Take a look through Davis's life in pictures below. Bette Davis made her film debut in the Universal Studios movie Bad Sister. The film, a pre-Code drama about a young woman who falls for a con ...

Davis was also reportedly worried that Merrill would eventually end up hurting her ... single for the rest of her life. "Love is a big joke on all of us," Bette said. "I chose very foolishly ...

“Stardust: The Bette Davis Story,” which premieres today ... And so she remained, to the end of her life and mostly by the force of her own will, a Big Star, with the cigarette going and ...

"I named it after the rear end of my husband ... happened in my personal life." New England-born Ruth Elizabeth Davis changed the spelling of her nickname Betty to "Bette" to become more memorable ...

It was then that I began to live what was to become for a long time my version of the lonely life. We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to. — Bette Davis In those ...

In fact, in its 1939 article, LIFE’s writer Noel F ... Clark Gable and a handful of other legitimately iconic figures, Bette Davis was a spellbinding talent (i.e,. someone with genuine acting ...

Ed Sikov's new biography of Bette Davis, Dark Victory, is for people who love old movies and great acting. Readers who adore celebrity life stories and Hollywood dish will be sorely disappointed.

Davis was also reportedly worried that Merrill would eventually end up hurting her ... single for the rest of her life. "Love ...