Fay Bainter
Acting
1893-12-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Children's Hour
1961 · Movie
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Series
Matinee Theater
1955 · Series
The President's Lady
1953 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Close to My Heart
1951 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Suspense
1949 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
June Bride
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948 · Movie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Movie
Deep Valley
1947 · Movie
The Virginian
1946 · Movie
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Movie
State Fair
1945 · Movie
3 Is a Family
1944 · Movie
Dark Waters
1944 · Movie
The Heavenly Body
1944 · Movie
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 · Movie
Salute to the Marines
1943 · Movie
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 · Movie
The Human Comedy
1943 · Movie
Journey for Margaret
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Movie
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Movie
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942 · Movie
Woman of the Year
1942 · Movie
Babes on Broadway
1941 · Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
Maryland
1940 · Movie
A Bill of Divorcement
1940 · Movie
Our Town
1940 · Movie
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Movie
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 · Movie
Daughters Courageous
1939 · Movie
The Lady and the Mob
1939 · Movie
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · Movie
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 · Movie
The Shining Hour
1938 · Movie
The Arkansas Traveler
1938 · Movie
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Movie
White Banners
1938 · Movie
Jezebel
1938 · Movie
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Movie
The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Movie
Quality Street
1937 · Movie
This Side of Heaven
1934 · Movie