Fay Bainter
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in ...
Known For
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mary Caulfield
The Children's Hour
1961
as Amelia Tilford
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Sister Mike
Thriller
1960
as Geraldine Redfern
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sister Josephine
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
The President's Lady
1953
as Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart
1951
as Mrs. Morrow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jenny
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Innkeeper's Wife
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Annie Keeney
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Grier
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Hughes
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Bella Fleace
Suspense
1949
as Natalie MacLaird
June Bride
1948
as Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Fay Norwick
Studio One
1948
as Aunt Valerie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Morgan
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley
1947
as Ellie Saul
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Virginian
1946
as Mrs. Taylor
State Fair
1945
as Melissa Frake
The Heavenly Body
1944
as Margaret Sibyll
Dark Waters
1944
as Aunt Emily
3 Is a Family
1944
as Frances Whittaker
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
as Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
1943
as Mrs. Macauley
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Jennie Bailey
Woman of the Year
1942
as Ellen Whitcomb
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Trudy Strauss
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Stella Livingston Hadley
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
as Emmy Jones
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Miss Jones
Our Town
1940
as Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Maryland
1940
as Charlotte Danfield
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Daughters Courageous
1939
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob
1939
as Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Ann Murray
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Ellen Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Jezebel
1938
as Aunt Belle Massey
White Banners
1938
as Hannah
The Shining Hour
1938
as Hannah Linden
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
as Mrs. Martha Allen
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street
1937
as Susan Throssel
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Francene Turner