Fay Bainter
Acting
Born: December 7, 1893 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: April 16, 1968 (aged 74)
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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 nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Photos (4)
Movies (41)
The Children's Hour
Amelia Tilford
Woman of the Year
Ellen Whitcomb
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mrs. Mitty
Make Way for Tomorrow
Anita Cooper
Maryland
Charlotte Danfield
Jezebel
Aunt Belle Massey
June Bride
Paula Winthrop
Quality Street
Susan Throssel
The President's Lady
Mrs. Donaldson
The Virginian
Mrs. Taylor
The Kid from Brooklyn
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
3 Is a Family
Frances Whittaker
Presenting Lily Mars
Mrs. Thornway
Young Tom Edison
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
The Soldier and the Lady
Strogoff's Mother
Close to My Heart
Mrs. Morrow
State Fair
Melissa Frake
Cry 'Havoc'
Captain Marsh
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Stella Livingston Hadley
Salute to the Marines
Jennie Bailey
The Lady and the Mob
Hattie Leonard
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
The Shining Hour
Hannah Linden
This Side of Heaven
Francene Turner
A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
The Heavenly Body
Margaret Sibyll
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Ann Murray
The Human Comedy
Mrs. Macauley
Babes on Broadway
Miss Jones
Our Town
Mrs Gibbs
Breakdowns of 1938
Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Give My Regards to Broadway
Fay Norwick
Dark Waters
Aunt Emily
Deep Valley
Ellie Saul
White Banners
Hannah
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Ellen Carter
Daughters Courageous
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
Journey for Margaret
Trudy Strauss
The Arkansas Traveler
Mrs. Martha Allen
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Emmy Jones
TV Shows (13)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mary Caulfield · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Sister Mike · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
Studio One
Aunt Valerie · 1 eps
Studio One
Mrs. Morgan · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
2 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Bella Fleace · 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1 eps
Thriller
Geraldine Redfern · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Sister Josephine · 1 eps
Suspense
Natalie MacLaird · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jenny · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (5)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self (archive footage)