Bette Davis (1908 - 1989)

American actress

* April 5, 1908 Lowell, Massachusetts
 as Ruth Elizabeth Davis
 October 6, 1989 Neuilly, France



Vintage magazines

Visages et contes du cinéma, nr. 35 1939
Photoplay, June 1931
Photoplay, August 1931

Photoplay, February 1932
Photoplay, April 1932
Photoplay, May 1932

Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, September 1932
Photoplay, September 1932


Books by Bette Davis

Bette Davis The Lonely Life Bette Davis
The Lonely Life
New York, 1962

Whitney Stine with a running commentary by Bette Davis
Mother Goddam, The Story of the Career of Bette Davis
New York, 1974

Bette Davis with Michael Herskowitz
This 'n that
New York, 1987

Articles by Bette Davis

The Actress Plays Her Part, in: Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman, and Leigh Woods (ed.), Playing to the Camera, New Haven and London, 1998

Books on Bette Davis

Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton Miss D & me Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton
Miss D & me, Life with the invincible Bette Davis
New York, 2017

Richard Schickel and George Perry
Bette Davis, Larger than life
Philadelphia, 2009

Peter McNally Bette Davis Peter McNally
Bette Davis, The Performances That Made Her Great
Jefferson, N.C., 2008

Ed Sikov Dark Victory Ed Sikov
Dark Victory, The Life of Bette Davis
New York, 2007

Charlotte Chandler The Girl Who Walked Home Alone Charlotte Chandler
The Girl Who Walked Home Alone, Bette Davis, A Personal Biography
2006

Laura Moser
Bette Davis
London, 2004

Barbara Leaming Bette Davis Barbara Leaming
Bette Davis, A Biography
2003

Roy Moseley Bette Davis Roy Moseley
Bette Davis
Lexington, 2003

Boze Hadleigh Bette Davis Speaks Boze Hadleigh
Bette Davis Speaks
New York, 1996

James Spada Bette Davis James Spada
Bette Davis, de biografie
Baarn, 1994

James Spada
More Than a Woman, An Intimate Biography of Bette Davis
New York, 1993

Elizabeth Fuller Me and Jezebel Elizabeth Fuller
Me and Jezebel, when Bette Davis came for dinner-- and stayed-- and stayed-- and stayed-- and--
New York, 1992

Whitney Stine
"I'd Love to Kiss You...", Conversations with Bette Davis
New York, 1990

Lawrence J. Quirk
Fasten your seat belts, the passionate life of Bette Davis
New York, 1990

Shaun Considine
Bette and Joan, The Divine Feud
London, 1989

Gary Merrill ; with a little help from his friends John and Jean Cole
Bette, Rita, and the rest of my life
Augusta, Me., 1988

B.D. and Jeremy Hyman
Narrow Is the Way
New York, 1987

B.D. Hyman My Mother's Keeper B.D. Hyman
My Mother's Keeper
New York, 1985

Charles Higham
Bette, The Life of Bette Davis
New York, 1981

Jerry Vermilye Bette Davis Jerry Vermilye
Bette Davis, Ihre Filme - ihr Leben
München, 1979

Whitney Stine Mother Goddam Whitney Stine
Mother Goddam, The story of the career of Bette Davis
New York, 1974

Jerry Vermilye
Bette Davis
New York, 1973

Gene Ringgold
The Films of Bette Davis
New York, 1966

Peter Noble
Bette Davis, A Biography
London, 1948

Books with substantial mentioning of Bette Davis

Edward Gallafent Adultery and the Female Star Edward Gallafent
Adultery and the Female Star
London, 2018

Martin Shingler When Warners brought Broadway to Hollywood 1923-1939 Martin Shingler
When Warners brought Broadway to Hollywood 1923-1939
London, 2018

Dan Callahan The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960 Dan Callahan
The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

James Bawden and Ron Miller
You ain't heard nothin' yet, Interviews with stars from Hollywood's golden era
Lexington, 2017

