"Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth ""Bette"" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. With a career spanning 60 years, she is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history. She was noted for playing unsympathetic, sardonic characters, and was famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films, suspense horror, and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in the summer of 1930. However,"
"among others. The crypt of Edith and Loyal Davis is located in the marble mausoleum in Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery in Phoenix. Edith Luckett Davis Edith Prescott Luckett Davis (July 16, 1888 – October 26, 1987) was a film and Broadway stage actress in the 1910s and 1920s. She was the mother of Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and mother-in-law of US president Ronald Reagan. Edith Luckett, nicknamed ""Lucky"", was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the ninth and youngest child of Sarah Frances (Whitlock) and Charles Edward Luckett. She grew up in Washington,"
"admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and three times divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 film, television, and theater roles to her credit during her six-decade-long career. In 1999, Davis was placed second behind Katharine Hepburn on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema. Ruth Elizabeth Davis,"
"Ruth Gordon Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, she gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her seventies and eighties. Her later work included performances in ""Rosemary's Baby"" (1968), ""Harold and Maude"" (1971), and the Clint Eastwood films ""Every Which Way but Loose"" (1978) and ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980). In addition to her acting career, Gordon"
"Patti Davis Patricia Ann Davis (born Patricia Ann Reagan; October 21, 1952) is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) and his second wife, First Lady Nancy Reagan (1921–2016). Patricia Ann Reagan was born to Ronald and Nancy Reagan on October 21, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. She is the older sister of Ron Reagan, and the younger sister of Michael Reagan and the late Maureen Reagan. She went to grade school at The John Thomas Dye School in Bel Air, and graduated from the Orme School of Arizona in 1970. She"
"Edith Luckett Davis Edith Prescott Luckett Davis (July 16, 1888 – October 26, 1987) was a film and Broadway stage actress in the 1910s and 1920s. She was the mother of Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and mother-in-law of US president Ronald Reagan. Edith Luckett, nicknamed ""Lucky"", was born in Petersburg, Virginia, the ninth and youngest child of Sarah Frances (Whitlock) and Charles Edward Luckett. She grew up in Washington, D.C., as her father worked for the Adams Express Company. Known for her vivacious and outgoing personality and style. Luckett began acting at"
"Elizabeth A. Davis Elizabeth Anne Davis (born October 19, 1980) known professionally as Elizabeth A. Davis, is an American actress and musician known for her work in the musical ""Once"", receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2012. Elizabeth Anne Davis was born in Dumas, Texas, and raised in Channing, Texas, the daughter of Melody (née Brown) and Frank Davis. She also has a brother named Jonathan. Her father is the former superintendent of the Channing Independent School District, and both of her parents are involved in the arts. Her mother is a former"
"Ruth White (actress) Ruth Patricia White (April 24, 1914December 3, 1969) was an American actress who worked in theatre, film, and television. She was an Emmy Award and Obie Award winner and also a Tony Award nominee. A lifelong resident of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, White attended St. Mary's High School and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Literature from New Jersey College for Women, now Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University in 1935. While pursuing her acting career in nearby New York City, she taught acting and drama at Seton Hall University. During this period, she also studied acting with"
"a Golden Boot Award in 1994 for her contributions to western cinema. Gail Davis Gail Davis (born Betty Jeanne Grayson, October 5, 1925 – March 15, 1997) was an American actress, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television Western series ""Annie Oakley"". The daughter of a small town physician, Davis was born in a Little Rock, Arkansas, hospital, but was raised in McGehee until her family moved to Little Rock. She had been singing and dancing since childhood. After graduating from Little Rock High School, she studied at the Harcum Junior College for Girls"
"Supporting Actress. In 2018, Davis starred as Veronica Rawlings in Steve McQueen's heist film ""Widows"". Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are the founders of the production company JuVee Productions. Aside from acting, Davis is also widely regarded for her advocacy and support of the civil rights movement and equal rights for women and women of color, and identifies as a feminist. In 2012 and 2017, she was listed by ""Time"" magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Davis was born on August 11, 1965, in St. Matthews, South Carolina, the daughter of Mary Alice"
