Bette Davis

Bette Davis was an American actress regarded as one of the greatest screen performers of all time. Born Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1908, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for Dangerous in 1935 and Jezebel in 1938, and received a further eight nominations over her career. Her most celebrated films include All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Now Voyager, and The Letter. She was the first woman to receive the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. She died in 1989.