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Aug 15, 2017 · 1945: Bette married artist William Grant Sherry on December 3, 1945. The couple had a daughter Barbara (B.D.). The couple had a daughter Barbara (B.D.). It was she who published ‘My Mother’s Keeper’ in 1985, a tell-all biography that painted her famous mother in possibly a worse light than Christina Crawford’s ‘Mommie Dearest’ had ...
In 1945, Davis married artist William Grant Sherry, her third husband, who also worked as a masseur. She had been drawn to him because he claimed he had never heard of her and so was not intimidated by her. The same year, Davis made The Corn Is Green (1945), based on a play by Emlyn Williams.
Sep 12, 2017 · Bette Davis, daughter B.D., and husband William Grant Sherry walk through New York’s Central Park in their Easter best in 1949. Marcie Bianco See More By Marcie Bianco »
Mar 19, 2017 · Meanwhile, Davis was accompanied to set by Barbara Davis—her biological child with her third husband William Grant Sherry, whom Davis affectionally called “B.D.”
May 28, 2021 · Out with the old and in with the new: So began the decade for Davis, with a divorce from her third husband, William Grant Sherry, and, mere weeks later, a fourth and final marriage to Gary...
Nov 1, 2023 · Bette gave birth to daughter Barbara, known as B.D., during her marriage to painter William Grant Sherry. She adopted two more children, Margot, who was discovered to be mentally disabled,...
A detective's report on Sherry commissioned by Bobby confirmed the mother's statement, but Davis refused to read the report and became Mrs. William Grant Sherry on November 29, 1945. The physical abuse began on their wedding night, when Davis claimed Sherry threw a suitcase at her.
