Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Fay Bainter
Acting
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Movies: 44Series: 11
TMDB ID: 20366
IMDb ID: nm0047810
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1893
Died: April 16, 1968
Age: 74
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1934 - 1988
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q152888
Also known 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 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fay Bainter.
8.0
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1988 Movie
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 Movie
7.7
The Children's Hour
as Amelia Tilford
1961 Movie
6.8
The President's Lady
as Mrs. Donaldson
1953 Movie
6.5
Close to My Heart
as Mrs. Morrow
1951 Movie
7.2
June Bride
as Paula Winthrop
1948 Movie
7.0
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Fay Norwick
1948 Movie
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Eunice Mitty
1947 Movie
5.6
Deep Valley
as Ellie Saul
1947 Movie
6.0
The Virginian
as Mrs. Taylor
1946 Movie
6.2
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1946 Movie
6.6
State Fair
as Melissa Frake
1945 Movie
3 Is a Family
as Frances Whittaker
1944 Movie
5.8
Dark Waters
as Aunt Emily
1944 Movie
5.3
The Heavenly Body
as Margaret Sibyll
1944 Movie
6.3
Cry 'Havoc'
as Captain Marsh
1943 Movie
6.8
Salute to the Marines
as Jennie Bailey
1943 Movie
6.3
Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Thornway
1943 Movie
6.2
The Human Comedy
as Mrs. Macauley
1943 Movie
6.5
Journey for Margaret
as Trudy Strauss
1942 Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
1942 Movie
5.0
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Stella Livingston Hadley
1942 Movie
4.7
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as Emmy Jones
1942 Movie
6.9
Woman of the Year
as Ellen Whitcomb
1942 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fay Bainter.
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mary Caulfield • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Sister Mike • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Geraldine Redfern • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Sister Josephine • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.4
The Donna Reed Show
1 eps
1958 Series
5.0
Matinee Theater
1 eps
1955 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
1951 Series
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
2 eps
1950 Series
4.9
Suspense
as Natalie MacLaird • 1 eps
1949 Series
5.0
Studio One
as Aunt Valerie • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series