7.7
7.7
The Children's Hour
1961
as Amelia Tilford
Fay Bainter
Also known as: Fay Okell Bainter
Acting
Born:December 7, 1893
Died:April 16, 1968(aged 74)
Birthplace:Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography (43 movies)
7.5
7.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Anita Cooper
7.2
7.2
June Bride
1948
as Paula Winthrop
7.0
7.0
Jezebel
1938
as Aunt Belle Massey
7.0
7.0
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Fay Norwick
7.0
7.0
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Francene Turner
7.0
7.0
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
6.9
6.9
Woman of the Year
1942
as Ellen Whitcomb
6.8
6.8
The President's Lady
1953
as Mrs. Donaldson
6.8
6.8
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Jennie Bailey
6.8
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Mrs. Mitty
6.6
6.6
The Shining Hour
1938
as Hannah Linden
6.6
6.6
State Fair
1945
as Melissa Frake
6.5
6.5
Close to My Heart
1951
as Mrs. Morrow
6.5
6.5
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Miss Jones
6.5
6.5
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Strogoff's Mother
6.5
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Trudy Strauss
6.3
6.3
The Lady and the Mob
1939
as Hattie Leonard
6.3
6.3
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Captain Marsh
6.3
6.3
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
as Mrs. Thornway
6.2
6.2
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
6.2
6.2
Daughters Courageous
1939
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
6.2
6.2
Maryland
1940
as Charlotte Danfield
6.2
6.2
The Human Comedy
1943
as Mrs. Macauley
6.0
6.0
The Virginian
1946
as Mrs. Taylor
6.0
6.0
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
as Mrs. Martha Allen
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
5.8
5.8
Dark Waters
1944
as Aunt Emily
5.8
5.8
Quality Street
1937
as Susan Throssel
5.8
5.8
White Banners
1938
as Hannah
5.8
5.8
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
5.7
5.7
Our Town
1940
as Mrs Gibbs
5.6
5.6
Deep Valley
1947
as Ellie Saul
5.3
5.3
The Heavenly Body
1944
as Margaret Sibyll
5.2
5.2
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Stella Livingston Hadley
5.2
5.2
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
4.7
4.7
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.7
4.7
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
as Emmy Jones
3.3
3.3
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Ann Murray
3 Is a Family
1944
as Frances Whittaker
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Ellen Carter
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