Bette Davis filmography

Bette Davis in a shot from the trailer of Now, Voyager (1942), one of ten films for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. Davis began acting in films in 1931, initially as a contract player with Universal Studios where she made her film debut in Bad Sister (1931). Davis was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career.

Davis made a transition to Warner Brothers in 1932 and made her breakthrough performance in The Man Who Played God (1932) opposite George Arliss. She continued in a succession of films, but did not gain further recognition until she agreed to star in John Cromwell's adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage (1934) on a loan out to RKO. The role of Mildred Rogers had been rejected by several actresses, but Davis achieved critical acclaim for her performance. Dangerous (1935) became the first time she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, beating such luminaries as Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, and Miriam Hopkins.

In 1936, convinced her career would be ruined by appearing in mediocre films, Davis walked out on her Warner Brothers contract and decided to make films in England. Davis explained her viewpoint to a journalist, saying "I knew that, if I continued to appear in any more mediocre pictures, I would have no career left worth fighting for." She eventually settled her disagreements with Warner Brothers, and returned to the studio in 1937. During the time, she was one of the numerous actresses considered for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in David O. Selznick's film version of Gone with the Wind, but she was not tested. Warner Brothers cast her in Jezebel (1938) as a reward for being turned down by Selznick. It was a critical and box office success, and earned her another Best Actress Academy Award.

Davis in the acclaimed melodrama The Little Foxes (1941).

Davis was at the peak of her career in the late 1930s and early-to-mid 1940s, at a time when she was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and turned down parts she found inferior. She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Dark Victory (1939) and earned acclaim for her performances in The Old Maid (1939) and The Letter (1940). Davis earned acclaim for her portrayal of Elizabeth I of England in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland. Davis later appeared in the melodrama The Little Foxes (1941) and the comedy film The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942).

One of Davis' biggest, and last, successes at Warner Brothers was Now, Voyager (1942), which earned her another Academy Award nomination, but her career stalled thereafter. Her later films for the studio, including The Corn Is Green (1945) and Deception (1946), did not match the success of her earlier ventures. She turned down leading roles in Mildred Pierce and Possessed—both films eventually went to Joan Crawford. As her popularity waned, Warner Brothers dropped her contract in 1949, and from thereafter on, she occupied a freelance career.

Davis received a career revival in All About Eve (1950) for 20th Century-Fox. Replacing an injured Claudette Colbert, she played an aging Broadway star, Margo Channing, who is manipulated by an obsessed fan. The film was one of the biggest hits of 1950 and she was again nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to Judy Holliday. Although Davis earned strong reviews for her performance in The Star (1952), her career waned throughout the remainder of the decade.

Davis with Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

Beginning in the 1960s, Davis received yet another revival in popularity. Although her appearance in Pocketful of Miracles (1961) was negatively received, she earned praise for her portrayal of the faded child star, Jane Hudson, in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), which garnered her a final nomination for an Academy Award. She retained a cult status throughout the remainder of her career, and appeared in several other thriller films such as Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and The Nanny (1965). She appeared on television later in her career.

Davis agreed to star in the spoof film Wicked Stepmother (1989), although she felt the script was poor. The film was marked with production problems from the beginning, with Davis often quarreling with director Larry Cohen and she withdrew from the film shortly after production began. After 58 years of acting, it became her final film appearance.

