Fay Bainter
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1893-12-07
- Died
- 1968-04-16
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Fay Okell 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Bella Fleace
Matinee Theater
1955
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mary Caulfield
Studio One
1948
as Aunt Valerie / Mrs. Morgan
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Sister Mike
Thriller
1960
as Geraldine Redfern
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Sister Josephine
Suspense
1949
as Natalie MacLaird
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Innkeeper's Wife / Annie Keeney / Mrs. Grier / Mrs. Hughes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jenny
Movies (46)
Quality Street
1937
as Susan Throssel
June Bride
1948
as Paula Winthrop
Woman of the Year
1942
as Ellen Whitcomb
The Children's Hour
1961
as Amelia Tilford
Jezebel
1938
as Aunt Belle Massey
The Virginian
1946
as Mrs. Taylor
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Mrs. Mitty
The Human Comedy
1943
as Mrs. Macauley
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway
1941
as Miss Jones
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Anita Cooper
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
as Ann Murray
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Stella Livingston Hadley
Daughters Courageous
1939
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
Deep Valley
1947
as Ellie Saul
Close to My Heart
1951
as Mrs. Morrow
Presenting Lily Mars
1943
as Mrs. Thornway
Our Town
1940
as Mrs Gibbs
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The President's Lady
1953
as Mrs. Donaldson
State Fair
1945
as Melissa Frake
The Shining Hour
1938
as Hannah Linden
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Salute to the Marines
1943
as Jennie Bailey
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Strogoff's Mother
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Heavenly Body
1944
as Margaret Sibyll
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942
as Emmy Jones
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Francene Turner
Dark Waters
1944
as Aunt Emily
3 Is a Family
1944
as Frances Whittaker
White Banners
1938
as Hannah
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Fay Norwick
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Captain Marsh
The Lady and the Mob
1939
as Hattie Leonard
Maryland
1940
as Charlotte Danfield
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Ellen Carter
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
as Mrs. Martha Allen
Journey for Margaret
1942
as Trudy Strauss
About Fay Bainter
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… With 59 credits spanning from 1934 to 2001, Fay Bainter has appeared in 46 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Quality Street (1937) — as Susan Throssel
- June Bride (1948) — as Paula Winthrop
- Woman of the Year (1942) — as Ellen Whitcomb
- The Children's Hour (1961) — as Amelia Tilford
- Jezebel (1938) — as Aunt Belle Massey
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