Bette Davis Profile
| Full Name: | Bette Davis - Contact Bette Davis |
| Birth Name: | Ruth Elizabeth Davis |
| Famous As: | Actress |
| Date of Birth: | April 05, 1908 |
| Place of Birth: | Lowell, Massachusetts, USA |
| Height: | 5' 3 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Relationships: | William Wyler (director), George Brent (actor) |
| Father: | Harlow Morrell Davis |
| Mother: | Ruth Favor |
| Sister(s): | Barbara Davis |
| Spouse: | Harmon Nelson (Aug 18, 1932 - Dec 6, 1938), Arthur Farnsworth (Dec 31, 1940 - Aug 25, 1943), William Grant Sherry ( Nov 30, 1945 - July 3, 1950), Gary Merrill (July 28, 1950 - July 6, 1960) |
| Son(s): | Michael Merill (adopted) |
| Daughter(s): | Barbara Davis Sherry (b. 1947), Margot Merill (adopted) |
| Education: | Attended Northfield Mt Hermon High School Graduated from Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts Attended John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School |
| Claim to Fame: | As Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) |
Bette Davis News
- Great Stars series, by David Thomson
San Francisco Chronicle
In his new Great Stars series, brief monographs examining the work of Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, Thomson tenaciously ...and more » - Book reviews of bios of Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey ...
Washington Post
In his volume on Bette Davis, for example, Thomson makes a good case for the young actress as a hottie. This bucks the conventional view of Davis, ... - Debbie Reynolds
OCRegister
It's autobiographical in a way, because I worked with all these great stars, Bette Davis, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland. ...and more » 
A.V. Club New YorkAgenda: Who is scarier?Betty Davis or the Creature From The Black Lagoon?
A.V. Club New York
(No, not that Bette Davis; yes, that Creature.) It's kind of a toss-up, or at least close, depending on how exactly you want to define ?scary. ...- Love always finds herself in a Hole
Irish Independent
She has always reminded me of that Bette Davis quote: "With a newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying." In 2002, Kurt Cobain's merry widow took her ...and more » - Did I say that? ? Baby boomers redefine aging process
NCAdvertiser.com
Bette Davis is rolling over in her grave!? Poor Bette Davis. In ?Crazy Heart,? Jeff Bridges plays a washed-up, grizzled country star looking for redemption. ... 
Washington PostWhen it's cold outside: Eat a hearty meal
Washington Post
ACKC's varieties of hot chocolate include, clockwise from top, the Bette Davis, the Liz Taylor, the Carmen Miranda and the Doris Day. ...
2SNAPS.TVDVD Review: Surrogates (2009)
2SNAPS.TV
But that's okay, because if you ALL look like Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest or Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, then nobody blinks twice. ...and more » - Time for McGinn to stop talking and start doing
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The most accurate counsel to deliver about Mayor Mike McGinn is the famous Bette Davis line spoken in the flick "All About Eve": Fasten ...and more » - Events in Connecticut
New York Times
NEW HAVEN New Haven Free Public Library ?Now, Voyager,? starring Bette Davis. Wednesday at 5:30 pm Free. New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm Street. ...and more »












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