"enthusiastic, she soon learned that Warner had arranged for ""softer"" lighting to be used to disguise her age. She recalled that she had seen the same lighting technique ""on the sets of Ruth Chatterton and Kay Francis, and I knew what they meant"". To add to her disappointment, she was not confident in the abilities of her leading man - James Davis in his first major screen role. She disagreed with changes made to the script because of censorship restrictions, and found that many of the aspects of the role that had initially appealed to her had been cut. The"
"Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson, (born February 19, 1981), known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer-songwriter, most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip and whose voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. She disbanded Gossip to pursue a career in fashion, and has since also started a solo career. Ditto grew up in a poor family in Arkansas in the southern United States, with her mother, various stepfathers, and six siblingstwo older brothers, an older sister, two younger brothers and a younger sister. She was raised Southern"
"career in fashion and her solo career. Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson, (born February 19, 1981), known by her stage name Beth Ditto, is an American singer-songwriter, most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip and whose voice has been compared to Etta James, Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. She disbanded Gossip to pursue a career in fashion, and has since also started a solo career. Ditto grew up in a poor family in Arkansas in the southern United States, with her mother, various stepfathers, and six siblingstwo older brothers, an older sister, two younger brothers and"
"Material from the 1979 recording sessions was eventually used for two bootleg albums, ""Hangin' Out in Hollywood"" (1995) and ""Crashin' from Passion"" (1996). A greatest hits album, ""Anti Love: The Best of Betty Davis,"" was released in 2000. Betty Davis Betty Davis (née Mabry; born July 26, 1945) is an American funk and soul singer. She is known as one of the most influential voices of the funk era and a performer who was known for her memorable live shows. Born in 1945, Betty Mabry grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and just outside Pittsburgh. On her grandmother’s farm in"
"father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter, and was also a housepainter. Both parents were born in New Jersey. She was named after actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. She was raised in Aiea and attended Radford High School, in Honolulu. She was voted ""Most Talkative"" in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and ""Most Dramatic"" in her senior year (class of 1963). Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii at Manoa but left after three semesters. She earned money in the 1966"
"Janette Davis Janette Davis (1916-2005) was a 20th-century American pop singer, noted particularly for her work for Arthur Godfrey. Davis was born November 2, 1916, in Memphis, Tennessee, the eldest of eight children. Her full name is Dorothy Janette Marguerite Davis. She grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She began singing and playing piano on the radio at age fourteen. Pursuing her career, Davis sang for radio stations in Quincy, Illinois, then Shreveport, Louisiana, then Cincinnati, after which she was a regular on NBC's Red Skelton show in 1939 and 1940. She then moved to Chicago and was a regular"
"Betty Davis (album) Betty Davis is the eponymous debut studio album by American funk singer Betty Davis, released through Just Sunshine Records (an upstart label) in 1973. The album was produced by Greg Errico and features contributions from a number of noted musicians such as Neal Schon, Merl Saunders, Sylvester, Larry Graham, Pete Sears, and The Pointer Sisters. In 2007, the album was re-issued on CD and vinyl by the Light in the Attic label. Before the album's release, Davis was best known as the second wife of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, and also as the featured model on the"
"It can be heard in the CD cast recording. Charles Pierce (female impersonator) Charles Pierce (July 14, 1926 – May 31, 1999) was one of the 20th century's foremost female impersonators, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis. Born in Watertown, New York, he began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY. He branched out into a comedy routine, attired in tuxedo, yet managing to evoke eerily convincing imitations of popular movie actresses. Eschewing the term ""drag queen"", which he hated, he billed himself as a ""male actress"". Initially playing in"
"Charles Pierce (female impersonator) Charles Pierce (July 14, 1926 – May 31, 1999) was one of the 20th century's foremost female impersonators, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis. Born in Watertown, New York, he began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY. He branched out into a comedy routine, attired in tuxedo, yet managing to evoke eerily convincing imitations of popular movie actresses. Eschewing the term ""drag queen"", which he hated, he billed himself as a ""male actress"". Initially playing in small gay clubs, his fame spread. He took up"
"Betty Davis Betty Davis (née Mabry; born July 26, 1945) is an American funk and soul singer. She is known as one of the most influential voices of the funk era and a performer who was known for her memorable live shows. Born in 1945, Betty Mabry grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and just outside Pittsburgh. On her grandmother’s farm in Reidsville, North Carolina, she listened to B.B. King, Jimmy Reed, and Elmore James and other blues musicians. One of the first songs she wrote, at the age of twelve, was called ""I’m Going to Bake That Cake of"
"Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. She married director William Keighley in 1938 and made only a few more films; her final film before retirement was ""No Time for Comedy"" (1940), with James Stewart and Rosalind Russell. She remained married to Keighley until his death in 1984. Genevieve Tobin Genevieve Tobin (November 29, 1899 – July 31, 1995) was an American actress. Tobin was born in New York City on November 29, 1899. Her father, Thomas Tobin, a bank clerk who later became a racetrack bookmaker, was born in Nova Scotia, Canada and her mother, Genevieve, was born in Washington, D.C."