Filmography

1931–1939

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other cast members	Studio
1931	Bad Sister	Laura Madison	Hobart Henley	Conrad Nagel, Sidney Fox, Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Humphrey Bogart	Universal
1931	Seed	Margaret Carter	John M. Stahl	John Boles, Frances Dade, Raymond Hackett, Zasu Pitts	Universal
1931	Waterloo Bridge	Janet Cronin	James Whale	Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd	Universal
1931	Way Back Home	Mary Lucy	William A. Seiter	Phillips Lloyd, Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson, Frankie Darro	RKO
1932	The Menace	Peggy Lowell	Roy William Neill	H. B. Warner, Walter Byron, Natalie Moorhead	Columbia
1932	Hell's House	Peggy Gardner	Howard Higgin	Pat O'Brien	B.F. Zeidman Productions Ltd.
1932	The Man Who Played God	Grace Blair	John G. Adolfi	George Arliss, Violet Heming	Warner Bros.
1932	So Big!	Miss Dallas O'Mara	William A. Wellman	Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore	Warner Bros.
1932	The Rich Are Always with Us	Malbro	Alfred E. Green	Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, John Miljan	First National
1932	The Dark Horse	Kay Russell	Alfred E. Green	Warren William, Guy Kibbee	Warner Bros.
1932	The Cabin in the Cotton	Madge Norwood	Michael Curtiz	Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Jordan, Hardie Albright	First National
1932	Three on a Match	Ruth Wescott	Mervyn LeRoy	Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Humphrey Bogart	Warner Bros.
1932	20,000 Years in Sing Sing	Fay Wilson	Michael Curtiz	Spencer Tracy	Warner Bros.
1933	Just Around the Corner (promotional short for G.E.)	Ginger		Joan Blondell, Ruth Donnelly, Dick Powell, Warren William	Warner Bros.
1933	Parachute Jumper	Patricia "Alabama" Brent	Alfred E. Green	Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Claire Dodd	Warner Bros.
1933	The Working Man	Jenny Harland (aka Jane Grey)	John G. Adolfi	George Arliss, Theodore Newton, Hardie Albright	Warner Bros.
1933	Bureau of Missing Persons	Norma Roberts	Roy Del Ruth	Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell	First National
1933	Ex-Lady	Helen Bauer	Robert Florey	Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh, Claire Dodd	Warner Bros.
1934	The Big Shakedown	Norma Nelson	John Francis Dillon	Charles Farrell, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell	First National
1934	Fashions of 1934	Lynn Mason	William Dieterle	William Powell, Frank McHugh, Hugh Herbert, Verree Teasdale	Warner Bros.
1934	Jimmy the Gent	Miss Joan Martin	Michael Curtiz	James Cagney, Allen Jenkins, Alice White, Mayo Methot	Warner Bros.
1934	Fog Over Frisco	Arlene Bradford	William Dieterle	Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot	Warner Bros.
1934	Of Human Bondage	Mildred Rogers	John Cromwell	Leslie Howard, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale	RKO
1934	Housewife	Patricia "Pat" Berkeley	Alfred E. Green	George Brent, Ann Dvorak, John Halliday, Ruth Donnelly	Warner Bros.
1935	Bordertown	Mrs Marie Roark	Archie Mayo	Paul Muni, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette	Warner Bros.
1935	The Girl from 10th Avenue	Miriam A. Brady	Alfred E. Green	Ian Hunter, Colin Clive, Alison Skipworth	Warner Bros.
1935	Front Page Woman	Ellen Garfield	Michael Curtiz	George Brent, Roscoe Karns	Warner Bros.
1935	Special Agent	Julie Gardner	William Keighley	George Brent, Ricardo Cortez	Warner Bros.
1935	Dangerous	Joyce Heath	Alfred E. Green	Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay, Alison Skipworth	Warner Bros.
1936	The Petrified Forest	Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple	Archie Mayo	Leslie Howard, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart	Warner Bros.
1936	The Golden Arrow	Daisy Appleby	Alfred E. Green	George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran	Warner Bros.
1936	Satan Met a Lady	Valerie Purvis	William Dieterle	Warren William, Alison Skipworth	Warner Bros.
1937	Marked Woman	Mary Dwight Strauber	Lloyd Bacon	Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Eduardo Ciannelli, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan	Warner Bros.
1937	Kid Galahad	Louise "Fluff" Phillips	Michael Curtiz	Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan	Warner Bros.
1937	That Certain Woman	Mary Donnell (aka Mrs Al Haines)	Edmund Goulding	Henry Fonda, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp	Warner Bros.
1937	It's Love I'm After	Joyce Arden	Archie Mayo	Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Eric Blore, Patric Knowles, Spring Byington, Bonita Granville	Warner Bros.
1938	Jezebel	Julie Marsden	William Wyler	Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, Donald Crisp, Spring Byington	Warner Bros.
1938	The Sisters	Louise Elliott Medlin	Anatole Litvak	Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp, Beulah Bondi, Jane Bryan	Warner Bros.
1939	Dark Victory	Judith Traherne	Edmund Goulding	George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan	Warner Bros.
1939	Juarez	Empress Carlotta	William Dieterle	Paul Muni, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Donald Crisp, Joseph Calleia, Gale Sondergaard	Warner Bros.
1939	The Old Maid	Charlotte Lovell	Edmund Goulding	Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda	Warner Bros.
1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	Elizabeth I of England	Michael Curtiz	Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale	Warner Bros.

