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
Luxist - Found Mar. 18, 2010
... to sell for well over $20,000. The auction features classic images of Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Veronica...
Unreality TV - Found Mar. 17, 2010
She played ?Mum? in the Liverpool Playhouse production of The Anniversary (a role played by Bette Davis, while Sheila played the daughter...
Gold Derby - Found Mar. 14, 2010
... nominations without a single win (11). But, before those films, the Oscars' worst snubbee was a Bette Davis movie, which got slighted nine...
New York Times - Found Mar. 9, 2010
That left room for a montage of clips of everyone she has interviewed, including an aged Bette Davis (?I am just too much?), Audrey...
/Film - Found Mar. 8, 2010
... as employees of D.W. Griffith, and then cross career paths with John Ford, John Wayne, Raoul Walsh, Bette Davis, Billy Wilder and others who...
The Evening Class - Found Feb. 23, 2010
Class , Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis examines the many aspects of the gay fascination with Bette Davis, featuring film clips of Bette's...
Detroit News - Found Feb. 3, 2010
8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Even better, I can punch it over and over while I listen to Ms. Bette Davis sing "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" on repeat.
KansasCity.com - Found Jan. 31, 2010
Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman , four volumes by David Thomson (Faber and Faber; $14 each)
San Francisco Chronicle - Found Feb. 3, 2010
91FM ? interviews Mike Black, Carole Summers, John Triglia, and Scott O?Brien about the documentary Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis.
Seattle Times - Found Dec. 19, 2009
... further proof that Bette Davis was a superb character actress in leading-lady furs. The scores of glossy movie stills tell it all ? Bette as...










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