Fay Bainter
Acting
Born December 7, 1893 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Donna Reed Show
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Robert Montgomery Presents
Matinee Theater
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Studio One
Dr. Kildare
Thriller
Suspense
The Ed Sullivan Show
Adventures in Paradise
Lux Video Theatre
The Children's Hour
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jezebel
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Quality Street
June Bride
Woman of the Year
The Human Comedy
Babes on Broadway
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Virginian
Presenting Lily Mars
Yes, My Darling Daughter
The Heavenly Body
The President's Lady
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Daughters Courageous
Our Town
Young Tom Edison
Breakdowns of 1938
The Kid from Brooklyn
The Shining Hour
State Fair
The Soldier and the Lady
Deep Valley
Close to My Heart