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[h3]Bette Davis, the "First Lady of the Silver Screen", enjoyed a film career spanning six decades who, through her work, helped to modernise the way in which the industry viewed women.[/h3]

Bette was born Ruth Davis in 1908. Her father left just before she was ten years old, and her mother, despite limited money, sent Bette and her sister to boarding school at Cushing Academy.

After graduating from high school, Bette attended Murray Anderson’s Dramatic School, and made her Broadway debut in 1929 in 'Broken Dishes'.

She then went to Hollywood, to screen test for Universal Studios, which was successful. However, after making only six small films, Bette’s contract with Universal was not renewed.

After deciding to return to Broadway, Bette received a phone call from Warner Bros. and decided to stay in Hollywood, where she signed a seven-year contract with the studio in 1932.

'The Man Who Played God', released the same year, was the first film to make Bette popular and, two years later in 1935, she won an Oscar for Best Actress for the film 'Human Bondage'.

However, by 1936 she was becoming disillusioned with Hollywood, as Warner Bros. were offering her roles that she found small and unchallenging. Bette headed for England to continue her career there, but was promptly sued by Jack Warner, so she was obliged to return to the studio and honour her contract with Warner Bros.

In 1939 Bette Davis won her second Oscar for the film 'Jezebel', and by 1942 she was the highest paid woman in the USA.

During World War II Bette helped to organize the 'Hollywood Canteen', and was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal in 1980, the highest civilian honour to be granted by the Defence Department.

Bette Davis was married four times during her life, and had a daughter, B.D., with her third husband, William Grant Sherry. She and her fourth husband Gary Merrill then adopted Margot and Michael.

Bette made over 100 films during her career, including the 1962 classic 'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?' In 1977 she became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement award.
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- On her tombstone is written "She did it the hard way".

- When Bette heard that her new brother-in-law was a recovering alcoholic, she sent the couple a dozen cases of alcohol as a wedding present.

- Bette considered her debut screen test for MGM to be so bad that she ran screaming from the projection room.

- She was the first woman to be president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Wicked Stepmother (1989)

The Whales of August (1987)

As Summers Die (1986)

Murder with Mirrors (1985)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

The Children of Sanchez (1978)

Death on the Nile (1978)

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)

Madame Sin (1972)

Bunny O'Hare (1971)

Connecting Rooms (1970)

The Anniversary (1968)

The Nanny (1965)

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Dead Ringer (1964)

La Noia (1963)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

The Scapegoat (1959)

John Paul Jones (1959)

Storm Center (1956)

The Catered Affair (1956)

The Virgin Queen (1955)

The Star (1952)

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

Another Man's Poison (1952)

Payment on Demand (1951)

All About Eve (1950)

Beyond the Forest (1949)

June Bride (1948)

Winter Meeting (1948)

Deception (1946)

A Stolen Life (1946)

The Corn Is Green (1945)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Now, Voyager (1942)

In This Our Life (1942)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

The Little Foxes (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Shining Victory (1941)

The Great Lie (1941)

The Letter (1940)

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Old Maid (1939)

Juarez (1939)

Dark Victory (1939)

The Sisters (1938)

Jezebel (1938)

It's Love I'm After (1937)

That Certain Woman (1937)

Kid Galahad (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

Golden Arrow, The (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Dangerous (1935)

Special Agent (1935)

Front Page Woman (1935)

The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)

Bordertown (1935)

Housewife (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Fog Over Frisco (1934)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

The Big Shakedown (1934)

Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)

Ex-Lady (1933)

The Working Man (1933)

Parachute Jumper (1933)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

Three on a Match (1932)

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)

The Dark Horse (1932)

The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)

So Big! (1932)

The Man Who Played God (1932)

Hell's House (1932)

The Menace (1932)

Way Back Home (1932)

Waterloo Bridge (1931)

Seed (1931)

The Bad Sister (1931)
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