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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.
Actress: Jezebel. Fay Bainter's career began as a child performer in 1898. For some time, she was a member of the traveling cast of the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles. In 1912, she made her Broadway debut in 'The Rose of Panama', but this and her subsequent play 'The Bridal Path' (1913), were conspicuous failures.
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December 7, 1893 · Los Angeles, California, USA. Died. April 16, 1968 · Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia) Birth name. Fay Okell Bainter. Height. 5′ 5″ (1.65 m) Mini Bio. Fay Bainter's career began as a child performer in 1898. For some time, she was a member of the traveling cast of the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles.
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- April 16, 1968
Hollywood Actress 1934. Fay had ignored all opportunities to work in the movie business but in 1934, aged 41, she was offered a role in 'This Side of Heaven', co-starring opposite Lionel Barrymore with whom she had previously worked on stage. It was the start of a new, highly successful career. She quickly became a success in her new medium and ...
Jun 23, 2011 · Oscar Profile #43: Fay Bainter. Fay Bainter was unique among the stage trained actresses who excelled at character roles on screen in the 1930s and 40s. While other prolific performers of the day such as Edna May Oliver, Beulah Bondi and Spring Byington had always been character players, Bainter was a theatrical star of the first magnitude.
Biography. 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 ...
Fay Okell Bainter. Birth Place. Los Angeles, California, USA. Born. December 07, 1891. Died. April 16, 1968. Biography. Read More. Broadway actress who made her screen debut in 1934 and, four years later, earned simultaneous Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress ("Jezebel," for which she won) and Best Actress ("White Banners").
