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Fay Bainter

Acting

December 7, 1893

Los Angeles, California, USA

46 movies

6.5 avg

2

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

as Amelia Tilford

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Anita Cooper

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

as Ellen Whitcomb

Filmography

2000s

1 film

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

as Self (archive footage)

1980s

2 films

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960s

Jezebel

Jezebel

as Aunt Belle Massey

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Mrs. Mitty

1 film

The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

as Amelia Tilford

1950s

2 films

The President's Lady

The President's Lady

as Mrs. Donaldson

Close to My Heart

Close to My Heart

as Mrs. Morrow

1940s

25 films

June Bride

June Bride

as Paula Winthrop

Give My Regards to Broadway

Give My Regards to Broadway

as Fay Norwick

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Mrs. Mitty

Deep Valley

Deep Valley

as Ellie Saul

The Virginian

The Virginian

as Mrs. Taylor

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

State Fair

State Fair

as Melissa Frake

3 Is a Family

3 Is a Family

as Frances Whittaker

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

as Aunt Emily

The Heavenly Body

The Heavenly Body

as Margaret Sibyll

Cry 'Havoc'

Cry 'Havoc'

as Captain Marsh

Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines

as Jennie Bailey

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

as Mrs. Thornway

The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

as Mrs. Macauley

Journey for Margaret

Journey for Margaret

as Trudy Strauss

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Stella Livingston Hadley

Mr. Gardenia Jones

Mr. Gardenia Jones

as Emmy Jones

Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

as Ellen Whitcomb

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

as Miss Jones

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self

Maryland

Maryland

as Charlotte Danfield

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement

as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield

Our Town

Our Town

as Mrs Gibbs

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison

as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison

1930s

15 films

Our Neighbors - The Carters

Our Neighbors - The Carters

as Ellen Carter

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

as Self

Daughters Courageous

Daughters Courageous

as Nancy 'Nan' Masters

The Lady and the Mob

The Lady and the Mob

as Hattie Leonard

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Ann Murray

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

as Hannah Linden

The Arkansas Traveler

The Arkansas Traveler

as Mrs. Martha Allen

Mother Carey's Chickens

Mother Carey's Chickens

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

White Banners

White Banners

as Hannah

Jezebel

Jezebel

as Aunt Belle Massey

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Anita Cooper

The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady

as Strogoff's Mother

Quality Street

Quality Street

as Susan Throssel

This Side of Heaven

This Side of Heaven

as Francene Turner

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