Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Daviswas an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 April 1908
CityLowell, MA
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
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To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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She did it the hard way.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. It is man's last desperate stand at superintendency.
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May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal.
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I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.
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One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn't have had a career.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.