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Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Actor · Born 1893-12-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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. Descriptio…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Children's Hour (1961) — Amelia Tilford
  2. Jezebel (1938) — Aunt Belle Massey
  3. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) — Anita Cooper
  4. Woman of the Year (1942) — Ellen Whitcomb
  5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) — Mrs. Mitty
  6. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Mary Caulfield
  7. State Fair (1945) — Melissa Frake
  8. Our Town (1940) — Mrs Gibbs
  9. The Human Comedy (1943) — Mrs. Macauley
  10. Dark Waters (1944) — Aunt Emily
  11. Babes on Broadway (1941) — Miss Jones
  12. The Virginian (1946) — Mrs. Taylor
  13. Deep Valley (1947) — Ellie Saul
  14. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  15. Quality Street (1937) — Susan Throssel
  16. The Shining Hour (1938) — Hannah Linden
  17. Journey for Margaret (1942) — Trudy Strauss
  18. Thriller (1960) — Geraldine Redfern
  19. The Donna Reed Show (1958)
  20. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Sister Mike
  21. The President's Lady (1953) — Mrs. Donaldson
  22. Cry 'Havoc' (1943) — Captain Marsh
  23. The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) — Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
  24. The Heavenly Body (1944) — Margaret Sibyll
  25. Studio One (1948) — Aunt Valerie
  26. Presenting Lily Mars (1943) — Mrs. Thornway
  27. June Bride (1948) — Paula Winthrop
  28. Suspense (1949) — Natalie MacLaird
  29. Young Tom Edison (1940) — Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
  30. Daughters Courageous (1939) — Nancy 'Nan' Masters
  31. The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942) — Stella Livingston Hadley
  32. Mr. Gardenia Jones (1942) — Emmy Jones
  33. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
  34. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  35. White Banners (1938) — Hannah
  36. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Innkeeper's Wife
  37. Adventures in Paradise (1959) — Sister Josephine
  38. Matinee Theater (1955)
  39. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) — Mrs. Margaret Carey
  40. This Side of Heaven (1934) — Francene Turner