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Ruth Elizabeth " Bette " Davis ( / ˈbɛti /; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.
Bette Davis. Actress: All About Eve. Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance.
Apr 3, 2014 · American actress Bette Davis was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts. After a brief theater career, she became one of the biggest stars in the Hollywood studio system,...
Aug 31, 2017 · Bette Davis' assistant, Kathryn Sermak, shares the star's final years in her revealing memoir, 'Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis.'
Bette Davis. Actress: All About Eve. Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother.
Jun 19, 2024 · Bette Davis (born April 5, 1908, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 6, 1989, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a versatile, volatile American actress, whose raw, unbridled intensity kept her at the top of her profession for 50 years.
Apr 5, 2016 · The iconoclastic actress went on to fight and win many of the same battles faced by actresses today, from establishing equal pay to maintaining a lengthy career. A woman who refused to conform to...
Apr 5, 2012 · At home: Actress Bette Davis skims through the morning papers in a series of never seen photographs taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1939 and released by LIFE on what would be the star's 104th...
Oct 8, 1989 · Davis, whose career spanned a half-century of American film, died Friday night of cancer in a suburban Paris hospital. She was 81.
Sep 12, 2017 · A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first fifty-plus years of Davis’s life–her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed.