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Dangerous is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis in her first Oscar-winning role. The screenplay by Laird Doyle is based on his story Hard Luck Dame . Plot
This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. She began acting in films in 1931, incipiently as a contract player with Universal Studios , where she made her film debut in Bad Sister . She was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career.
When Muni receive his write-in, Davis received her first Oscar for Best Actress, for the film Dangerous (1935). [4] Three years later, she would win again for Jezebel (1938). [5] Beginning with this film, she next set a record for the most consecutive nominations, receiving five in a row from 1938 through 1942. [6]
A fictitious version of the 8th Academy Awards was a major scene in the 1937 film A Star Is Born, in which the character of Esther Blodgett (stage name Vicki Lester), played by Janet Gaynor, wins the Academy Award for Best Actress, only to have her inebriated husband, fallen movie star Norman Maine, played by Fredric March, crash the party and ...
Bette Midler is opening up about her bittersweet encounter with her namesake, Bette Davis. “My mother named me for Bette Davis, which Bette Davis was not pleased to hear,” Midler, 78, said on ...
Madame Sin is a 1972 British thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott and Gordon Jackson. [1] The screenplay was written by Greene and Barry Oringer. [1] [2]
Bette Midler is known as the "Divine Miss M," but she was named for another Hollywood legend. Midler says she was named after Bette Davis — but the two-time Oscar winner didn’t approve.
You can try saying their names three times, but Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis won’t appear in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to the 1988 horror comedy directed by Tim Burton.. In the ...