Bette Davis
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MOVIES / Ask Mick LaSalle...Allyson-like placidity and couldn't do it. In fact, Shearer's screen quality was as proudly and inescapably neurotic as that of Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. Dear Mick: In the ad for "A Serious Man," several critics are quoted as giving... In this article: Norma Shearer, Marie Antoinette, The Women, Matt Damon, Rottentomatoes.com, The Divorcee, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis |
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The Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Kim Morgan: Ugly Talents: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
To George's surprise, Martha is expecting guests (at such a late hour) and, after their return home where she famously utters the Bette Davis line "what a dump" while harping on George about a movie: "What's the name of the picture?" (I'm...
In this article: George Segal, Oscars, Bonnie and Clyde, Richard Burton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sandy Dennis, Mike Nichols, and Haskell Wexler
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San Jose Mercury News | 2 days ago
Gift Guide: Gems in the latest crop of coffee-table books
In this article: Amelia Earhart, Ken Burns, Albert Einstein, World War II, London Sunday Times, and John D. Rockefeller
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Library of Congress: Upcoming Events | 4 days ago
Library Announces December Film Series
The Packard Campus Theater will be closed on Christmas weekend. December's film series will include movies with such luminaries as Bette Davis, James Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Irene Dunne, John Gilbert and Diane...
In this article: Library of Congress, Diane Keaton, John Gilbert, James Stewart, and World War I
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boston.com - Latest music news | 6 days ago
Holiday shows’ various guises include off-color
...for such shows. Though this is just the second year for "All About Christmas Eve,'' a risque take on the 1950 film starring Bette Davis, Landry has put on holiday shows for more than a decade, including "Who's Afraid of the Virgin...
In this article: Gold Dust Orphans, North Shore Music Theatre, Truman Capote, and Salem
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Contra Costa Times | 7 days ago
Dr. Kate Scannell: When cancer screening guidelines bend us out of shape
"FASTEN YOUR seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night." Bette Davis famously delivers that line in the film "All about Eve" while she surveys partygoers congregating in her home, aware of an explosive conflict that is about to detonate...
In this article: Cancer, Breast cancer, American Cancer Society, Biopsy, Anxiety, American Medical Association, Hormone, and American College of Radiology
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AP Online | November 19, 2009
Director Pedro Almodovar is haunted by one taboo
...old Hollywood movies in which the main character is a woman and everything happens around her ??? often starring Joan Crawford or Bette Davis ??? "don't really exist" these days. "To me, this continues to be very interesting... I like...
In this article: Pedro Almodovar, Douglas Sirk, Ingmar Bergman, Thierry Jonquet, Penelope Cruz, Talk to Her, Hollywood, Madrid, Phobia, and Calzada de Calatrava
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Description from Wikipedia:
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.
After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and her confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized.
- Name At Birth:
- Ruth Elizabeth Davis
- Birth Date:
- April 05, 1908
- Birthplace:
- Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Death Date:
- October 06, 1989
- Place of Death:
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Spouse:
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- Arthur Farnsworth (1940–1943)
- Harmon Nelson (1932–1938)
- William Grant Sherry (1945–1950)
- Gary Merrill (1950–1960)
- Occupation:
- Actress
- Years Active:
- 1929 – 1989
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