Adrienne L. McLean (ed.)
Glamour in a golden age, Movie stars of the 1930s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Richard Lamparski Manhattan Diary Richard Lamparski
Manhattan Diary
2006

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

Daniel Bubbeo The Women of Warner Brothers Daniel Bubbeo
The Women of Warner Brothers, The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2002

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Michael Jay (editor) Hollywood Goddesses Michael Jay (editor)
Hollywood Goddesses
London, 1982

Calvin Thomas Beck with Robert Stewart Associate Editor
Scream Queens
New York - London, 1978

James Robert Parish and Don E. Stanke
The Leading Ladies
New Rochelle, New York, 1977

James Robert Parish Hollywood's Great Love Teams James Robert Parish
Hollywood's Great Love Teams
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Books with an entry on Bette Davis

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Brian McFarlane (ed.) The Encyclopedia of British Film Brian McFarlane (ed.)
The Encyclopedia of British Film
London, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Denise Lowe Women and American Television Denise Lowe
Women and American Television, An Encyclopedia
Santa Barbara, California - Denver, Colorado - Oxford, England, 1999

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1990, A Survey of the Films of 1989
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1990

Monica M. O'Donnell (ed.)
Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Volume 1
Detroit, 1984

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Bette Davis

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Articles on Bette Davis

Larry Cohen, I Killed Bette Davis, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2012 pp. 36-43

Martin Shingler, Bette Davis made over in wartime: The feminisation of an androgynous star in Now, Voyager (1942), in: Film History, vol. 20, 2008 pp. 269-280

Alvin H. Marill, An Evening with Bette Davis, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 603-612

Films

1931
Bad Sister
Seed
Waterloo Bridge
Way Back Home

1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
The Menace
The Man Who Played God
The Dark Horse
The Cabin in the Cotton
Three on a Match
The Rich Are Always with Us
So Big!
Hell's House

1933
The Working Man
Parachute Jumper
Ex-Lady
Bureau of Missing Persons

1934
Jimmy the Gent
Of Human Bondage
Fog Over Frisco
Housewife
The Big Shakedown
Fashions of 1934

1935
Dangerous
A Dream Comes True
Bordertown
Front Page Woman
The Girl from 10th Avenue
Special Agent

1936
The Petrified Forest
The Golden Arrow
Satan Met a Lady

1937
That Certain Woman
Kid Galahad
Marked Woman
It's Love I'm After

1938
Jezebel
The Sisters

1939
Dark Victory
Juarez
The Old Maid
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Land of Liberty

1940
The Letter
All This, and Heaven Too

1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Great Lie
The Little Foxes
Shining Victory

1942
Now, Voyager
In This Our Life
The Man Who Came to Dinner

1943
Old Acquaintance
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Watch on the Rhine
Show-Business at War

1944
Hollywood Canteen
Mr. Skeffington

1945
The Corn is Green

1946
Deception
A Stolen Life

1948
June Bride
Winter Meeting

1949
Beyond the Forest

1950
All About Eve

1951
Payment on Demand
Another Man's Poison

1952
The Star
Phone Call from a Stranger

1955
The Virgin Queen

1956
The Catered Affair
Storm Center

1959
The Scapegoat
John Paul Jones

1961
Pocketful of Miracles

1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1963
La noia

1964
Where Love Has Gone
Dead Ringer
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1965
The Nanny

1968
The Anniversary

1970
Connecting Rooms

1971
Bunny O'Hare

1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Madame Sin
Lo scopone scientifico

1973
Scream, Pretty Peggy

1976
The Disappearance of Aimee

1978
Death on the Nile
Return from Witch Mountain

1979
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

1980
The Watcher in the Woods

1981
Family Reunion

1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1983
Right of Way

1985
Murder with Mirrors

1986
As Summers Die

1987
The Whales of August

1989
Wicked Stepmother

2003
Complicated Women

2022
This Is Joan Collins

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