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Acting
Birthday:
December 7, 1893
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Fay Bainter
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Amelia Tilford |
| 1953 | The President's Lady | Mrs. Donaldson |
| 1951 | Close to My Heart | Mrs. Morrow |
| 1948 | June Bride | Paula Winthrop |
| 1948 | Give My Regards to Broadway | Fay Norwick |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Mitty |
| 1947 | Deep Valley | Ellie Saul |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Mrs. Taylor |
| 1945 | State Fair | Melissa Frake |
| 1944 | The Heavenly Body | Margaret Sibyll |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Aunt Emily |
| 1944 | 3 Is a Family | Frances Whittaker |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | Mrs. Thornway |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Mrs. Macauley |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' | Captain Marsh |
| 1943 | Salute to the Marines | Jennie Bailey |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Ellen Whitcomb |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret | Trudy Strauss |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Stella Livingston Hadley |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mrs. Elvira Wiggs |
| 1942 | Mr. Gardenia Jones | Emmy Jones |
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway | Miss Jones |
| 1940 | Our Town | Mrs Gibbs |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement | Margaret "Meg" Fairfield |
| 1940 | Maryland | Charlotte Danfield |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | Nancy 'Nan' Masters |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob | Hattie Leonard |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Ann Murray |
| 1939 | Our Neighbors - The Carters | Ellen Carter |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Aunt Belle Massey |
| 1938 | White Banners | Hannah |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Hannah Linden |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens | Mrs. Margaret Carey |
| 1938 | The Arkansas Traveler | Mrs. Martha Allen |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | Anita Cooper |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Strogoff's Mother |
| 1937 | Quality Street | Susan Throssel |
| 1934 | This Side of Heaven | Francene Turner |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mary Caulfield |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Sister Mike |
| 1960 | Thriller | Geraldine Redfern |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Sister Josephine |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Jenny |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Innkeeper's Wife |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Annie Keeney |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Grier |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Hughes |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Bella Fleace |
| 1949 | Suspense | Natalie MacLaird |
| 1948 | Studio One | Aunt Valerie |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Mrs. Morgan |