1940–1949

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other cast members	Studio
1940	All This, and Heaven Too	Henriette Deluzy-Desportes	Anatole Litvak	Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler	Warner Bros.
1940	The Letter	Leslie Crosbie	William Wyler	Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard	Warner Bros.
1941	The Great Lie	Maggie Patterson Van Allen	Edmund Goulding	George Brent, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, Hattie McDaniel	Warner Bros.
1941	Shining Victory (uncredited cameo role)	Nurse	Irving Rapper	James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Barbara O'Neil	Warner Bros.
1941	The Bride Came C.O.D.	Joan Winfield	William Keighley	James Cagney, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Jack Carson, George Tobias	Warner Bros.
1941	The Little Foxes	Regina Giddens	William Wyler	Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Patricia Collinge	RKO
1942	The Man Who Came to Dinner	Maggie Cutler	William Keighley	Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke, Mary Wickes	Warner Bros.
1942	In This Our Life	Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill	John Huston	Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Billie Burke, Hattie McDaniel, Lee Patrick	Warner Bros.
1942	Now, Voyager	Charlotte Vale	Irving Rapper	Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Ilka Chase, Lee Patrick, Mary Wickes	Warner Bros.
1943	Watch on the Rhine	Sara Muller	Herman Shumlin	Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi	Warner Bros.
1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Herself	David Butler	Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Cantor, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale, Edward Everett Horton, Hattie McDaniel	Warner Bros.
1943	Old Acquaintance	Kit Marlowe	Vincent Sherman	Miriam Hopkins, John Loder, Gig Young	Warner Bros.
1944	Mr. Skeffington	Fanny Trellis	Vincent Sherman	Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris	Warner Bros.
1944	Hollywood Canteen	Herself	Delmer Daves	Jack Benny, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Cantor, Kitty Carlisle, Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hale, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, Eleanor Parker, Roy Rogers & Trigger, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Barbara Stanwyck, Jane Wyman	Warner Bros.
1945	The Corn Is Green	Miss Lilly Moffat	Irving Rapper	John Dall, Nigel Bruce, Rhys Williams, Mildred Dunnock, Joan Lorring	Warner Bros.
1946	A Stolen Life	Kate and Patricia Bosworth (dual role)	Curtis Bernhardt	Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan	Warner Bros.
1946	Deception	Christine Radcliffe	Irving Rapper	Paul Henreid, Claude Rains	Warner Bros.
1948	Winter Meeting	Susan Grieve	Bretaigne Windust	Janis Paige, Jim Davis, John Hoyt, Florence Bates	Warner Bros.
1948	June Bride	Linda Gilman	Bretaigne Windust	Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Betty Lynn, Mary Wickes, Barbara Bates	Warner Bros.
1949	Beyond the Forest	Rosa Moline	King Vidor	Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman	Warner Bros.

1950–1959

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other cast members	Studio
1950	All About Eve	Margo Channing	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe	20th Century Fox
1951	Payment on Demand	Joyce Ramsey	Curtis Bernhardt	Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl, Betty Lynn, Kent Taylor	RKO
1951	Another Man's Poison	Janet Frobisher	Irving Rapper	Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel, Barbara Murray	Angel Productions
1952	Phone Call from a Stranger	Bianca Carr	Jean Negulesco	Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill, Michael Rennie, Keenan Wynn, Beatrice Straight	20th Century Fox
1952	The Star	Margaret Elliot	Stuart Heisler	Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood	20th Century Fox
1955	The Virgin Queen	Queen Elizabeth I of England	Henry Koster	Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy	20th Century Fox
1956	The Catered Affair	Agnes Hurley	Richard Brooks	Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Fitzgerald, Rod Taylor	MGM
1956	Storm Center	Alicia Hull	Daniel Taradash	Brian Keith, Kim Hunter	Columbia
1959	John Paul Jones	Catherine the Great	John Farrow	Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn, MacDonald Carey, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Cushing	Warner Bros.
1959	The Scapegoat	The Countess	Robert Hamer	Alec Guinness, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth	MGM

