Fay Bainter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 7, 1893
- Died
- April 16, 1968
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel 2001
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Children's Hour 1961
as Amelia Tilford
The President's Lady 1953
as Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart 1951
as Mrs. Morrow
June Bride 1948
as Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway 1948
as Fay Norwick
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947
as Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley 1947
as Ellie Saul
The Virginian 1946
as Mrs. Taylor
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
State Fair 1945
as Melissa Frake
3 Is a Family 1944
as Frances Whittaker
Dark Waters 1944
as Aunt Emily
The Heavenly Body 1944
as Margaret Sibyll
Cry 'Havoc' 1943
as Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines 1943
as Jennie Bailey
Presenting Lily Mars 1943
as Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy 1943
as Mrs. Macauley
Journey for Margaret 1942
as Trudy Strauss
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
The War Against Mrs. Hadley 1942
as Stella Livingston Hadley
Mr. Gardenia Jones 1942
as Emmy Jones
Woman of the Year 1942
as Ellen Whitcomb
Babes on Broadway 1941
as Miss Jones
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940
as Self
Maryland 1940
as Charlotte Danfield
A Bill of Divorcement 1940
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Our Town 1940
as Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison 1940
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
Our Neighbors - The Carters 1939
as Ellen Carter
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 1939
as Self
Daughters Courageous 1939
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob 1939
as Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter 1939
as Ann Murray
Breakdowns of 1938 1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shining Hour 1938
as Hannah Linden
The Arkansas Traveler 1938
as Mrs. Martha Allen
Mother Carey's Chickens 1938
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
White Banners 1938
as Hannah
Jezebel 1938
as Aunt Belle Massey
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
as Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady 1937
as Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street 1937
as Susan Throssel
This Side of Heaven 1934
as Francene Turner
Credits from TMDB.