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This is a list of Bette Davis 's accolades for both her cinematic and television performances. Her career spans over six decades, from the beginning of the 1930s until the end of the 1980s, shortly before her death.
1964 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Foreign Actress; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Actress, Make-Up Department, Producer
- October 6, 1989
- April 5, 1908
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue ten Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. In 1999, Davis was placed second on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema .
A group of theater exhibitors named Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ginger Rogers “Stars of tomorrow”. The ceremony was held at the Ambassador Hotel in Hollywood and broadcasted live on radio. This was Bette’s first acting award.
She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Dark Victory, and earned acclaim for her performances in The Old Maid and The Letter. Davis also earned acclaim for her portrayal of Elizabeth I of England in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.
Returning after losing her lawsuit, her roles improved dramatically. In 1938, Bette received a second Academy Award win for her work in Jezebel (1938) opposite the soon-to-be-legendary Henry Fonda. The only role she didn't get that she wanted was Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
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