"Ruth Nelson (actress) Ruth Nelson (August 2, 1905 – September 12, 1992) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her roles in such films as ""Wilson"", ""A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"", ""Humoresque"", ""3 Women"", ""The Late Show"" and ""Awakenings"". She was the wife of John Cromwell, whom she acted alongside on multiple occasions. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Nelson was the daughter of vaudeville actress Eva Mudge. She attended Immaculate Heart Convent School in Los Angeles and went on to study at the American Laboratory Theatre in New York City during the early 1920s. Nelson made her"
"Mary Jane Croft Mary Jane Croft (February 15, 1916 – August 24, 1999) was an American actress best known for her roles as Betty Ramsey on ""I Love Lucy"", Ms. Daisy Enright on the radio and television versions of ""Our Miss Brooks"", Mary Jane Lewis on ""The Lucy Show"" and ""Here's Lucy"", and Clara Randolph on ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". Described as ""a stage-struck 17-year-old just out of high school"", she started her career on the stage of the Muncie Civic Theatre. She quickly joined the Guild Theatre company, a new theatrical stock company in Cincinnati, Ohio. From"
"Betty Thomas Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser, July 27, 1947) is an American actress, director, and producer of television and motion pictures. She is known for her Emmy Award-winning role as Lucy Bates on the television series ""Hill Street Blues"". As of March 2018, Thomas is one of just two directors (and the only solo director) to have multiple films on the list of seventeen highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Additionally, all of her films are in the top twenty five highest-US-grossing female-directed films. Thomas was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1947 to Nancy (née Brown) and William H. Nienhauser,"
"known from early childhood as ""Bette"", was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harlow Morrell Davis (1885 - 1938), a law student from Augusta, Maine, and subsequently a patent attorney, and Ruth Augusta (née Favór; 1885 - 1961), from Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. Bette's younger sister was Barbara Harriet. In 1915, Davis' parents separated, and Bette attended a spartan boarding school called Crestalban in Lanesborough in the Berkshires. In 1921, Ruth Davis moved to New York City with her daughters, where she worked as a portrait photographer. Betty later changed the spelling of her name to ""Bette"""
"film star, Bette Davis was one of her pupils. She died in her thirties on 16 July 1926 in Asheville, North Carolina. from appendicitis. Roshanara copyrighted ten of her dances. Craddock has been compared to the American dancer Ruth St. Denis who popularised oriental style dances in America. Although Craddock had been trained in India she devoted her time to improving the perfection of her dance. Ruth St. Denis was inspired by Oriental style dance and she founded her own dance school where her students included Martha Graham. Craddock never established her own school and this is considered the reason"
"Nancy Reagan Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress and the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. She was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was born in New York City. After her parents separated, she lived in Maryland with an aunt and uncle for several years. When her mother remarried in 1929, she moved to Chicago and later took the name Davis from her stepfather. As Nancy Davis, she was a Hollywood actress in the 1940s"
"She and Lewis remained wed until Lewis' death in 1990. Croft had a son, Eric, by her first marriage, who was killed in action during the Vietnam War. Mary Jane Croft Mary Jane Croft (February 15, 1916 – August 24, 1999) was an American actress best known for her roles as Betty Ramsey on ""I Love Lucy"", Ms. Daisy Enright on the radio and television versions of ""Our Miss Brooks"", Mary Jane Lewis on ""The Lucy Show"" and ""Here's Lucy"", and Clara Randolph on ""The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"". Described as ""a stage-struck 17-year-old just out of high school"","
"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"
"Miss Inch), Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Birds"" (as Mrs. MacGruder, the pet store saleslady), ""Boys' Night Out"", ""Dear Heart"", ""The Shakiest Gun in the West"", ""Angel in My Pocket"", ""The Love God?"", ""Change of Habit"", ""The War Between Men and Women"", and ""Mixed Company"". McDevitt died, aged 80, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Ruth McDevitt Ruth McDevitt (September 13, 1895 – May 27, 1976) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. She was born Ruth Thane Shoecraft in Coldwater, Michigan. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she married"
"editor and an associate producer. In 1984, Foster reprised her role as Melinda Foster in the Made-for-TV-Movies ""Little House: Bless All the Dear Children"" and ""Little House: The Last Farewell"". Foster danced professionally in the Palm Springs and Branson Follies until the age of 85. Foster married comedian Bobby Pinkus, aka Peter J. Accardy, in 1939. Accardy died on September 16, 1986. She died of natural causes in Del Mar, California at the age of 92. Several ""Little House"" cast-mates attended her funeral services. Ruth Foster Ruth E. Foster (January 29, 1920 – May 12, 2012) was an American actress"
"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 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"
