Bette Davis

Bette Davis is, to me, the gold standard of screen acting. Two Best Actress Oscars only hint at her reach across crime melodramas, period pieces, and television. What I admire is not the hardware but her refusal to be merely likeable; she played sardonic, difficult, unsympathetic women and dared audiences to keep watching. That fearlessness gave us characters with real spines. She was still collecting honors the year she died, working until the end with a ferocity few possess. For me, she represents the actor's craft stripped of vanity and pursued as a lifelong vocation worth honoring.

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Name (English)

Bette Davis

Name (Japanese)

ベティ・デイヴィス

Reading

べてぃ・でいゔぃす

Born

April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989

Origin

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

autobiographer / character actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• Emmy Award
• Laurel Awards
• New York Film Critics Circle
• 1977 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Volpi Cup for Best Actress
• 1989 Donostia Award
• 1936 Academy Award for Best Actress
• 1939 Academy Award for Best Actress

• Official sitehttp://www.bettedavis.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette%20Davis
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71206

Tags

• Massachusetts
• autobiographer
• character actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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