Marilyn at the Movies
Marilyn at the Movies
as Self (archive footage)

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The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
as Self (archive footage)

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Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
as Self (archive footage)

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)

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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)

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Jezebel: Legend of the South
Jezebel: Legend of the South
as Self (archive footage)

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Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage)

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The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
as Self (archive footage)

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)

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How Real is 'The Star'?
How Real is 'The Star'?
as Self (archive footage)

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Complicated Women
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)

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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (archive footage)

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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)

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Bride of Trailer Camp
Bride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage)

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Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
as Self (archive footage)

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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)

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Frank Capra's American Dream
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)

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Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)

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Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
as Self (archive footage)

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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)

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The World of Hammer
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)

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All About Bette
All About Bette
as Self

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Intimate Portrait
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)

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Wicked Stepmother
Wicked Stepmother
as Miranda Pierpoint

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Hairway to the Stars
Hairway to the Stars
as Self [Archive Footage]

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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)

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The Whales of August
The Whales of August
as Libby Strong

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as (archive footage)

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As Summers Die
As Summers Die
as Hannah Loftin

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Directed by William Wyler
Directed by William Wyler
as Self

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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as archive footage

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Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
as Self

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Murder with Mirrors
Murder with Mirrors
as Carrie Louise Serrocold

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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)

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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

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Right of Way
Right of Way
as Miniature Dwyer

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Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
as Self

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)

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Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt

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Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Deception") (archive footage)

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Showbiz Ballyhoo
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self

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A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
as Esther McDonald Cimino

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Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest

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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)

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Family Reunion
Family Reunion
as Elizabeth Winfield

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Family Reunion
Family Reunion
as Elizabeth Winfield

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Skyward
Skyward
as Billie Dupree

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The Watcher in the Woods
The Watcher in the Woods
as Mrs. Aylwood

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White Mama
White Mama
as Estelle Malone

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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Lucy Mason

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The Horror Show
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)

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The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self

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Mickey's 50
Mickey's 50
as Self

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Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile
as Marie Van Schuyler

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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
as Marie Van Schuyler

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Return from Witch Mountain
Return from Witch Mountain
as Letha Wedge

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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
as Widow Fortune

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Laugh-In
Laugh-In
as Guest Performer

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The Disappearance of Aimee
The Disappearance of Aimee
as Minnie Kennedy

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Burnt Offerings
Burnt Offerings
as Aunt Elizabeth

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Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self

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Miss Moffat
Miss Moffat
as Miss Moffat

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Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
as Mother

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Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
as Mother

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Scream, Pretty Peggy
Scream, Pretty Peggy
as Mrs. Elliott

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)

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Bette Davis
Bette Davis
as Self

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The Judge and Jake Wyler
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Judge Meredith

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The Scopone Game
The Scopone Game
as 'A vecchia

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Madame Sin
Madame Sin
as Madame Sin

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Bunny O'Hare
Bunny O'Hare
as Bunny O'Hare

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V.I.P. Schaukel
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self

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Connecting Rooms
Connecting Rooms
as Wanda Fleming

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The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest

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The Anniversary
The Anniversary
as Mrs. Taggart

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It Takes a Thief
It Takes a Thief
as Bessie Grindel

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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self

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The Nanny
The Nanny
as Nanny

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The Decorator
The Decorator
as Liz

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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Charlotte Hollis

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Where Love Has Gone
Where Love Has Gone
as Mrs. Gerald Hayden

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Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer
as Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips

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The Hollywood Palace
The Hollywood Palace
as Self

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The Empty Canvas
The Empty Canvas
as Dino's Mother

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Baby Jane Hudson

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

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The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)

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The Virginian
The Virginian
as Celia Miller

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Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles
as Apple Annie

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The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Sarah Whitney

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The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat
as Countess

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John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones
as Empress Catherine the Great

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Suspicion
Suspicion
as Mrs. Wilfred Ellis

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Perry Mason
Perry Mason
as Constant Doyle

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Wagon Train
Wagon Train
as Ella Lindstrom

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Wagon Train
Wagon Train
as Madame Elizabeth McQueeny

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self

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Storm Center
Storm Center
as Alicia Hull

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The Catered Affair
The Catered Affair
as Mrs. Agnes Hurley

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Telephone Time
Telephone Time

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Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter

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The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Marie Hoke

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Miss Fox

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Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Etta Stone

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The Virgin Queen
The Virgin Queen
as Queen Elizabeth I