"Gail Davis Gail Davis (born Betty Jeanne Grayson, October 5, 1925 – March 15, 1997) was an American actress, best known for her starring role as Annie Oakley in the 1950s television Western series ""Annie Oakley"". The daughter of a small town physician, Davis was born in a Little Rock, Arkansas, hospital, but was raised in McGehee until her family moved to Little Rock. She had been singing and dancing since childhood. After graduating from Little Rock High School, she studied at the Harcum Junior College for Girls in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, before completing her education at the University of"
"Rosalind Russell Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy ""His Girl Friday"" (1940), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in ""Auntie Mame"" (1958) and Rose in ""Gypsy"" (1962). A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show ""Wonderful Town"" (a"
"Essie Davis Esther Davis (born 7 January 1970), better known by the stage name Essie Davis, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in ""Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries"" and Amelia Vanek in ""The Babadook"". Other major work has included a recurring role as actress Lady Crane in season six of the television series ""Game of Thrones"", and the role of Elizabeth Woodville in the television series ""The White Princess"", an adaptation of Philippa Gregory's historical novel. Davis was brought up on the outskirts of Hobart. She is the daughter of local artist George"
"end in 1992. Rosalind Russell Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy ""His Girl Friday"" (1940), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in ""Auntie Mame"" (1958) and Rose in ""Gypsy"" (1962). A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show"
"who co-starred in ""Maxie,"" one of Gordon's last films, ""... and it kept her ageless."""" In August 1979, a small theater in Westboro, Massachusetts, and in November 1984, an outdoor amphitheater in Quincy, Massachusetts were named in her honor. Ruth Gordon Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinctive personality, she gained international recognition and critical acclaim for film roles that continued into her seventies and"
"Elizabeth Hubbard Elizabeth Hubbard (born December 22, 1933) is an American film, soap opera, stage and television actress, best known for her role as Dr. Althea Davis on ""The Doctors"" (1964-69, 1970-78, 1981-82) and powerful businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on ""As the World Turns"" (1984-2010). She also played roles on ""The Edge of Night"", ""One Life to Live"", and ""Guiding Light"". Hubbard was born in New York City to Elizabeth Wright Hubbard and Benjamin Alldritt Hubbard. Her mother, a physician, was a pioneer in homeopathy and one of the first women to earn a medical degree from Columbia University. She had"
"Ruth Stonehouse Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley Stonehouse (1869–1958) and Georgia C. Worster on September 28, 1892 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her sister, Hazel, who was a year"
"Ruth Draper Ruth Draper (December 2, 1884December 30, 1956) was an American actress, dramatist and noted diseuse who specialized in character-driven monologues and monodrama. Her best-known pieces include ""The Italian Lesson"", ""Three Women and Mr. Clifford"", ""Doctors and Diets"", and ""A Church in Italy"". Ruth Draper was born in New York City, the youngest child of Dr. William Henry and Ruth (née Dana) Draper. Her father, who was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, had the affluence to support a large family with the help of several servants. Ruth Draper's mother was the daughter of Charles Anderson Dana, editor and publisher of"
"memories long after the more essential concerns of plot and character have been all but forgotten."" In 1942, Russell was divorced, with a young son. Elizabeth Russell (actress) Elizabeth Russell (August 2, 1916 – May 4, 2002) was an American actress. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was best known for her roles in several of producer Val Lewton's low-budget horror films produced at RKO Pictures in the mid-1940s. She was a sister-in-law to actress Rosalind Russell. When she was chosen for a part in ""Cat People"" (1942), Russell was a model who acted part-time. In his book ""Fearing the Dark:"
"Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. She was survived by two first cousins. Ruth Clifford Ruth Clifford (February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998) was an American actress of leading roles in silent films, whose career lasted from silent days into the television era. Clifford was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the daughter of parents who were both born in England. Following her mother's death when Ruth was 11, she and her sister were placed in St. Mary's Seminary in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Four years later, they went to Los Angeles to live with their actress aunt. Clifford got work as"
"in ""Resurrected"" (1989), and appeared in ""A Sense of Guilt"". She later was cast in ""The Object of Beauty"" (1991) alongside John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell which received a lukewarm reception from critics, and the 1995 film ""Frankie Starlight"". Davies has retired from acting and keeps out of the public eye. She is married to actor and writer Mick Ford. Rudi Davies Ruth Emmanuella Davies (born 24 March 1965), known professionally as Rudi Davies, is an English actress, the daughter of Alan Sharp (1934-2013) and the writer, Dame Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010). Davies began her acting career as Penny Lewis in"