"In 1998, for her portrayal of Bette, Noone was nominated in the category of ""Female Scene Stealer"" at the ""Soap Opera Digest"" Awards. Bette Katzenkazrahi Bette Katzenkazrahi (nee Douglas; formerly Duke, Lakin, Goodman, Kennedy, and Davis) is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera ""Sunset Beach"", played by Kathleen Noone. Noone was cast into the role after previously appearing on daytime television for a number of years appearing in rival soap opera ""All My Children"". Noone signed a new contract with the serial in August 1999, she also incorrectly predicted that ""Sunset Beach"" would not be axed by"
"Bette Katzenkazrahi Bette Katzenkazrahi (nee Douglas; formerly Duke, Lakin, Goodman, Kennedy, and Davis) is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera ""Sunset Beach"", played by Kathleen Noone. Noone was cast into the role after previously appearing on daytime television for a number of years appearing in rival soap opera ""All My Children"". Noone signed a new contract with the serial in August 1999, she also incorrectly predicted that ""Sunset Beach"" would not be axed by NBC. During the entire run, Bette was a much beloved person. Although she always knew the newest gossip and eventually ended up hired"
"found my place in the world.” Cathy Davis Cathy Davis (born c. 1952 in Winnfield, Louisiana, United States) is an American (former) female boxer. Her nickname was ""Cat"". Davis became popular in United States by fighting often on television. She fought in various areas of the country, including Nevada, California, and much of the Northwest. Her only bouts that would ultimately be officially recognized, however, would be five bouts which were held in the Northeast. Davis made history in August 1978, by becoming the first, and, until Ronda Rousey in January 2016, only woman to be on the cover of"
"Bette Davis (played by Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, respectively). Dominic Patten of ""Deadline Hollywood"" found Zeta-Jones to be ""wonderfully cast"" and Sonia Saraiya of ""Variety"" praised her for providing ""the best turn in the show"". Displeased with an ""unauthorized use of her name and identity"" in the series, de Havilland, at 101 years old, sued the network and producers of ""Feud"" for invasion of privacy and other personality rights. The lawsuit was later dismissed by a California appellate court. In 2018, Zeta-Jones starred as the drug lord Griselda Blanco in the Lifetime television film ""Cocaine Godmother"". Despite her character's"
"Bette Davis, notorious for refusing to bow to the studio bosses, were two of the biggest Hollywood stars of their time. Their rivalry exploded during their work together on the horror film ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" and became a public feud that lasted the rest of their lives. Based on interviews the author conducted with both actresses and more than a decade of research, the book shows the hard-drinking, hard-fighting, and fading stars at their best and worst. The Crawford-Davis rivalry is the inspiration for the 2017 Ryan Murphy TV series ""Feud."" Crawford is played by Jessica Lange"
