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Fay Bainter

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Born / DiedDec 7, 1893 (Died at 75)
Zodiac Sign♐Sagittarius
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Career Span1934 – 1968
Known Credits57 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Fay Bainter

Also known as:Fay Okell Bainter
Total Works

57

45 movies • 12 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Children's Hour
7.7
as Amelia Tilford
Make Way for Tomorrow
7.5
as Anita Cooper
Jezebel
7.0
Jezebel
1938•movie
as Aunt Belle Massey
Woman of the Year
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942•movie
as Ellen Whitcomb

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 57 titles featuring Fay Bainter

The Children's Hour
7.7

as Amelia Tilford

Make Way for Tomorrow
7.5

as Anita Cooper

Jezebel
7.0
Jezebel
1938•movie

as Aunt Belle Massey

Woman of the Year
7.0
Woman of the Year
1942•movie

as Ellen Whitcomb

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
6.8

as Mrs. Mitty

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.9
1 eps

as Mary Caulfield

State Fair
6.6
State Fair
1945•movie

as Melissa Frake

Our Town
5.9
Our Town
1940•movie

as Mrs Gibbs

The Human Comedy
6.2
The Human Comedy
1943•movie

as Mrs. Macauley

The Virginian
6.0
The Virginian
1946•movie

as Mrs. Taylor

Dark Waters
6.0
Dark Waters
1944•movie

as Aunt Emily

Babes on Broadway
6.6
Babes on Broadway
1941•movie

as Miss Jones

Deep Valley
5.6
Deep Valley
1947•movie

as Ellie Saul

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

Quality Street
5.8
Quality Street
1937•movie

as Susan Throssel

The Shining Hour
6.7
The Shining Hour
1938•movie

as Hannah Linden

Journey for Margaret
6.7

as Trudy Strauss

Thriller
6.7
1 eps
Thriller
1960•series

as Geraldine Redfern

The Donna Reed Show
6.5
1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958•series
Dr. Kildare
5.7
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961•series

as Sister Mike

The President's Lady
6.9

as Mrs. Donaldson

Cry 'Havoc'
6.5
Cry 'Havoc'
1943•movie

as Captain Marsh

Presenting Lily Mars
6.4

as Mrs. Thornway

The Kid from Brooklyn
6.3

as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

The Heavenly Body
5.6
The Heavenly Body
1944•movie

as Margaret Sibyll

Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Aunt Valerie

June Bride
7.1
June Bride
1948•movie

as Paula Winthrop

Suspense
5.1
1 eps
Suspense
1949•series

as Natalie MacLaird

Young Tom Edison
5.9
Young Tom Edison
1940•movie

as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison

Daughters Courageous
6.3

as Nancy 'Nan' Masters

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
5.2

as Stella Livingston Hadley

Mr. Gardenia Jones
5.0
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942•movie

as Emmy Jones

Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
2 eps
White Banners
6.1
White Banners
1938•movie

as Hannah

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
3 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Innkeeper's Wife

Adventures in Paradise
6.1
1 eps

as Sister Josephine

Matinee Theater
5.3
1 eps
Matinee Theater
1955•series
A Bill of Divorcement
6.3

as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield

Mother Carey's Chickens
6.0

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

This Side of Heaven
7.5

as Francene Turner

Salute to the Marines
7.2

as Jennie Bailey

The Lady and the Mob
6.8

as Hattie Leonard

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8.2

as Self (archive footage)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps
Close to My Heart
6.6
Close to My Heart
1951•movie

as Mrs. Morrow

Yes, My Darling Daughter
4.5

as Ann Murray

Breakdowns of 1938
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938•movie

as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Soldier and the Lady
7.3

as Strogoff's Mother

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maryland
6.5
Maryland
1940•movie

as Charlotte Danfield

The Arkansas Traveler
6.7

as Mrs. Martha Allen

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.3
Give My Regards to Broadway
7.5

as Fay Norwick

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
5.0

as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs

3 Is a Family
9.0
3 Is a Family
1944•movie

as Frances Whittaker

Our Neighbors - The Carters
9.0

as Ellen Carter

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

as Self (archive footage)