About
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...
Known for
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950
The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958
ThrillerSeries • 1960
SuspenseSeries • 1949
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
The Children's HourMovie • 1961
The Secret Life of Walter MittyMovie • 1947
JezebelMovie • 1938
Woman of the YearMovie • 1942
Make Way for TomorrowMovie • 1937
Quality StreetMovie • 1937
The VirginianMovie • 1946
State FairMovie • 1945
The Human ComedyMovie • 1943
Dark WatersMovie • 1944
Babes on BroadwayMovie • 1941
The Shining HourMovie • 1938
Our TownMovie • 1940
Deep ValleyMovie • 1947