Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue ten Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. In 1999, Davis was placed second on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.

5 April 1908

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1908): Herbert von Karajan • Jagjivan Ram • Kurt Neumann (director)

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Dinos Angelidis • Donald Lynden-Bell • Dong Abay • Ernest Lewis (tennis) • Hiromi Taniguchi • Imany • Iryna Pamialova • Junko Takeuchi • Lidia Trettel • Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt • Nedim Gürsel • Paul Chung • Sebastian Adayantharath • Thea Gill • Thomas Hobbes • William Cowhig • Yassine Bounou • Yevgeniy Gavrilenko

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