Fay Bainter
Acting
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
Known for
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Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mary Caulfield
movieThe Children's Hour
1961
Amelia Tilford
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Sister Mike
tvThriller
1960
Geraldine Redfern
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Sister Josephine
movieThe President's Lady
1953
Mrs. Donaldson
movieClose to My Heart
1951
Mrs. Morrow
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Innkeeper's Wife / Annie Keeney / Mrs. Grier / Mrs. Hughes
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Bella Fleace
tvSuspense
1949
Natalie MacLaird
tvStudio One
1948
Aunt Valerie / Mrs. Morgan
movieJune Bride
1948
Paula Winthrop
movieGive My Regards to Broadway
1948
Fay Norwick
movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Mrs. Mitty
movieDeep Valley
1947
Ellie Saul
movieThe Virginian
1946
Mrs. Taylor
movieThe Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
movieState Fair
1945
Melissa Frake
movie3 Is a Family
1944
Frances Whittaker
movieDark Waters
1944
Aunt Emily
movieThe Heavenly Body
1944
Margaret Sibyll
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943
Captain Marsh
movieSalute to the Marines
1943
Jennie Bailey
moviePresenting Lily Mars
1943
Mrs. Thornway
movieThe Human Comedy
1943
Mrs. Macauley
movieJourney for Margaret
1942
Trudy Strauss
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
movieThe War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
Stella Livingston Hadley
movieMr. Gardenia Jones
1942
Emmy Jones
movieWoman of the Year
1942
Ellen Whitcomb
movieBabes on Broadway
1941
Miss Jones
movieMaryland
1940
Charlotte Danfield
movieA Bill of Divorcement
1940
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
movieOur Town
1940
Mrs Gibbs
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
movieOur Neighbors - The Carters
1939
Ellen Carter
movieDaughters Courageous
1939
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
movieThe Lady and the Mob
1939
Hattie Leonard
movieYes, My Darling Daughter
1939
Ann Murray
movieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Shining Hour
1938
Hannah Linden
movieThe Arkansas Traveler
1938
Mrs. Martha Allen
movieMother Carey's Chickens
1938
Mrs. Margaret Carey
movieWhite Banners
1938
Hannah
movieJezebel
1938
Aunt Belle Massey
movieMake Way for Tomorrow
1937
Anita Cooper
movieThe Soldier and the Lady
1937
Strogoff's Mother
movieQuality Street
1937
Susan Throssel
movieThis Side of Heaven
1934
Francene Turner