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Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Birthday: 1891-12-07 | Place of Birth: 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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1961
The Children's Hour

as    Amelia Tilford

1948
Give My Regards to Broadway

as    Fay Norwick

1948
June Bride

as    Paula Winthrop

1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as    Mrs. Mitty

1946
The Kid from Brooklyn

as    Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

1946
The Virginian

as    Mrs. Taylor

1945
State Fair

as    Melissa Frake

1944
Dark Waters

as    Aunt Emily

1944
The Heavenly Body

as    Margaret Sibyll

1943
Cry 'Havoc'

as    Captain Marsh

1943
Salute to the Marines

as    Jennie Bailey

1943
Presenting Lily Mars

as    Mrs. Thornway

1941
Babes on Broadway

as    Miss Jones

1940
Our Town

as    Mrs Gibbs

1940
Young Tom Edison

as    Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison

1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter

as    Ann Murray

1939
The Lady and the Mob

as    Hattie Leonard

1938
Jezebel

as    Aunt Belle Massey

1937
Make Way for Tomorrow

as    Anita Cooper

1937
Quality Street

as    Susan Throssel

1934
This Side of Heaven

as    Francene Turner