Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Birthday: 1893-12-07

Deathday: 1968-04-16

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as: Fay Okell Bainter

imdb_id: nm0047810

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

Played in movies:

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Score: 8.0

The Children's Hour

Score: 7.7

Make Way for Tomorrow

Score: 7.5

June Bride

Score: 7.2

And the Oscar Goes To...

Score: 7.0

This Side of Heaven

Score: 7.0

Give My Regards to Broadway

Score: 7.0

A Bill of Divorcement

Score: 7.0

Jezebel

Score: 7.0

Woman of the Year

Score: 6.9

The President's Lady

Score: 6.8

Salute to the Marines

Score: 6.8

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Score: 6.7

The Shining Hour

Score: 6.6

Journey for Margaret

Score: 6.6

State Fair

Score: 6.6

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Score: 6.5

Close to My Heart

Score: 6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Score: 6.5

The Soldier and the Lady

Score: 6.5

Babes on Broadway

Score: 6.4

The Lady and the Mob

Score: 6.3

Cry 'Havoc'

Score: 6.3

Presenting Lily Mars

Score: 6.3

The Human Comedy

Score: 6.3

Maryland

Score: 6.2

Daughters Courageous

Score: 6.2

The Kid from Brooklyn

Score: 6.2

The Virginian

Score: 6.1

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Score: 6.0

The Arkansas Traveler

Score: 6.0

Quality Street

Score: 5.9

White Banners

Score: 5.8

Deep Valley

Score: 5.8

Dark Waters

Score: 5.8

The Heavenly Body

Score: 5.7

Our Town

Score: 5.7

Young Tom Edison

Score: 5.6

Mother Carey's Chickens

Score: 5.2

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

Score: 5.2

Mr. Gardenia Jones

Score: 4.7

Breakdowns of 1938

Score: 4.7

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Score: 4.0

Our Neighbors - The Carters

Score: 0.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Score: 0.0

3 Is a Family

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Score: 7.8

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

Thriller

Score: 6.4

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Score: 6.3

The Donna Reed Show

Score: 6.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Adventures in Paradise

Score: 5.7

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Matinee Theater

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Suspense

Score: 4.9