Acting credits
55
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Fay Bainter
Acting
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Movies: 44Series: 11
TMDB ID: 20366
IMDb ID: nm0047810
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1893
Died: April 16, 1968
Age: 74
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 1988
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q152888
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fay Bainter.
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 • Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Movie
as Amelia Tilford
The Children's Hour
1961 • Movie
as Mrs. Donaldson
The President's Lady
1953 • Movie
as Mrs. Morrow
Close to My Heart
1951 • Movie
as Paula Winthrop
June Bride
1948 • Movie
as Fay Norwick
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948 • Movie
as Mrs. Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 • Movie
as Ellie Saul
Deep Valley
1947 • Movie
as Mrs. Taylor
The Virginian
1946 • Movie
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 • Movie
as Melissa Frake
State Fair
1945 • Movie
as Frances Whittaker
3 Is a Family
1944 • Movie
as Aunt Emily
Dark Waters
1944 • Movie
as Margaret Sibyll
The Heavenly Body
1944 • Movie
as Captain Marsh
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 • Movie
as Jennie Bailey
Salute to the Marines
1943 • Movie
as Mrs. Thornway
Presenting Lily Mars
1943 • Movie
as Mrs. Macauley
The Human Comedy
1943 • Movie
as Trudy Strauss
Journey for Margaret
1942 • Movie
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 • Movie
as Stella Livingston Hadley
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 • Movie
as Emmy Jones
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942 • Movie
as Ellen Whitcomb
Woman of the Year
1942 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fay Bainter.
as Mary Caulfield • 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 • Series
as Sister Mike • 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961 • Series
as Geraldine Redfern • 1 eps
Thriller
1960 • Series
as Sister Josephine • 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
1959 • Series
1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958 • Series
1 eps
Matinee Theater
1955 • Series
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 • Series
2 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 • Series
as Natalie MacLaird • 1 eps
Suspense
1949 • Series
as Aunt Valerie • 1 eps
Studio One
1948 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 • Series