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Bette Davis Biography
Birth Name:

Ruth Elizabeth Davis

Date of Birth:

April 5, 1908

Date of Death:

October 6, 1989 in Neuilly, France

Birth Place:

Lowell, Massachusetts

Education:

Cushing Academy boarding school in Massachusetts
John Murray Anderson School of Theater, NYC

Marriages:

Harmon Nelson (1932 - 1938)
Arthur Farnsworth (1940 - 1943)
William Sherry (1945 - July 3, 1950)
Gary Merrill (July 28, 1950 - 1960)

Children:

Barbara (B.D.) - born in 1947
Margot - born in 1950 (adopted)
Michael - born in 1952 (adopted)

Famous Romances:

George Brent, William Wyler, Howard Hughes

Big Break:

After more than 20 films as a Hollywood contract actress, Bette Davis was cast as the lead in Of Human Bondage

Starmaking Role:

Jezebel

Biggest Hit:

All About Eve

Career Low:

Another Man's Poison

Comeback Vehicle:

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Tabloid Moments:

Fighting Warner Bros. in court to get out of her contract
Feuding with many co-stars (Joan Crawford, Miriam Hopkins, Robert Montgomery)

Good Works:

World War II war efforts

Quintssential Quality:

Those Bette Davis Eyes



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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were famously paired together in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? What was the name of the only other movie they both appear in?

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