1960–1969

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other cast members	Studio
1961	Pocketful of Miracles	Apple Annie	Frank Capra	Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Edward Everett Horton, Ann-Margret	United Artists
1962	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Baby Jane Hudson	Robert Aldrich	Joan Crawford, Victor Buono	Seven Arts
1963	The Empty Canvas	Dino's mother	Damiano Damiani	Horst Buchholz, Isa Miranda	Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
1964	Dead Ringer	Margaret De Lorca and Edith Phillips (dual role)	Paul Henreid	Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Jean Hagen, Estelle Winwood	Warner Bros.
1964	Where Love Has Gone	Mrs Gerald Hayden	Edward Dmytryk	Susan Hayward, Mike Connors, Joey Heatherton, Jane Greer	Paramount
1964	Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Charlotte Hollis	Robert Aldrich	Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Victor Buono, Mary Astor	20th Century Fox
1965	The Nanny	The nanny	Seth Holt	Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett	Seven Arts
1968	The Anniversary	Mrs Taggart	Roy Ward Baker	Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley	Seven Arts

1970–1989

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other cast members	Studio
1970	Connecting Rooms	Wanda Fleming	Franklin Gollings	Michael Redgrave, Leo Genn	Hemdale
1971	Bunny O'Hare	Bunny O'Hare	Gerd Oswald	Ernest Borgnine, Jack Cassidy, John Astin	American International
1972	The Scientific Cardplayer	The Millionairess	Luigi Comencini	Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten	Dino de Laurentiis
1976	Burnt Offerings	Aunt Elizabeth	Dan Curtis	Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart	United Artists
1978	Return from Witch Mountain	Letha Wedge	John Hough	Christopher Lee, Kim Richards, Jack Soo	Disney
1978	Death on the Nile	Marie Van Schuyler	John Guillermin	Peter Ustinov, Simon MacCorkindale, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow, George Kennedy, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Olivia Hussey, David Niven, Jon Finch, Jack Warden, Jane Birkin, Harry Andrews, I. S. Johar	Paramount
1980	The Watcher in the Woods	Mrs Aylwood	John Hough	Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum	Disney
1987	The Whales of August	Libby Strong	Lindsay Anderson	Lillian Gish, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern	Alive Films
1989	Wicked Stepmother	Miranda Pierpoint	Larry Cohen	Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander	MGM

Short films appearing as herself

Year	Title	Notes
1932	The 42nd Street Special
1935	A Dream Comes True
1936	Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1
1936	Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 10
1937	A Day at Santa Anita
1937	Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8
1938	For Auld Lang Syne
1938	Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9
1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Outtakes from That Certain Woman and Jezebel
1941	Breakdowns of 1941
1943	The Present with a Future	Herself/Mother
1943	Show Business at War
1984	Terror in the Aisles	Archival footage

Lux Radio Theatre appearances

Date	Title	Other cast members
March 30, 1936	Bought and Paid For
May 17, 1937	Another Language	Fred MacMurray, John Beal
February 28, 1938	Forsaking All Others	Joel McCrea, Anderson Lawler, Leona Meracol
January 8, 1940	Dark Victory	Spencer Tracy
April 21, 1941	The Letter	Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
December 15, 1941	All This and Heaven Too	Charles Boyer, Bea Benaderet
March 6, 1944	The Letter	Herbert Marshall, Vincent Price
October 1, 1945	Mr. Skeffington
February 11, 1946	Now, Voyager	Gregory Peck
August 25, 1947	A Stolen Life	Glenn Ford
August 29, 1949	June Bride	James Stewart
September 3, 1951	Payment on Demand	Barry Sullivan
October 1, 1951	All About Eve	Gary Merrill

