Fay Bainter
Birthday
1893/12/07
Day of death
1968/04/16 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know 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 ...Read more
Acting
(1938) Jezebel
as Aunt Belle Massey
(1961) The Children's Hour
as Amelia Tilford
(1942) Woman of the Year
as Ellen Whitcomb
(1940) Our Town
as Mrs Gibbs
(1944) The Heavenly Body
as Margaret Sibyll
(1945) State Fair
as Melissa Frake
(1947) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Mrs. Mitty
(1937) Make Way for Tomorrow
as Anita Cooper
(1944) Dark Waters
as Aunt Emily
(1943) Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Thornway
(1942) Journey for Margaret
as Trudy Strauss
(1941) Babes on Broadway
as Miss Jones
(1947) Deep Valley
as Ellie Saul
(1937) The Soldier and the Lady
as Strogoff's Mother
(1943) The Human Comedy
as Mrs. Macauley
(1937) Quality Street
as Susan Throssel
(1943) Cry 'Havoc'
as Captain Marsh
(1940) Young Tom Edison
as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
(1943) Salute to the Marines
as Jennie Bailey
(1942) The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Stella Livingston Hadley
(1953) The President's Lady
as Mrs. Donaldson
(1940) A Bill of Divorcement
as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
(1938) White Banners
as Hannah
(1948) June Bride
as Paula Winthrop
(1946) The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
(1938) The Shining Hour
as Hannah Linden
(1939) Daughters Courageous
as Nancy 'Nan' Masters
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1944) 3 Is a Family
as Frances Whittaker
(1940) Maryland
as Charlotte Danfield
(1938) Mother Carey's Chickens
as Mrs. Margaret Carey
(1939) The Lady and the Mob
as Hattie Leonard
(1951) Close to My Heart
as Mrs. Morrow
(1938) The Arkansas Traveler
as Mrs. Martha Allen
(1948) Give My Regards to Broadway
as Fay Norwick
(1939) Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Ann Murray
(1934) This Side of Heaven
as Francene Turner
(1946) The Virginian
as Mrs. Taylor
(1942) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
(1939) Our Neighbors - The Carters
as ---
(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1988) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Emmy Jones
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1939) Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Aunt Valerie
(1960) Thriller
as Geraldine Redfern
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Innkeeper's Wife
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Sister Josephine
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Natalie MacLaird
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Sister Mike
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jenny
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Annie Keeney
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Grier
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Hughes
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bella Fleace
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1948) Studio One
as Mrs. Morgan
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mary Caulfield