Fay Bainter

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 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

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Matinee Theater

The Donna Reed Show

Dr. Kildare

Studio One

Studio One

All Movies (45)

• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Children's Hour1961 · as Amelia Tilford
• The President's Lady1953 · as Mrs. Donaldson
• Close to My Heart1951 · as Mrs. Morrow
• June Bride1948 · as Paula Winthrop
• Give My Regards to Broadway1948 · as Fay Norwick
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty1947 · as Mrs. Mitty
• Deep Valley1947 · as Ellie Saul
• The Virginian1946 · as Mrs. Taylor
• The Kid from Brooklyn1946 · as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
• State Fair1945 · as Melissa Frake
• 3 Is a Family1944 · as Frances Whittaker
• Dark Waters1944 · as Aunt Emily
• The Heavenly Body1944 · as Margaret Sibyll
• Cry 'Havoc'1943 · as Captain Marsh
• Salute to the Marines1943 · as Jennie Bailey
• Presenting Lily Mars1943 · as Mrs. Thornway
• The Human Comedy1943 · as Mrs. Macauley
• Journey for Margaret1942 · as Trudy Strauss
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942 · as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
• The War Against Mrs. Hadley1942 · as Stella Livingston Hadley
• Mr. Gardenia Jones1942 · as Emmy Jones
• Woman of the Year1942 · as Ellen Whitcomb
• Babes on Broadway1941 · as Miss Jones
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self
• Maryland1940 · as Charlotte Danfield
• A Bill of Divorcement1940 · as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
• Our Town1940 · as Mrs Gibbs
• Young Tom Edison1940 · as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
• Our Neighbors - The Carters1939 · as Ellen Carter
• Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 11939 · as Self
• Daughters Courageous1939 · as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
• The Lady and the Mob1939 · as Hattie Leonard
• Yes, My Darling Daughter1939 · as Ann Murray
• Breakdowns of 19381938 · as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Shining Hour1938 · as Hannah Linden
• The Arkansas Traveler1938 · as Mrs. Martha Allen
• Mother Carey's Chickens1938 · as Mrs. Margaret Carey
• White Banners1938 · as Hannah
• Jezebel1938 · as Aunt Belle Massey
• Make Way for Tomorrow1937 · as Anita Cooper
• The Soldier and the Lady1937 · as Strogoff's Mother
• Quality Street1937 · as Susan Throssel
• This Side of Heaven1934 · as Francene Turner

All TV Shows (19)

• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Mary Caulfield
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Sister Mike
• Thriller1960 · as Geraldine Redfern
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Sister Josephine
• The Donna Reed Show1958
• Matinee Theater1955
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Jenny
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Innkeeper's Wife
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Annie Keeney
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mrs. Grier
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mrs. Hughes
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Bella Fleace
• Suspense1949 · as Natalie MacLaird
• Studio One1948 · as Aunt Valerie
• Studio One1948 · as Mrs. Morgan
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self