Fay Bainter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 7, 1893
- Died
- Apr 16, 1968 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 59
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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Known for
The Children's Hour
1961Movie
Amelia Tilford
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937Movie
Anita Cooper
Jezebel
1938Movie
Aunt Belle Massey
Woman of the Year
1942Movie
Ellen Whitcomb
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947Movie
Mrs. Mitty
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Mary Caulfield
Filmography
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Mary Caulfield
The Children's Hour
1961Movie
Amelia Tilford
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Sister Mike
Thriller
1960TV
Geraldine Redfern
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Sister Josephine
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Matinee Theater
1955TV
The President's Lady
1953Movie
Mrs. Donaldson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Jenny
Close to My Heart
1951Movie
Mrs. Morrow
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Innkeeper's Wife, Annie Keeney, Mrs. Grier, Mrs. Hughes
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Bella Fleace
Suspense
1949TV
Natalie MacLaird
Studio One
1948TV
Aunt Valerie, Mrs. Morgan
June Bride
1948Movie
Paula Winthrop
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948Movie
Fay Norwick
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947Movie
Mrs. Mitty
Deep Valley
1947Movie
Ellie Saul
The Virginian
1946Movie
Mrs. Taylor
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946Movie
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
State Fair
1945Movie
Melissa Frake
3 Is a Family
1944Movie
Frances Whittaker
Dark Waters
1944Movie
Aunt Emily
The Heavenly Body
1944Movie
Margaret Sibyll
Cry 'Havoc'
1943Movie
Captain Marsh
Salute to the Marines
1943Movie
Jennie Bailey
Presenting Lily Mars
1943Movie
Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
1943Movie
Mrs. Macauley
Journey for Margaret
1942Movie
Trudy Strauss
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942Movie
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942Movie
Stella Livingston Hadley
Mr. Gardenia Jones
1942Movie
Emmy Jones
Woman of the Year
1942Movie
Ellen Whitcomb
Babes on Broadway
1941Movie
Miss Jones
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940Movie
Self
Maryland
1940Movie
Charlotte Danfield
A Bill of Divorcement
1940Movie
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
Our Town
1940Movie
Mrs Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
1940Movie
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939Movie
Ellen Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939Movie
Self
Daughters Courageous
1939Movie
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob
1939Movie
Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939Movie
Ann Murray
Breakdowns of 1938
1938Movie
Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
1938Movie
Hannah Linden
The Arkansas Traveler
1938Movie
Mrs. Martha Allen
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938Movie
Mrs. Margaret Carey
White Banners
1938Movie
Hannah
Jezebel
1938Movie
Aunt Belle Massey
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937Movie
Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady
1937Movie
Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street
1937Movie
Susan Throssel
This Side of Heaven
1934Movie
Francene Turner