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    Birthday: April 05, 2008

    The daughter of a Massachusetts lawyer, American actress Bette Davis matured with a desire to become an actress upon her graduation from Cushing Academy, but was turned away from Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory in New York. Undaunted, Davis enrolled in John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School, where everyone (including classmate Lucille Ball) regarded her as the star pupil. ...more
    • 1977
    • American Film Institute
    • Lifetime Achievement Award
    • win
    • 1973
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Cecil B. DeMille Award
    • win
    • 1961
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
    • Pocketful of Miracles
    • nom


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