Television

1952–1959

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1952	What's My Line?	Herself (Mystery guest)	Franklin Heller	John Daly (Moderator), Bennett Cerf, Hal Block, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen
1955	The 27th Annual Academy Awards	Herself (Presenter: Best Actor)	Bill Bennington, Grey Lockwood	Bob Hope (host)
1956	The 20th Century Fox Hour Episode : Crack Up	Marie Hoke	Ted Post	Gary Merrill, Virginia Grey
1956	Person to Person	Herself	John Frankenheimer (assistant director)	Edward R. Murrow
1957	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Episode: For Better, For Worse			Anne Baxter
1957	The Ford Television Theatre Episode: Footnote on a Doll	Dolley Madison	Marc Daniels, Franklin J. Schaffner	Eleanor Audley, Natalie Schafer
1957	General Electric Theater Episode: With Malice Toward One	Miss Burrows	Jules Bricken	John Baragrey, Frances Bavier, Maudie Prickett
1958	Telephone Time Episode: Stranded	Beatrice Enter	Allen H. Miner	Pamela Baird, Claudia Bryer, Paul Bryer
1958	Studio 57 Episode: The Starmaker		Allen H. Miner	Robert Busch, Gary Merrill
1958	General Electric Theater Episode:The Cold Touch	Christine Marlowe		Leif Erickson, Jonathan Harris, Forrest Tucker
1958	Suspicion Episode: Fraction of a Second	Mrs Ellis	John Brahm	Dorothy Adams, Barry Atwater, Marjorie Bennett
1958	The 30th Annual Academy Awards	Herself (Presenter: Honorary Awards)	Alan Handley	Bob Hope and Jack Lemmon (co-hosts)
1958	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Herself	William Asher	Dinah Shore (host), Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gormé, Alan King
1959	Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episode: Out There — Darkness	Miss Fox	Paul Henreid	Frank Albertson, James Congdon
1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson Episode: Dark Morning	Sarah Whitney		June Allyson, Gail Bonney, Leif Erickson
1959	Wagon Train Episode: The Elizabeth McQueeney Story	Elizabeth McQueeney	Allen H. Miner	Ward Bond, Danielle Aubrey, Joseph Mell, Maggie Pierce
1959	Wagon Train Episode: The Ella Lindstrom Story	Ella Lindstrom	Allen H. Miner	Ward Bond, Bobby Buntrock
1959	The 31st Annual Academy Awards	Herself (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)	Alan Handley	Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis (co-hosts)

1960–1969

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1960	What's My Line?	Herself (Mystery guest)		Joey Bishop
1961	Wagon Train Episode: The Bettina May Story			Ward Bond, Joby Baker
1962	The Virginian Episode: The Accomplice	Celia Miller		James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Victor French, Harold Gould
1962	Here's Hollywood Episode broadcast October 9	Herself
1962	What's My Line? Episode broadcast November 11	Herself (Mystery guest)
1962	Here's Hollywood Episode broadcast December 1	Herself
1962	Tonight Starring Jack Paar Episode broadcast November 16	Herself
1962	The Andy Williams Show Episode broadcast December 20	Herself
1963	Perry Mason Episode: The Case of Constant Doyle	Constant Doyle		Raymond Burr, Peggy Ann Garner
1963	The 35th Annual Academy Awards	Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role Presenter: Writing Awards
1963	Reflets de Cannes Episode broadcast May 16	Herself
1964	The Hollywood Palace Episode #2.7	Herself
1964	What's My Line? Episode broadcast March 29	Herself (Mystery guest)
1965	The Hollywood Palace Episode #2.21	Herself
1965	What's My Line? Episode broadcast October 24	Herself (Mystery guest)
1965	Bette Davis — Star und Rebellin	Herself
1965	I've Got a Secret Episode broadcast March 1	Herself
1965	The Decorator (unsold pilot)	Liz		Mary Wickes, Ed Begley
1966	Gunsmoke Episode: The Jailer	Etta Stone		James Arness, Dennis Weaver, Amanda Blake, Bruce Dern, Tom Skerritt
1966	The Hollywood Palace Episode #3.19	Herself
1967	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Episode #1.4	Herself
1967	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Episode #1.20	Herself
1967	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Episode #2.2	Herself
1967	Think Twentieth	Herself

