
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Also known as: Ruth Elizabeth Davis
Acting
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 in romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized. Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen, and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and thrice divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theater roles to her credit. In 1999, Davis was placed second, after Katharine Hepburn, on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of all time.

1982
as (archive footage)

1979
as Lucy Mason

1950
as Margo Channing

1996
as Self (archive footage)

1976
as Minnie Kennedy

1980
as Estelle Malone

1981
as Elizabeth Winfield

2001
as Self (archive footage)

1962
as Baby Jane Hudson

1982
as Esther McDonald Cimino

1934
as Patricia Berkeley

1994
as Self

1996
as Self (archive footage)

1941
as Regina Hubbard Giddens

2009
as Self (archive footage)

2015
as Self (archive footage)

1983
as Miniature Dwyer

1972
as 'A vecchia

1942
as Charlotte Vale

1944
as Self

2014
as Self - Actress (archive footage)

1961
as Apple Annie

1983
as Self

1940
as Leslie Crosbie

1964
as Charlotte Hollis

1948
as Linda Gilman

1932
as Grace Blair

1932
as Kay Russell

1940
as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes

1955
as Queen Elizabeth I

1945
as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat

1952
as Margaret Elliot

1978
as Marie Van Schuyler

1956
as Mrs. Agnes Hurley

1936
as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple

1938
as Julie Marsden

1939
as Self

1943
as Kit Marlowe

1937
as Joyce Arden

1937
as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips

1987
as Libby Strong

2006
as Self (archive footage)

1939
as Judith Traherne

1939
as Charlotte Lovell

1941
as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

1980
as Billie Dupree

1965
as Nanny

1941
as Joan Winfield

1931
as Janet Cronin

1941
as Maggie Cutler

1964
as Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips

1959
as Countess

1943
as Sara Müller

1942
as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill

1972
as Madame Sin

2003
as Self (archive footage)

1951
as Janet Frobisher

1949
as Rosa Moline

2006
as Self (archive footage)

1944
as Fanny Trellis

1935
as Joyce Heath

1982
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1933
as Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey

1937
as Mary Dwight Strauber

1956
as Alicia Hull

1946
as Christine Radcliffe

1976
as Aunt Elizabeth

1968
as Mrs. Taggart

1985
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1948
as Susan Grieve

1935
as Miriam A. Brady

1940
as Self

1939
as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg

1944
as Self

2019
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1934
as Mildred Rogers

1987
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1934
as Lynn Mason

1946
Producer

1932
as Fay Wilson

1932
as Madge Norwood

1934
as Joan Martin

1952
as Marie Hoke

1939
as Queen Elizabeth

1931
as Mary Lucy Duffy

1934
as Arlene Bradford

1935
as Julie Gardner

1932
as Ruth Westcott

1986
as Hannah Loftin

1933
as Helen Bauer

1936
as Daisy Appleby

1951
as Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)

2017
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1936
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1973
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1949
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1982
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1974

1943
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1942
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1931
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1973
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1933
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1937
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1943
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1965
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1962

1964
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1980
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1978
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1935
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1941

1933
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1959
as Empress Catherine the Great

1938
as Louise Elliott Medlin

1935
as Ellen Garfield

1963
as Dino's Mother

1936
as Valerie Purvis

1971
as Bunny O'Hare

1934
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1932
as Miss Dallas O'Mara

1933
as Norma Roberts

1931
as Laura Madison

1970
as Wanda Fleming

2013
as Self (archive footage)

1937
as Mary Donnell

1943
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

1933
as Self (uncredited)
1940
as Bette Davis

1932
as Peggy Gardner

1937
as Bette Davis (uncredited)

2005
as Self (archive footage)

1997
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1932
as Malbro

1989
as Miranda Pierpoint

1932
as Peggy Lowell

1943

2009
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1979
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1972
as Judge Meredith

2002
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2000
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2017
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1989
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2001
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1936
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1985
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2009
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1986
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1994
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1972
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TBA
as Miss Moffat

1982
as Self (archive footage)

1986
as Self

2013
as Margo Channing (archive footage)
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