Fay Bainter
Acting
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
TV Shows(13)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mary Caulfield
1962
Dr. Kildare
Sister Mike
1961
Thriller
Geraldine Redfern
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Sister Josephine
1959
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Innkeeper's Wife
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Suspense
Natalie MacLaird
1949
Studio One
Aunt Valerie
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(45)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Children's Hour
Amelia Tilford
1961
The President's Lady
Mrs. Donaldson
1953
Close to My Heart
Mrs. Morrow
1951
June Bride
Paula Winthrop
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
Fay Norwick
1948
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Eunice Mitty
1947
Deep Valley
Ellie Saul
1947
The Virginian
Mrs. Taylor
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1946
State Fair
Melissa Frake
1945
3 Is a Family
Frances Whittaker
1944
Dark Waters
Aunt Emily
1944
The Heavenly Body
Margaret Sibyll
1944
Cry 'Havoc'
Captain Marsh
1943
Salute to the Marines
Jennie Bailey
1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Mrs. Thornway
1943
The Human Comedy
Mrs. Macauley
1943
Journey for Margaret
Trudy Strauss
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Stella Livingston Hadley
1942
Mr. Gardenia Jones
Emmy Jones
1942
Woman of the Year
Ellen Whitcomb
1942
Babes on Broadway
Miss Jones
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Maryland
Charlotte Danfield
1940
A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
1940
Our Town
Mrs Gibbs
1940
Young Tom Edison
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1940
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Ellen Carter
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
1939
Daughters Courageous
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
1939
The Lady and the Mob
Hattie Leonard
1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Ann Murray
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
The Shining Hour
Hannah Linden
1938
The Arkansas Traveler
Mrs. Martha Allen
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mrs. Margaret Carey
1938
White Banners
Hannah
1938
Jezebel
Aunt Belle Massey
1938
Make Way for Tomorrow
Anita Cooper
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
Strogoff's Mother
1937
Quality Street
Susan Throssel
1937
This Side of Heaven
Francene Turner
1934