People
Fay Bainter
- Name: Fay Bainter
- Birthday: 1893-12-07
- Also known as: Fay Okell Bainter
- Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
- Popularity: 2.844
Biography:
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| The Children's Hour as Amelia Tilford | 1961-12-19 |
| The President's Lady as Mrs. Donaldson | 1953-05-21 |
| Close to My Heart as Mrs. Morrow | 1951-10-01 |
| June Bride as Paula Winthrop | 1948-10-29 |
| Give My Regards to Broadway as Fay Norwick | 1948-06-08 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Mrs. Mitty | 1947-09-01 |
| Deep Valley as Ellie Saul | 1947-07-30 |
| The Virginian as Mrs. Taylor | 1946-05-05 |
| The Kid from Brooklyn as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne | 1946-03-21 |
| State Fair as Melissa Frake | 1945-08-29 |
| 3 Is a Family as Frances Whittaker | 1944-11-23 |
| Dark Waters as Aunt Emily | 1944-11-21 |
| The Heavenly Body as Margaret Sibyll | 1944-03-23 |
| Cry 'Havoc' as Captain Marsh | 1943-11-23 |
| Salute to the Marines as Jennie Bailey | 1943-09-02 |
| Presenting Lily Mars as Mrs. Thornway | 1943-04-29 |
| The Human Comedy as Mrs. Macauley | 1943-03-02 |
| Journey for Margaret as Trudy Strauss | 1942-12-17 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs | 1942-10-01 |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Stella Livingston Hadley | 1942-08-07 |
| Mr. Gardenia Jones as Emmy Jones | 1942-05-29 |
| Woman of the Year as Ellen Whitcomb | 1942-02-05 |
| Babes on Broadway as Miss Jones | 1941-12-31 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self | 1940-07-31 |
| Maryland as Charlotte Danfield | 1940-07-19 |
| A Bill of Divorcement as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield | 1940-05-31 |
| Our Town as Mrs Gibbs | 1940-05-24 |
| Young Tom Edison as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison | 1940-03-15 |
| Our Neighbors - The Carters | 1939-11-24 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self | 1939-09-22 |
| Daughters Courageous as Nancy 'Nan' Masters | 1939-06-23 |
| The Lady and the Mob as Hattie Leonard | 1939-04-03 |
| Yes, My Darling Daughter as Ann Murray | 1939-02-25 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| The Shining Hour as Hannah Linden | 1938-11-18 |
| The Arkansas Traveler as Mrs. Martha Allen | 1938-10-14 |
| Mother Carey's Chickens as Mrs. Margaret Carey | 1938-07-29 |
| White Banners as Hannah | 1938-06-23 |
| Jezebel as Aunt Belle Massey | 1938-03-26 |
| Make Way for Tomorrow as Anita Cooper | 1937-05-09 |
| The Soldier and the Lady as Strogoff's Mother | 1937-04-09 |
| Quality Street as Susan Throssel | 1937-03-26 |
| This Side of Heaven as Francene Turner | 1934-02-02 |