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Reflets de Cannes
Reflets de Cannes
as Self

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The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self

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General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Miss Burrows

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General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Christine Marlowe

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The Star
The Star
as Margaret Elliot

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The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
as Dolley Madison

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Phone Call from a Stranger
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Marie Hoke

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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother

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Another Man's Poison
Another Man's Poison
as Janet Frobisher

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Irene Van Buren

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Payment on Demand
Payment on Demand
as Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)

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All About Eve
All About Eve
as Margo Channing

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What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self

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Breakdowns of 1949
Breakdowns of 1949
as Self

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Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Forest
as Rosa Moline

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June Bride
June Bride
as Linda Gilman

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Winter Meeting
Winter Meeting
as Susan Grieve

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Deception
Deception
as Christine Radcliffe

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A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life
as Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth

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The Corn Is Green
The Corn Is Green
as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat

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Breakdowns of 1944
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self

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Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Canteen
as Self

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Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington
as Fanny Trellis

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Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter

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A Present with a Future
A Present with a Future
as Mother

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Old Acquaintance
Old Acquaintance
as Kit Marlowe

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The Voice That Thrilled the World
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

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Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self

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Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine
as Sara Müller

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Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
as Self

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Stars on Horseback
Stars on Horseback

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Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self

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Now, Voyager
Now, Voyager
as Charlotte Vale

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In This Our Life
In This Our Life
as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill

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The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Maggie Cutler

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Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes
as Regina Hubbard Giddens

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The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Joan Winfield

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Shining Victory
Shining Victory

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The Great Lie
The Great Lie
as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

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The Letter
The Letter
as Leslie Crosbie

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self

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All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too
as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes

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If I Forget You
If I Forget You
as Bette Davis

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Breakdowns of 1939
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Queen Elizabeth

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The Old Maid
The Old Maid
as Charlotte Lovell

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Juarez
Juarez
as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg

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Dark Victory
Dark Victory
as Judith Traherne

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Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Self (archive footage)

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The Sisters
The Sisters
as Louise Elliott Medlin

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Jezebel
Jezebel
as Julie Marsden

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Breakdowns of 1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self

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It's Love I'm After
It's Love I'm After
as Joyce Arden

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That Certain Woman
That Certain Woman
as Mary Donnell

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Kid Galahad
Kid Galahad
as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips

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A Day at Santa Anita
A Day at Santa Anita
as Bette Davis (uncredited)

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Marked Woman
Marked Woman
as Mary Dwight Strauber

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Breakdowns of 1936
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self

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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self

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Satan Met a Lady
Satan Met a Lady
as Valerie Purvis

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The Golden Arrow
The Golden Arrow
as Daisy Appleby

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The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest
as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

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Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"

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A Dream Comes True
A Dream Comes True

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Dangerous
Dangerous
as Joyce Heath

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Special Agent
Special Agent
as Julie Gardner

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Front Page Woman
Front Page Woman
as Ellen Garfield

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The Girl from 10th Avenue
The Girl from 10th Avenue
as Miriam A. Brady

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Bordertown
Bordertown
as Mrs. Marie Roark

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Housewife
Housewife
as Patricia Berkeley

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Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
as Mildred Rogers

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Fog Over Frisco
Fog Over Frisco
as Arlene Bradford

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Jimmy the Gent
Jimmy the Gent
as Joan Martin

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Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934
as Lynn Mason

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The Big Shakedown
The Big Shakedown
as Norma Nelson

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Bureau of Missing Persons
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Norma Roberts

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Ex-Lady
Ex-Lady
as Helen Bauer

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The Working Man
The Working Man
as Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey

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The 42nd Street Special
The 42nd Street Special
as Self (uncredited)

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Parachute Jumper
Parachute Jumper
as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent

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Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner
as Ginger

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Fay Wilson

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Three on a Match
Three on a Match
as Ruth Westcott

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The Cabin in the Cotton
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Madge Norwood

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The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse
as Kay Russell

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The Rich Are Always with Us
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Malbro

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So Big!
So Big!
as Miss Dallas O'Mara

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The Man Who Played God
The Man Who Played God
as Grace Blair

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Hell's House
Hell's House
as Peggy Gardner

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The Menace
The Menace
as Peggy Lowell

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Way Back Home
Way Back Home
as Mary Lucy Duffy

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Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
as Janet Cronin

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Seed
Seed
as Margaret Carter

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The Bad Sister
The Bad Sister
as Laura Madison