- Bette Davis is remembered as one of Hollywood's legendary leading ladies, famous for her larger-than-life persona and for her nearly 100 film appearances.
- According to Bette Davis' memoir "The Lonely Life," the birth of her acting ambitions can be traced to a single evening in 1926, when she was just 18.
- Bette Davis Biography. Born: April 5, 1908 Lowell, Massachusetts Died: October 6, 1989 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France American actress.
- Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson.
- Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989), born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress of film, television, and theater.
- Bette Davis was known for her sardonic roles, often called Hollywood’s queen of mean, but she’s done charming work across genres.
- Actress Bette Davis (born Ruth Elizabeth Davis; April 5, 1908–October 6, 1989) was one of the most acclaimed actresses of the 1930s and 1940s.
- Jamie Lee Curtis was once asked, “What is first thing that comes to mind when hear the name Bette Davis?” “Heat. I have to qualify this.
- Any piece of writing about Bette Davis threatens to be only about her feud with Joan Crawford, but Davis was a Hollywood juggernaut on her own terms.