{"id":111,"date":"2022-01-25T19:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.223.111.131\/bette-davis\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2022-01-25T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T22:31:39","slug":"fast-facts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bettedavis.com\/index.php\/fast-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"111\" class=\"elementor elementor-111\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4612ec1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4612ec1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3187c4\" data-id=\"a3187c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93e279f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93e279f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAST FACTS<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c696629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c696629\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Birth Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Ruth Elizabeth Davis<br \/><strong>Nickname:<\/strong>\u00a0The Fifth Warner Brother, Fred, The First Lady of American Screen<\/p><p><strong>Birth Date:<\/strong>\u00a0April 5, 1908<br \/><strong>Birth Place:<\/strong>\u00a0Lowell, Massachusetts<br \/><strong>Death Date<\/strong>: October 6, 1989<br \/><strong>Death Place:<\/strong>\u00a0American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France<br \/><strong>Burial Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills; Courts of Remembrance, Los Angeles, California<\/p><p><strong>Height:<\/strong>\u00a05\u20193 \u00bd\u201d<br \/><strong>Hair Color:<\/strong>\u00a0Brown<br \/><strong>Eye Color:<\/strong>\u00a0Blue<br \/><strong>Measurements:<\/strong>\u00a034C-21-34 (36C-25-35 in 1940)<\/p><p><strong>Occupation:<\/strong>\u00a0Actress, author, producer<br \/><strong>Nationality:<\/strong>\u00a0American<br \/><strong>Schooling:<\/strong>\u00a0Attended Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; Mariarden School of Dancing; studied acting at Robert Milton-John Murray Anderson School of the Theatre, New York.<br \/><strong>Famous Tagline\/Quote:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cOld age is no place for sissies.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Parents:<\/strong>\u00a0Harlow Morrell Davis and Ruthie Favor Davis<br \/><strong>Siblings:<\/strong>\u00a0Barbara Davis<br \/><strong>Children:<\/strong>\u00a0B.D. (Barbara Davis Sherry) Hyman, Michael Merrill, Margot Merrill Spouse(s): Married Harmon Oscar Nelson (a bandleader), August 18, 1932 (divorced); married Arthur Farnsworth (a businessman), December, 1940 (died, August, 1943); married William Grant Sherry (an artist), November 30, 1945 (divorced); married Gary Merrill (an actor), August, 1950 (divorced);<\/p><p><strong>Broadway Debut:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBroken Dishes\u201d (1929)<br \/><strong>Film Debut:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cBad Sister\u201d (1931)<\/p><p><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><br \/>\u2013 On her tombstone is written \u201cShe did it the hard way.\u201d<br \/>\u2013 Lucille Ball was her classmate at John Murray Anderson\u2019s Dramatic School.<br \/>\u2013 Joan Crawford and Davis had feuded for years and during the making of \u201cWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\u201d Bette had a Coca-Cola machine installed on the set due to Joan Crawford\u2019s affiliation with Pepsi. (Joan was the widow of Pepsi\u2019s CEO.) Joan got her revenge by putting weights in her pockets when Davis had to drag Crawford across the floor during certain scenes.<br \/>\u2013 Nominated for an amazing 10 Best Actress Oscars She won the Best Actress Oscar twice, for \u201cDangerous\u201d in 1935 and \u201cJezebel\u201d in 1938.<br \/>\u2013 In 1977, Bette was the first woman to receive the American Film Institute\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award.<br \/>\u2013 In 1980, she was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, the Defense Department\u2019s highest civilian award, for founding and running the Hollywood Canteen during World War II.<br \/>\u2013 Her real Christian name was Ruth. 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