"Bette Ford Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein; June 24, 1927) is an American actress and model turned professional bullfighter. She was the first American woman to fight on foot in the Plaza México, the world's largest bullfight arena. Born as Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein in McKeesport, Pennsylvania in 1927, she and her brother were raised by relatives after being abandoned, first by their mother and then later, by their father. After graduating from high school in 1945, she began her career as a model and actress in New York, where her modeling credits included stints as the Jantzen Bathing Suit"
"Cathy Davis Cathy Davis (born c. 1952 in Winnfield, Louisiana, United States) is an American (former) female boxer. Her nickname was ""Cat"". Davis became popular in United States by fighting often on television. She fought in various areas of the country, including Nevada, California, and much of the Northwest. Her only bouts that would ultimately be officially recognized, however, would be five bouts which were held in the Northeast. Davis made history in August 1978, by becoming the first, and, until Ronda Rousey in January 2016, only woman to be on the cover of Ring Magazine. Some of her fights"
"Phyllis Davis Phyllis Ann Davis (July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. She was most notably a part of the cast of the Aaron Spelling-produced dramatic series ""Vega$,"" which was shot entirely on location in Las Vegas, Nevada throughout its prime time run. Davis acted in the role of Beatrice Travis, secretary of Dan Tanna (Robert Urich), the private investigator who was the show's main character. Davis appeared in all 66 prime-time episodes of the show. ""Vega$"" aired from 1978 to 1981 on ABC. Phyllis Davis was born and raised in"
"Betsi Cadwaladr Betsi Cadwaladr (24 May 1789 – 17 July 1860), also known as Beti Cadwaladr and Betsi Davis, worked as a nurse in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale, although their different social backgrounds were a source of constant disagreement. Her name today is synonymous with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (), the largest health organisation in Wales. In 2016, she was named as one of ""the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time"". and was placed ahead of such famous Welsh individuals as the singer Tom Jones, the actor Anthony Hopkins, T.E. Lawrence and Ivor"
"Betty, Bette and Beth are also used for Bettina. It is the stage name used by Bettina Bush, a voice actor and singer who was the original voice of ""Rainbow Brite"". It also was the professional name of Simone Micheline Graziani, one of the most famous fashion models of the 1950s and an early muse of designer Hubert de Givenchy - Simone was given the name ""Bettina"" by designer Pierre Balmain. There was also a very short-lived town named Bettina, Texas, named after Bettina von Arnim, across the Llano River from Castell, Texas. ""Bettina"" was the name of the woman"
"The Davis Sisters (country band) The Davis Sisters were an American country music duo consisting of two unrelated singers, Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis. One of the original female country groups, they are best known for their 1953 No. 1 country hit ""I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"" and the duo's debut single ""Jealous Love"" on Fortune Records. The Davis Sisters were not related; Skeeter Davis was the stage name of Mary Frances Penick. She met Betty Jack Davis at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood, Kentucky in 1947. They formed a close relationship as friends and musicians."
