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Fay Bainter
Highest Rated: 100% Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Lowest Rated: 60% The Kid From Brooklyn (1946)
Birthday: Dec 7, 1891
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Broadway actress who made her screen debut in 1934 and, four years later, earned simultaneous Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress ("Jezebel," for which she won) and Best Actress ("White Banners"). Often in matriarchal roles, Bainter was also acclaimed for "The Children's Hour" (1962), her last film. Mother of actor Richard Venable.
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Fay Bainter
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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80% |
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The Children's Hour | Mrs. Amelia Tilford (Character) | - | 1961 |
60% |
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The President's Lady | Mrs. Donaldson (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Close to My Heart | Mrs. Morrow (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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June Bride | Paula Winthrop (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Give My Regards to Broadway | Fay Norwick (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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Deep Valley | Ellie Saul (Character) | - | 1947 |
82% |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Mitty (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet |
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The Virginian | Mrs. Taylor (Character) | - | 1946 |
60% |
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The Kid From Brooklyn | Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne (Character) | - | 1946 |
83% |
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State Fair | Melissa Frake (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Is a Family | Frances Whittaker (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salute to the Marines | Jennie Bailey (Character) | - | 1943 |
86% |
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The Human Comedy | Mrs. Macauley (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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Cry Havoc | Captain Marsh (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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The Heavenly Body | Margaret Sibyll (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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Presenting Lily Mars | Mrs. Thornway (Character) | - | 1943 |
83% |
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Woman of the Year | Ellen Whitcomb (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Journey for Margaret | Trudy Strauss (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mrs. Elvira Wiggs (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Personalities | Self | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Stella Hadley (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Babes on Broadway | Miss "Jonesy" Jones (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maryland | Charlotte Danfield (Character) | - | 1940 |
86% |
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Our Town | Mrs. Gibbs (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Tom Edison | Nancy Edison (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bill of Divorcement | Margaret "Meg" Fairfield (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daughters Courageous | Nancy "Nan" Masters (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yes, My Darling Daughter | Annie Murray (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady and the Mob | Hattie Leonard (Character) | - | 1939 |
96% |
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Jezebel | Aunt Belle (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shining Hour | Hannah Linden (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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White Banners | Hannah (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arkansas Traveler | Mrs. Martha Allen (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mother Carey's Chickens | Mrs. Margaret Carey (Character) | - | 1938 |
100% |
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Make Way for Tomorrow | Anita Cooper (Character) | - | 1937 |
67% |
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Quality Street | Susan Throssel (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soldier and the Lady | Strogoff's Mother (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Side of Heaven | Francene Turner (Character) | - | 1934 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1953 |