Personal Info
Known Credits
46
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1893-12-07 (132 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known For
Fay Okell Bainter
Fay Bainter
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
1988 --
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
| Self (archive footage)
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 --
The Children's Hour
| Amelia Tilford
1953 --
The President's Lady
| Mrs. Donaldson
1951 --
Close to My Heart
| Mrs. Morrow
1948 --
June Bride
| Paula Winthrop
1948 --
Give My Regards to Broadway
| Fay Norwick
1947 --
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
| Mrs. Mitty
1947 --
Deep Valley
| Ellie Saul
1946 --
The Virginian
| Mrs. Taylor
1946 --
The Kid from Brooklyn
| Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1945 --
State Fair
| Melissa Frake
1944 --
3 Is a Family
| Frances Whittaker
1944 --
Dark Waters
| Aunt Emily
1944 --
The Heavenly Body
| Margaret Sibyll
1943 --
Cry 'Havoc'
| Captain Marsh
1943 --
Salute to the Marines
| Jennie Bailey
1943 --
Presenting Lily Mars
| Mrs. Thornway
1943 --
The Human Comedy
| Mrs. Macauley
1942 --
Journey for Margaret
| Trudy Strauss
1942 --
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
| Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
1942 --
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
| Stella Livingston Hadley
1942 --
Mr. Gardenia Jones
| Emmy Jones
1942 --
Woman of the Year
| Ellen Whitcomb
1941 --
Babes on Broadway
| Miss Jones
1940 --
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
| Self
1940 --
Maryland
| Charlotte Danfield
1940 --
A Bill of Divorcement
| Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
1940 --
Our Town
| Mrs Gibbs
1940 --
Young Tom Edison
| Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1939 --
Our Neighbors - The Carters
|
1939 --
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
| Self
1939 --
Daughters Courageous
| Nancy 'Nan' Masters
1939 --
The Lady and the Mob
| Hattie Leonard
1939 --
Yes, My Darling Daughter
| Ann Murray
1938 --
Breakdowns of 1938
| Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938 --
The Shining Hour
| Hannah Linden
1938 --
The Arkansas Traveler
| Mrs. Martha Allen
1938 --
Mother Carey's Chickens
| Mrs. Margaret Carey
1938 --
White Banners
| Hannah
1938 --
Jezebel
| Aunt Belle Massey
1937 --
Make Way for Tomorrow
| Anita Cooper
1937 --
The Soldier and the Lady
| Strogoff's Mother
1937 --
Quality Street
| Susan Throssel
1934 --
This Side of Heaven
| Francene Turner