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Fay Bainter is known for acting.
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA (died at age 74).
2 awards including Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Fay Bainter has 33 credits in our database.
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Filmography (33)
AWARDS (3)
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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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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Fay Bainter was born on and passed away on at the age of 74.
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Fay Bainter was born in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Fay Bainter has 33 credits in our database. Notable titles include The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988), The Children's Hour (1961), The President's Lady (1953), Close to My Heart (1951), June Bride (1948).
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Fay Bainter is primarily known as an actor. Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting…
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