Fay Bainter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1893
- Died
- April 16, 1968 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Mary Caulfield · 1 ep
The Children's Hour
Movie · as Amelia Tilford
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Sister Mike · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Geraldine Redfern · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Sister Josephine · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
The President's Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart
Movie · as Mrs. Morrow
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Jenny · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Innkeeper's Wife, Annie Keeney, Mrs. Grier, Mrs. Hughes · 3 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Bella Fleace · 2 eps
Suspense
TV · as Natalie MacLaird · 1 ep
June Bride
Movie · as Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
Movie · as Fay Norwick
Studio One
TV · as Aunt Valerie, Mrs. Morgan · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Movie · as Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley
Movie · as Ellie Saul
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie · as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Virginian
Movie · as Mrs. Taylor
State Fair
Movie · as Melissa Frake
The Heavenly Body
Movie · as Margaret Sibyll
Dark Waters
Movie · as Aunt Emily
3 Is a Family
Movie · as Frances Whittaker
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie · as Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
Movie · as Mrs. Macauley
Cry 'Havoc'
Movie · as Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines
Movie · as Jennie Bailey
Woman of the Year
Movie · as Ellen Whitcomb
Journey for Margaret
Movie · as Trudy Strauss
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Movie · as Stella Livingston Hadley
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie · as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Movie · as Emmy Jones
Babes on Broadway
Movie · as Miss Jones
Our Town
Movie · as Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Maryland
Movie · as Charlotte Danfield
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self
Daughters Courageous
Movie · as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob
Movie · as Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Movie · as Ann Murray
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Movie · as Ellen Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Movie · as Self
Jezebel
Movie · as Aunt Belle Massey
White Banners
Movie · as Hannah
The Shining Hour
Movie · as Hannah Linden
Mother Carey's Chickens
Movie · as Mrs. Margaret Carey
The Arkansas Traveler
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Allen
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie · as Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie · as Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street
Movie · as Susan Throssel
This Side of Heaven
Movie · as Francene Turner