Fay Bainter
Acting
Born: 1893-12-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1968-04-16
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
🎬 Movies (30)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
1961
Amelia Tilford
The President's Lady
1953
Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart
1951
Mrs. Morrow
June Bride
1948
Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
Fay Norwick
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley
1947
Ellie Saul
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Virginian
1946
Mrs. Taylor
State Fair
1945
Melissa Frake
The Heavenly Body
1944
Margaret Sibyll
Dark Waters
1944
Aunt Emily
3 Is a Family
1944
Frances Whittaker
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
1943
Mrs. Macauley
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines
1943
Jennie Bailey
Woman of the Year
1942
Ellen Whitcomb
Journey for Margaret
1942
Trudy Strauss
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
Stella Livingston Hadley
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
Emmy Jones
Babes on Broadway
1941
Miss Jones
Our Town
1940
Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
1940
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Maryland
1940
Charlotte Danfield
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Self
📺 TV Shows (13)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Mary Caulfield
Dr. Kildare
1961
Sister Mike
Thriller
1960
Geraldine Redfern
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Sister Josephine
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Jenny
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Mrs. Hughes
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Bella Fleace
Suspense
1949
Natalie MacLaird
Studio One
1948
Mrs. Morgan
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Self