Fay Bainter

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 Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Cast

Jezebel

(Aunt Belle Massey)

The Children's Hour

(Amelia Tilford)

Woman of the Year

(Ellen Whitcomb)

Our Town

(Mrs Gibbs)

The Heavenly Body

(Margaret Sibyll)

State Fair

(Melissa Frake)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

(Mrs. Mitty)

Make Way for Tomorrow

(Anita Cooper)

Dark Waters

(Aunt Emily)

Presenting Lily Mars

(Mrs. Thornway)

Journey for Margaret

(Trudy Strauss)

Babes on Broadway

(Miss Jones)

Deep Valley

(Ellie Saul)

The Soldier and the Lady

(Strogoff's Mother)

The Human Comedy

(Mrs. Macauley)

Quality Street

(Susan Throssel)

Cry 'Havoc'

(Captain Marsh)

Young Tom Edison

(Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison)

Salute to the Marines

(Jennie Bailey)

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

(Stella Livingston Hadley)

The President's Lady

(Mrs. Donaldson)

A Bill of Divorcement

(Margaret "Meg" Fairfield)

White Banners

(Hannah)

June Bride

(Paula Winthrop)

The Kid from Brooklyn

(Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne)

The Shining Hour

(Hannah Linden)

Daughters Courageous

(Nancy 'Nan' Masters)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

3 Is a Family

(Frances Whittaker)

Maryland

(Charlotte Danfield)

Mother Carey's Chickens

(Mrs. Margaret Carey)

The Lady and the Mob

(Hattie Leonard)

Close to My Heart

(Mrs. Morrow)

The Arkansas Traveler

(Mrs. Martha Allen)

Give My Regards to Broadway

(Fay Norwick)

Yes, My Darling Daughter

(Ann Murray)

This Side of Heaven

(Francene Turner)

The Virginian

(Mrs. Taylor)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

(Mrs. Elvira Wiggs)

Our Neighbors - The Carters

Breakdowns of 1938

(Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited))

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

(Self)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

(Self (archive footage))

Mr. Gardenia Jones

(Emmy Jones)

And the Oscar Goes To...

(Self (archive footage))

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

(Self)

Studio One

(Aunt Valerie)

Thriller

(Geraldine Redfern)

Lux Video Theatre

(Innkeeper's Wife)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Adventures in Paradise

(Sister Josephine)

The Donna Reed Show

Matinee Theater

Suspense

(Natalie MacLaird)

Robert Montgomery Presents

Dr. Kildare

(Sister Mike)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(Jenny)

Lux Video Theatre

(Annie Keeney)

Lux Video Theatre

(Mrs. Grier)

Lux Video Theatre

(Mrs. Hughes)

Robert Montgomery Presents

(Bella Fleace)

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self - Actress)

Studio One

(Mrs. Morgan)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(Mary Caulfield)