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Fay Bainter

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 12/07/1891 († 76, 04/16/1968) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but he ...

White Banners

NR

1938 | 2.9/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run the school of being in a relationship. ...

The Children's Hour

NR

1961 | 3.9/5 | 1h 48min
Drama
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In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her. ...

Jezebel

NR

1938 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Romance / Love
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During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat ...

State Fair

NR

1945 | 3.4/5 | 1h 40min
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Awards & Nominations for Fay Bainter

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Fay Bainter as Actress(45)

as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as (archive footage)1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Amelia Tilford1961 The Children's Hour
as Mrs. Donaldson1953 The President's Lady
as Mrs. Morrow1951 Close to My Heart
as Paula Winthrop1948 June Bride
as Fay Norwick1948 Give My Regards to Broadway
as Mrs. Mitty1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Ellie Saul1947 Deep Valley
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne1946 The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mrs. Taylor1946 The Virginian
as Melissa Frake1945 State Fair
as Frances Whittaker1944 3 Is a Family
as Aunt Emily1944 Dark Waters
as Margaret Sibyll1944 The Heavenly Body
as Captain Marsh1943 Cry 'Havoc'
as Jennie Bailey1943 Salute to the Marines
as Mrs. Macauley1943 The Human Comedy
as Mrs. Thornway1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Emmy Jones1942 Mister Gardenia Jones
as Ellen Whitcomb1942 Woman of the Year
as Stella Livingston Hadley1942 The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Trudy Strauss1942 Journey for Margaret
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Miss Jones1941 Babes on Broadway
as Mrs Gibbs1940 Our Town
as Charlotte Danfield1940 Maryland
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield1940 A Bill of Divorcement
as herself1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison1940 Young Tom Edison
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters1939 Daughters Courageous
as Hattie Leonard1939 The Lady and the Mob
as Ann Murray1939 Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Hannah Linden1938 The Shining Hour
as Hannah1938 White Banners
as Mrs. Martha Allen1938 The Arkansas Traveler
as Mrs. Margaret Carey1938 Mother Carey's Chickens
as Aunt Belle Massey1938 Jezebel
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Susan Throssel1937 Quality Street
as Strogoff's Mother1937 The Soldier and the Lady
as Anita Cooper1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
as Francene Turner1934 This Side of Heaven

TV Shows/Series with Fay Bainter as Actress(19)

1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Mary Caulfield1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sister Mike1961 Dr. Kildare
as Geraldine Redfern1960 Thriller
as Sister Josephine1959 Adventures in Paradise
1958 The Donna Reed Show
1955 Matinee Theater
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jenny1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Innkeeper's Wife1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Annie Keeney1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Grier1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Hughes1950 Lux Video Theatre
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bella Fleace1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as Natalie MacLaird1949 Suspense
as Self - Actress1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Aunt Valerie1948 Studio One
as Mrs. Morgan1948 Studio One

Full Name: Fay Bainter
Born: Monday, 12/07 1891 (December) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 04/16 1968 (April) in Los Angeles (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Fay Bainter frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (27x, Crew)
Vaughn Taylor (26x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (23x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (21x, Actress)
Charlton Heston (20x, Actor)
J. Pat O'Malley (20x, Actor)
Boris Karloff (19x, Actor)
James Daly (19x, Actor)
John Forsythe (18x, Actor)
Isobel Elsom (18x, Actress)
Edward Andrews (18x, Actor)
Cedric Gibbons (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:311476, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024