- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1893
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- April 16, 1968
Fay Bainter
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 an…
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
movieBeyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Mary Caulfield
movieThe Children's Hour
1961 · Amelia Tilford
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Sister Mike
tvThriller
1960 · Geraldine Redfern
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Sister Josephine
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieThe President's Lady
1953 · Mrs. Donaldson
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · , Jenny
movieClose to My Heart
1951 · Mrs. Morrow
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Innkeeper's Wife, Annie Keeney, Mrs. Grier, Mrs. Hughes
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · , Bella Fleace
tvSuspense
1949 · Natalie MacLaird
tvStudio One
1948 · Aunt Valerie, Mrs. Morgan
movieJune Bride
1948 · Paula Winthrop
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieGive My Regards to Broadway
1948 · Fay Norwick
movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Mrs. Mitty
movieDeep Valley
1947 · Ellie Saul
movieThe Virginian
1946 · Mrs. Taylor
movieThe Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
movieState Fair
1945 · Melissa Frake
movie3 Is a Family
1944 · Frances Whittaker
movieDark Waters
1944 · Aunt Emily
movieThe Heavenly Body
1944 · Margaret Sibyll
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943 · Captain Marsh
movieSalute to the Marines
1943 · Jennie Bailey
moviePresenting Lily Mars
1943 · Mrs. Thornway
movieThe Human Comedy
1943 · Mrs. Macauley
movieJourney for Margaret
1942 · Trudy Strauss
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
movieThe War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Stella Livingston Hadley
movieMr. Gardenia Jones
1942 · Emmy Jones
movieWoman of the Year
1942 · Ellen Whitcomb
movieBabes on Broadway
1941 · Miss Jones
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
movieMaryland
1940 · Charlotte Danfield
movieA Bill of Divorcement
1940 · Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
movieOur Town
1940 · Mrs Gibbs
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940 · Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
movieOur Neighbors - The Carters
1939 · Ellen Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
movieScreen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 · Self
movieDaughters Courageous
1939 · Nancy 'Nan' Masters
movieThe Lady and the Mob
1939 · Hattie Leonard
movieYes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · Ann Murray
movieBreakdowns of 1938
1938 · Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Shining Hour
1938 · Hannah Linden
movieThe Arkansas Traveler
1938 · Mrs. Martha Allen
movieMother Carey's Chickens
1938 · Mrs. Margaret Carey
movieWhite Banners
1938 · Hannah
movieJezebel
1938 · Aunt Belle Massey
movieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Anita Cooper
movieThe Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Strogoff's Mother
movieQuality Street
1937 · Susan Throssel
movieThis Side of Heaven
1934 · Francene Turner