1970–1979

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1970	The Dick Cavett Show Episode broadcast November 26	Herself
1970	It Takes a Thief Episode: Touch of Magic			Robert Wagner, Fred Astaire
1971	The Dick Cavett Show	Herself
1972	The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie)	Judge Meredith	David Lowell Rich	Doug McClure, Joan Van Ark, Kent Smith
1971	This Is Your Life	Herself (Honoree)
1972	Madame Sin (TV movie)	Madame Sin	David Greene	Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson
1972	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode broadcast February 14, 1972	Herself
1972	Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72	Herself
1973	Scream, Pretty Peggy (TV movie)	Mrs Elliott	Gordon Hessler	Ted Bessell, Sian Barbara Allen
1973	The Dean Martin Show Celebrity Roast: Johnny Carson	Herself
1973	The Dean Martin Show Celebrity Roast: Bette Davis	Herself
1973	ABC's Wide World of Entertainment	Hostess of "Warner Bros. Movies: A 50 Year Salute"
1974	Hello Mother, Goodbye! (TV movie)			Kenneth Mars
1974	The 28th Annual Tony Awards	Herself (Presenter)
1975	Parkinson Episode #5.8	Herself
1976	The Mike Douglas Show Episode broadcast March 19	Herself
1976	V.I.P.-Schaukel Episode #6.1	Herself
1976	The Disappearance of Aimee (TV movie)	Minnie Kennedy	Anthony Harvey	Faye Dunaway, James Woods
1977	Dinah! Episode broadcast July 20	Herself
1977	The American Film Institute Salute to Bette Davis	Herself (Honoree)
1977	Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala	Herself
1978	The 50th Annual Academy Awards	Herself
1978	The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda	Herself
1978	The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (miniseries)	Widow Fortune	Leo Penn	David Ackroyd, Rosanna Arquette, Rene Auberjonois
1979	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (TV movie)	Lucy Mason	Milton Katselas	Gena Rowlands

1980–1989

Year	Title	Role	Director	Other main cast members
1980	White Mama (TV movie)	Adele Malone	Jackie Cooper	Eileen Heckart, Anne Ramsey Ernest Harding Jr
1980	Skyward (TV movie)	Billie Dupree	Ron Howard	Howard Hesseman, Marion Ross Suzy Gilstrap
1980	Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops – 1941–1972	Herself
1981	Family Reunion (TV movie)	Elizabeth Winfield	Fielder Cook	J. Ashley Hyman, David Huddleston, Roy Dotrice
1982	A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (TV movie)	Esther MacDonald Cimino	George Schaefer	Penny Fuller, Christopher Guest, Keenan Wynn
1982	Little Gloria... Happy at Last (TV movie)	Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt	Waris Hussein	Martin Balsam, Michael Gross, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Plummer, Maureen Stapleton
1982	All-Star Party for Carol Burnett	Herself
1982	The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra	Herself
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Herself
1983	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode broadcast February 9	Herself
1983	Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano	Herself
1983	Hotel Episode:Pilot	Laura Trent		James Brolin, Connie Sellecca
1983	Right of Way (TV movie)	Minnie Dwyer	George Schaefer	James Stewart, Melinda Dillon, Priscilla Morrill
1985	Murder with Mirrors (TV movie)	Carrie Louise Serracold	Dick Lowry	Helen Hayes, John Mills, Leo McKern
1985	Étoiles et toiles March 25	Herself
1986	As Summers Die (TV movie)	Hannah Loftin	Jean-Claude Tramont	Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis
1986	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode broadcast May 22	Herself
1986	Directed by William Wyler	Herself
1986	The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards Episode broadcast February 22	Herself
1986	La Nuit des Césars	Herself
1987	The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts	Herself
1987	The 59th Annual Academy Awards	Herself (Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role)
1988	Larry King Live Episode broadcast February 24	Herself
1988	De película Episode broadcast February 22	Herself
1988	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode broadcast January 7	Herself

Awards and nominations

Competitive awards

Academy Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1934	Of Human Bondage	Nominated (write-in, not official)	Academy Award	Best Actress
1935	Dangerous	Won	Academy Award	Best Actress
1938	Jezebel	Won	Academy Award	Best Actress
1939	Dark Victory	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1940	The Letter	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1941	The Little Foxes	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1942	Now, Voyager	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1944	Mr. Skeffington	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1950	All About Eve	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1952	The Star	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress
1962	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Nominated	Academy Award	Best Actress

Emmy Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1974	ABC's Wide World of Entertainment for episode Warner Bros. Movies - A 50 Year Salute	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Award	Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
1979	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter	Won	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or Movie
1980	White Mama	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or Movie
1983	Little Gloria... Happy at Last	Nominated	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or Movie

