Bette Davis (1908 to 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts, was an American actress of film, television and theater who won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Dangerous in 1935 and Jezebel in 1938. After a Broadway debut in 1929 and an uncertain start at Universal, she broke through as Mildred in Of Human Bondage and became Warner Brothers' most profitable star, known as the Fourth Warner Brother. She sought unsympathetic roles that other actresses avoided, set records for consecutive and total Oscar nominations, and co-founded the Hollywood Canteen for servicemen in 1942. Her career revived with What Ever Happened to Baby Jane in 1962, and in 1977 she became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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American actress of film
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Date of birth: April 5, 1908
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Date of death: October 6, 1989
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In addition to her two Academy Awards for Best Actress
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In 1977, Davis became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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American actress of film
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In 1983, she was acting in the television series Hotel
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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908, October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.
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