"in the near future, the producers opted to close the show, but not before Bette Davis's understudy Lenore Korman took over the role. But the production ended up losing $320,000 of the investment. There is an undocumented rumor that Bette Davis wanted no part of this musical and she had from the very beginning found a woman in the singing ensemble who had a most fabulous voice, to eventually take over the role after Davis feigned all her illness. The star's rehabilitation ultimately kept her unemployed for the next three years. That also was an unverified ruse and Davis simply"
"reached no. 97 in 1975. Davis released two more studio albums, ""They Say I'm Different"" (1974) and her major label debut on Island Records ""Nasty Gal"" (1975). None of the three albums was a commercial success. Davis remained a cult figure as a singer, due in part to her open sexual attitude, which was controversial for the time. Some of her shows were boycotted, and her songs were not played on the radio due to pressure by religious groups and the NAACP. Both ""Betty Davis"" (1973) and ""They Say I'm Different"" (1974) were re-released by Light in the Attic Records"
"in the 1980s. Davis died of cancer on September 27, 2013, in Henderson, Nevada, where she had made her home. She was 73. Phyllis Davis Phyllis Ann Davis (July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. She was most notably a part of the cast of the Aaron Spelling-produced dramatic series ""Vega$,"" which was shot entirely on location in Las Vegas, Nevada throughout its prime time run. Davis acted in the role of Beatrice Travis, secretary of Dan Tanna (Robert Urich), the private investigator who was the show's main character. Davis appeared"
"Betty McGlown Betty McGlown-Travis (June 30, 1941 – January 12, 2008) was an American singer, a member of The Primettes, later better known known as The Supremes. In 1959, McGlown started dating future Temptations member Paul Williams, who was then singing with the Primes. Around the same time, the Primes' booking agent and manager Milton Jenkins was scouting the Detroit neighborhoods looking for girls to become part of the Primes' sister act. After he discovered Florence Ballard, Ballard set about recruiting other girls she knew, quickly asking Mary Wilson. Primes member Paul Williams asked Diana Ross to join. Due to"
"as a child, singing the Anglican hymn ""All Things Bright and Beautiful"". Leaving school with no formal qualifications, Hopkins began working in a grocery shop. In 1969, she entered a local talent contest, and after coming in second place, was inspired to pursue a career in singing. Responding to a newspaper advertisement, she found work as a backing singer for Bobby Wayne & the Dixies before forming her own soul band called Imagination. It was around this time that she changed her name to Sherene Davis, to avoid being confused with Welsh folk singer Mary Hopkin. In 1975, Davis was"
"Bette Davis filmography This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. Davis began acting in films in 1931, initially as a contract player with Universal Studios, where she made her film debut in ""Bad Sister"" (1931). Davis was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career. Davis made a transition to Warner Brothers in 1932, and made her breakthrough performance in ""The Man Who Played God"" (1932), opposite George Arliss. She continued in a succession of films, but did not gain further recognition until she agreed to star in"
"Bebe Daniels Phyllis Virginia ""Bebe"" Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as ""42nd Street"", and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career, Daniels appeared in 230 films. Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a travelling theater manager, Scottish-born Melville Daniel MacMeal who changed his name to Danny Daniels after a"
"Ford Rainey, Donald Moffat, Whit Bissell and Royal Dano also appear. Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film directed by Milton Katselas and starring Bette Davis and Gena Rowlands. It was broadcast May 13, 1979 on CBS. Davis won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her performance. Bette Davis stars as Lucy Mason, an embittered New England widow who, after an estrangement of 20 years, is reunited with her daughter Abigail (Gena Rowlands). The two women attempt"
"B. D. Hyman Barbara Davis Hyman (née Sherry; born May 1, 1947) is an American author and pastor. She is the daughter of Bette Davis. Born in Santa Ana, California, she is the daughter of film star Bette Davis and artist William Grant Sherry and was adopted in 1950 by Davis's fourth husband, Gary Merrill. She took back her surname Sherry upon turning 16 years old, claiming that she wished to distance herself from Merrill. She appeared briefly (uncredited) as an infant in her mother's film ""Payment on Demand"" (1951). Under the screen name B. D. Merrill, she played a"
"Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She made her film debut in 1980's ""My Bodyguard"", before receiving critical acclaim for her role in ""Flashdance"" (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Beals appeared in several notable films including ""Devil in a Blue Dress"" (1995), ""The Last Days of Disco"" (1998), ""Roger Dodger"" (2002), ""The Book of Eli"" (2010) and ""Before I Fall"" (2017). She starred as Bette Porter on"
"Carole Davis Carole Raphaelle Davis (born 17 February 1958) is a model, actress, singer/songwriter and writer. Davis was born in London, England to a French mother and American father. As a child, she spent some time in Scotland, France, Italy and Thailand, before moving to New York City as a teenager. She attended the City University of New York, majoring in Chinese studies and political science. She then completed the two-year programme at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In 1978, Davis posed for Playboy. In 1980, she posed for Penthouse magazine under the name Tamara Kapitas, becoming Penthouse"