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Fay Bainter
Actor
Born December 7, 1893Died April 16, 1968 (74 years)
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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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
Known For
Filmography
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Mary Caulfield |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour · as Amelia Tilford |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Sister Mike |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Geraldine Redfern |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Sister Josephine |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) · as Emily Grundy |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Grandmother |
| 1953 | The President's Lady · as Mrs. Donaldson |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Allison |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pine |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 1951 | Close to My Heart · as Mrs. Morrow |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sarah Yorke Jackson |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Innkeeper's Wife |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Bella Fleace |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Natalie Maclaird |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Aunt Valerie |
| 1948 | June Bride · as Paula Winthrop |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Olivia Grayne |
| 1948 | Give My Regards to Broadway · as Fay Norwick |
| 1948 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Mrs. Mitty |
| 1947 | Deep Valley · as Ellie Saul |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sears |
| 1946 | The Virginian · as Mrs. Taylor |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn · as Mrs. E. Winthrop Lemoyne |
| 1945 | State Fair · as Melissa Frake |
| 1944 | Three Is a Family · as Frances Whittaker |
| 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 |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy · as Mrs. Macauley |
| 1942 | Journey for Margaret · as Trudy Strauss |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley · as Stella Livingston Hadley |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year · as Ellen Whitcomb |
| 1941 | Babes on Broadway · as Miss Jones |
| 1940 | Maryland · as Charlotte Danfield |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Margaret "meg" Fairfield |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison · as Mrs. Samuel 'nancy' Edison |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous · as Nancy 'nan' Masters |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob · as Hattie Leonard |
| 1939 | Yes, My Darling Daughter · as Ann Murray |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour · as Hannah Linden |
| 1938 | The Arkansas Traveler · as Mrs. Martha Allen |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens · as Mrs. Margaret Carey |
| 1938 | Jezebel · as Aunt Belle Massey |
| 1938 | White Banners · as Hannah |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow · as Anita Cooper |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady · as Strogoff's Mother |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Susan Throssel |
| 1934 | This Side of Heaven · as Francene Turner |