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Fay Okell Bainter
Fay Bainter
Acting
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Children's Hour
as Amelia Tilford
The President's Lady
as Mrs. Donaldson
Close to My Heart
as Mrs. Morrow
June Bride
as Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Fay Norwick
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Eunice Mitty
Deep Valley
as Ellie Saul
The Virginian
as Mrs. Taylor
TV Shows
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 ep.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mary Caulfield · 1 ep.
Dr. Kildare
as Sister Mike · 1 ep.
Thriller
as Geraldine Redfern · 1 ep.
Adventures in Paradise
as Sister Josephine · 1 ep.
The Donna Reed Show
1 ep.
Matinee Theater
1 ep.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jenny · 1 ep.
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bella Fleace · 1 ep.
Lux Video Theatre
as Mrs. Hughes · 1 ep.