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1951	All About Eve	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture Actress (Drama)
1962	Pocketful of Miracles	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture Actress (Musical/Comedy)
1963	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Motion Picture Actress (Drama)

BAFTA Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1964	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	Nominated	BAFTA Film Award	Best Foreign Actress

CableACE Awards

Year	TV Film	Result	Award	Category
1984	Right of Way	Nominated	ACE	Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
1987	As Summers Die	Nominated	ACE	Actress in a Movie or Miniseries

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1950	All About Eve	Won	Cannes Film Festival Awards	Best Actress

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1952	All About Eve	Won	Silver Ribbon	Best Actress — Foreign Film (Miglior Attrice Straniera)

Laurel Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1963	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?	3rd Place	Golden Laurel	Top Female Dramatic Performance
1965	Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Won	Dramatic Performance, Female

Monte Carlo TV Festival (a.k.a. Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo)

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1983	A Piano for Mrs. Cimino	Won	Golden Nymph	Best Actress

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1950	All About Eve	Won	NYFCC Award	Best Actress

Saturn Awards

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1976	Burnt Offerings	Won	Saturn Award (a.k.a. Golden Scroll)	Best Supporting Actress

Venice Film Festival

Year	Film	Result	Award	Category
1937	Kid Galahad Marked Woman	Won	Volpi Cup	Best Actress

Honorary awards

Year	Award	Category
1932	Star of Tomorrow	A group of theater exhibitors named Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ginger Rogers “Stars of tomorrow”. The ceremony was held at the Ambassador Hotel in Hollywood and broadcast live on radio. This was Bette’s first acting award
1941	Golden Apple Awards	Most Cooperative Actress
1950	Grauman's Chinese Theater	Handprint and Footprint Ceremony
1950	Photoplay Awards	Gold Medal
1962	Photoplay Awards	Gold Medal
1963	Golden Apple Awards	Most Cooperative Actress
1965	Photoplay Awards	Gold Medal
1969	San Francisco International Film Festival	The Craft of Cinema Award
1973	Sarah Siddons Society	Special 20th Anniversary Award for All About Eve
1974	Golden Globe Awards	Cecil B. DeMille Award
1977	American Film Institute	Life Achievement Award
1980	Outstanding Mother of the Year Award	Awarded by Woman's Day magazine
1982	Film Advisory Board	Award of Excellence
1982	Rudolph Valentino Award	Actress of the Year
1982	National Film Society Artistry in Cinema Awards	Golden Reel Award for her contribution to cinema.
1983	Charles Chaplin Award	Awarded by UCLA Film and Television Archive
1983	Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards	Crystal Award
1983	American Theater Arts	Life Achievement Award
1983	Boston Theater District Association	Life Achievement Award
1983	Distinguished Civilian Service Medal	Awarded by the Defense Department of USA (the highest civilian award given by the United States Department of Defense) for founding the Hollywood Canteen (which operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California between October 3, 1942 and November 22, 1945). The award ceremony took place on June 11, 1983.
1983	Golden Apple Awards	Louella Parsons Life Achievement Award
1986	César Awards	Honorary Cesar
1986	Ordre des Arts et des Lettres	Appointed commander of this order. It was awarded by the French Government for her contribution to film.
1987	British Film Institute Fellowship	In recognition of her outstanding contribution to film culture.
1987	Deauville Film Festival	Special Tribute
1987	Legion of Honour	Awarded at the Deauville Film Festival for her contribution to film.
1987	Kennedy Center Honors	Honoree
1988	Campione d'Italia	Merit of Achievement Award
1989	American Cinema Awards	Life Achievement Award
1989	Film Society of Lincoln Center	Gala Tribute
1989	San Sebastián International Film Festival	Donostia Award
?	Hollywood Walk of Fame	Motion Pictures (Location: 6225 Hollywood Blvd.)
?	Hollywood Walk of Fame	Television (Location: 6233 Hollywood Blvd.)

References

• Ringgold, Gene (1966). The Films of Bette Davis. Cadillac Publishing Co. ISBN 0-8065-0953-8.
• Bette Davis filmography at the Internet Movie Database
• Bette Davis filmography at the TCM Movie Database
• Bette Davis Broadway stage credits at the Internet Broadway Database
• Bette Davis official website
• Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: Lux Radio Theater