Acting
Fay Bainter
EN cinema · 46 credits
Born
7 December 1893
Died
16 April 1968 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Fay Okell 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
as Amelia Tilford
The President's Lady
as Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart
as Mrs. Morrow
June Bride
as Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Fay Norwick
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley
as Ellie Saul
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Virginian
as Mrs. Taylor
State Fair
as Melissa Frake
The Heavenly Body
as Margaret Sibyll
Dark Waters
as Aunt Emily
3 Is a Family
as Frances Whittaker
Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
as Mrs. Macauley
Cry 'Havoc'
as Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines
as Jennie Bailey
Woman of the Year
as Ellen Whitcomb
Journey for Margaret
as Trudy Strauss
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Stella Livingston Hadley
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Emmy Jones
Babes on Broadway
as Miss Jones
Our Town
as Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
A Bill of Divorcement
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Maryland
as Charlotte Danfield
Daughters Courageous
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob
as Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Ann Murray
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Ellen Carter
Jezebel
as Aunt Belle Massey
White Banners
as Hannah
The Shining Hour
as Hannah Linden
Mother Carey's Chickens
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
The Arkansas Traveler
as Mrs. Martha Allen
Breakdowns of 1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady
as Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street
as Susan Throssel
This Side of Heaven
as Francene Turner