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
husband party four
I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!
night belts seats
Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve
congratulations apples goal
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
acting stage-actors wonder
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
war thinking space
The world's all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That's what writers are thinking about because that's what the world is thinking about.
fake-people ukulele mirrors
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
evil-people actresses never-forget
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
artist differences actors
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
larger-than-life has-beens uncompromising
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.
mean character thinking
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
movie inspiring stars
Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.
stars monsters known
In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
sex two three
Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
baby art entertainment
The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?