Bette Davis
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. 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 fo...
Known For
Filmography
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
This Is Joan Collins
2022
as Self (Archive Footage)
Madonna: Madame X
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Listen to Me Marlon
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013
as Margo Channing (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
as (archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
as Self (archive footage)
All About Bette
1994
as Self
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Wicked Stepmother
1989
as Miranda Pierpoint
Hairway to the Stars
1989
as Self [Archive Footage]
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
South of Reno
1988
The Whales of August
1987
as Libby Strong
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
as (archive footage)
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
1986
as Self
As Summers Die
1986
as Hannah Loftin
Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as archive footage
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Carrie Louise Serrocold
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Right of Way
1983
as Miniature Dwyer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
as Self
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Deception") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982
as Esther McDonald Cimino
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
as Self
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
1982
as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Hotel
1982
as Laura Trent
Family Reunion
1981
as Elizabeth Winfield
Family Reunion
1981
as Elizabeth Winfield
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
as Mrs. Aylwood
White Mama
1980
as Estelle Malone
Skyward
1980
as Billie Dupree
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Lucy Mason
Death on the Nile
1978
as Marie Van Schuyler
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
as Letha Wedge
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
as Marie Van Schuyler
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
1978
as Widow Fortune
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Burnt Offerings
1976
as Aunt Elizabeth
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976
as Minnie Kennedy
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
as Mother
Miss Moffat
1974
as Miss Moffat
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974
as Mother
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973
as Mrs. Elliott
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Madame Sin
1972
as Madame Sin
The Scopone Game
1972
as 'A vecchia
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
as Judge Meredith
Bette Davis
1972
as Self
Bunny O'Hare
1971
as Bunny O'Hare
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Connecting Rooms
1970
as Wanda Fleming
The Anniversary
1968
as Mrs. Taggart
It Takes a Thief
1968
as Bessie Grindel
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967
as Self
The Nanny
1965
as Nanny
The Decorator
1965
as Liz
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Charlotte Hollis
Dead Ringer
1964
as Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Mrs. Gerald Hayden
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The Empty Canvas
1963
as Dino's Mother
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Baby Jane Hudson
The Virginian
1962
as Celia Miller
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Apple Annie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
John Paul Jones
1959
as Empress Catherine the Great
The Scapegoat
1959
as Countess
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Sarah Whitney
Perry Mason
1957
as Constant Doyle
Wagon Train
1957
as Ella Lindstrom
Suspicion
1957
as Mrs. Wilfred Ellis
Wagon Train
1957
as Madame Elizabeth McQueeny
Storm Center
1956
as Alicia Hull
The Catered Affair
1956
as Agnes Hurley
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Telephone Time
1956
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Virgin Queen
1955
as Queen Elizabeth I
Gunsmoke
1955
as Etta Stone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Miss Fox
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Marie Hoke
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Miss Burrows
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Christine Marlowe
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
as Marie Hoke
The Star
1952
as Margaret Elliot
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Dolley Madison
Another Man's Poison
1951
as Janet Frobisher
Payment on Demand
1951
as Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Irene Van Buren
All About Eve
1950
as Margo Channing
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Rosa Moline
Breakdowns of 1949
1949
as Self
Winter Meeting
1948
as Susan Grieve
June Bride
1948
as Linda Gilman
Deception
1946
as Christine Radcliffe
A Stolen Life
1946
as Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth
The Corn Is Green
1945
as Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Fanny Trellis
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Self
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as Sara Müller
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Kit Marlowe
A Present with a Future
1943
as Mother
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Stars on Horseback
1943
Now, Voyager
1942
as Charlotte Vale
In This Our Life
1942
as Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Maggie Cutler
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
as Joan Winfield
The Little Foxes
1941
as Regina Hubbard Giddens
The Great Lie
1941
as Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Shining Victory
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
The Letter
1940
as Leslie Crosbie
If I Forget You
1940
as Bette Davis
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Dark Victory
1939
as Judith Traherne
The Old Maid
1939
as Charlotte Lovell
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as Queen Elizabeth
Juarez
1939
as Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self
Jezebel
1938
as Julie Marsden
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Self (archive footage)
The Sisters
1938
as Louise Elliott Medlin
Marked Woman
1937
as Mary Dwight Strauber
A Day at Santa Anita
1937
as Bette Davis (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
1937
as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
That Certain Woman
1937
as Mary Donnell
It's Love I'm After
1937
as Joyce Arden
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Valerie Purvis
The Petrified Forest
1936
as Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
The Golden Arrow
1936
as Daisy Appleby
Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Bordertown
1935
as Mrs. Marie Roark
A Dream Comes True
1935
Dangerous
1935
as Joyce Heath
Special Agent
1935
as Julie Gardner
Front Page Woman
1935
as Ellen Garfield
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
as Miriam A. Brady
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Mildred Rogers
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Arlene Bradford
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Joan Martin
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Lynn Mason
The Big Shakedown
1934
as Norma Nelson
Housewife
1934
as Patricia Berkeley
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Norma Roberts
Ex-Lady
1933
as Helen Bauer
The Working Man
1933
as Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey
Parachute Jumper
1933
as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
Just Around the Corner
1933
as Ginger
The 42nd Street Special
1933
as Self (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Fay Wilson
Three on a Match
1932
as Ruth Westcott
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Madge Norwood
The Dark Horse
1932
as Kay Russell
So Big!
1932
as Miss Dallas O'Mara
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932
as Malbro
The Man Who Played God
1932
as Grace Blair
Hell's House
1932
as Peggy Gardner
The Menace
1932
as Peggy Lowell
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Janet Cronin
The Bad Sister
1931
as Laura Madison
Way Back Home
1931
as Mary Lucy Duffy
Seed
1931
as Margaret Carter