1908–1929: Childhood and early acting career
Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as "Betty", was born on April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of … 查看更多內容

Davis collapsed during the American Cinema Awards in 1989, and later discovered that her cancer had returned. She recovered sufficiently to travel to Spain, where … 查看更多內容

Davis established several Oscar milestones. Among them, she became the first person to earn five consecutive Academy Award nominations for acting, all in the Best … 查看更多內容

• Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code)
• Classical Hollywood cinema 查看更多內容

• Bret, David (2006). Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-1868-9.
• Carr, Larry (1979). More Fabulous Faces: The Evolution and Metamorphosis of Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Dolores del Río, Carole … 查看更多內容

As early as 1936, Graham Greene summarized Davis:
Even the most inconsiderable film ... seemed temporarily better than they were because of that precise, nervy voice, the pale ash-blond hair, the popping, neurotic eyes, a kind of … 查看更多內容

• Bad Sister (1931)
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
• The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
• The Working Man (1933)
• Parachute Jumper (1933) 查看更多內容