Fay Bainter
Acting
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
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Mrs. Mitty
Age 53 (now 74)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
Age 94 (now 74)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 89 (now 74)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Mrs. Mitty
Age 53 (now 74)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Age 48 (now 74)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Stella Livingston Hadley
Age 48 (now 74)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
Age 45 (now 74)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 45 (now 74)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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Fay Okell Bainter
IMDB
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