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Bette Davis Acting Filmography (176)

Madonna: Madame X
2021·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019·(archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018·Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
2017·Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017·Self (archive footage)
Listen to Me Marlon
2015·Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014·Self - Actress (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013·Self (archive footage)
Footsteps on the Ceiling
2013·Margo Channing (archive footage)
Marilyn at the Movies
2011·Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009·Self (archive footage)
The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka
2009·Self (archive footage)
Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis
2009·Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007·Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006·Self (archive footage)
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006·Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006·Self (archive footage)
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
2005·Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005·Queen Elizabeth (archive footage)
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005·Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002·Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001·Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001·(archive footage)
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000·Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997·Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997·Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996·Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis
1996·Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994·Self (archive footage)
All About Bette
1994·Self
Wicked Stepmother
1989·Miranda Pierpoint
Hairway to the Stars
1989·Self [Archive Footage]
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988·Self (archive footage)
The Whales of August
1987·Libby Strong
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987·(archive footage)
Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française
1986·Self
As Summers Die
1986·Hannah Loftin
Directed by William Wyler
1986·Self
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986·archive footage
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985·Self (archive footage)
Murder with Mirrors
1985·Carrie Louise Serrocold
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Right of Way
1983·Miniature Dwyer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983·Self
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982·(in "Deception") (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·Self (archive footage)
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
1982·Esther McDonald Cimino
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982·Self (archive footage)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Family Reunion
1981·Elizabeth Winfield
The Watcher in the Woods
1980·Mrs. Aylwood
White Mama
1980·Estelle Malone
Skyward
1980·Billie Dupree
The Horror Show
1979·(archive footage)
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979·Lucy Mason
Death on the Nile
1978·Marie Van Schuyler
Return from Witch Mountain
1978·Letha Wedge
Mickey's 50
1978·Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978·Marie Van Schuyler
Burnt Offerings
1976·Aunt Elizabeth
The Disappearance of Aimee
1976·Minnie Kennedy
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
1974·Mother
Miss Moffat
1974·Miss Moffat
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973·Mrs. Elliott
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973·Self (archive footage)
Madame Sin
1972·Madame Sin
The Scopone Game
1972·'A vecchia
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972·Judge Meredith
Bette Davis
1972·Self
Bunny O'Hare
1971·Bunny O'Hare
Connecting Rooms
1970·Wanda Fleming
The Anniversary
1968·Mrs. Taggart
The Nanny
1965·Nanny
The Decorator
1965·Liz
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964·Charlotte Hollis
Dead Ringer
1964·Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips
Where Love Has Gone
1964·Mrs. Gerald Hayden
The Empty Canvas
1963·Dino's Mother
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962·Baby Jane Hudson
Pocketful of Miracles
1961·Apple Annie
John Paul Jones
1959·Empress Catherine the Great
The Scapegoat
1959·Countess
Storm Center
1956·Alicia Hull
The Catered Affair
1956·Mrs. Agnes Hurley
The Virgin Queen
1955·Queen Elizabeth I
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952·Marie Hoke
The Star
1952·Margaret Elliot
Another Man's Poison
1951·Janet Frobisher
Payment on Demand
1951·Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson)
All About Eve
1950·Margo Channing
Beyond the Forest
1949·Rosa Moline
Breakdowns of 1949
1949·Self
Winter Meeting
1948·Susan Grieve
June Bride
1948·Linda Gilman
Deception
1946·Christine Radcliffe
A Stolen Life
1946·Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth
The Corn Is Green
1945·Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat
Mr. Skeffington
1944·Fanny Trellis
Hollywood Canteen
1944·Self
Breakdowns of 1944
1944·Self
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943·Self
Watch on the Rhine
1943·Sara Müller
Old Acquaintance
1943·Kit Marlowe
A Present with a Future
1943·Mother
Show-Business at War
1943·Self
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943·Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Stars on Horseback
1943
Now, Voyager
1942·Charlotte Vale
In This Our Life
1942·Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill
Breakdowns of 1942
1942·Self
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941·Maggie Cutler
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941·Joan Winfield
The Little Foxes
1941·Regina Hubbard Giddens
The Great Lie
1941·Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Shining Victory
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
1941·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
1940·Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
The Letter
1940·Leslie Crosbie
If I Forget You
1940·Bette Davis
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940·Self
Dark Victory
1939·Judith Traherne
The Old Maid
1939·Charlotte Lovell
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939·Queen Elizabeth
Juarez
1939·Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg
Breakdowns of 1939
1939·Self
Jezebel
1938·Julie Marsden
Breakdowns of 1938
1938·Self (archive footage)
The Sisters
1938·Louise Elliott Medlin
Marked Woman
1937·Mary Dwight Strauber
A Day at Santa Anita
1937·Bette Davis (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
1937·Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
That Certain Woman
1937·Mary Donnell
It's Love I'm After
1937·Joyce Arden
Breakdowns of 1937
1937·Self
Satan Met a Lady
1936·Valerie Purvis
The Petrified Forest
1936·Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple
The Golden Arrow
1936·Daisy Appleby
Breakdowns of 1936
1936·Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936·Self
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Bordertown
1935·Mrs. Marie Roark
A Dream Comes True
1935
Dangerous
1935·Joyce Heath
Special Agent
1935·Julie Gardner
Front Page Woman
1935·Ellen Garfield
The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935·Miriam A. Brady
Of Human Bondage
1934·Mildred Rogers
Fog Over Frisco
1934·Arlene Bradford
Jimmy the Gent
1934·Joan Martin
Fashions of 1934
1934·Lynn Mason
The Big Shakedown
1934·Norma Nelson
Housewife
1934·Patricia Berkeley
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933·Norma Roberts
Ex-Lady
1933·Helen Bauer
The Working Man
1933·Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey
Parachute Jumper
1933·Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
Just Around the Corner
1933·Ginger
The 42nd Street Special
1933·Self (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932·Fay Wilson
Three on a Match
1932·Ruth Westcott
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932·Madge Norwood
The Dark Horse
1932·Kay Russell
So Big!
1932·Miss Dallas O'Mara
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932·Malbro
The Man Who Played God
1932·Grace Blair
Hell's House
1932·Peggy Gardner
The Menace
1932·Peggy Lowell
Waterloo Bridge
1931·Janet Cronin
The Bad Sister
1931·Laura Madison
Way Back Home
1931·Mary Lucy Duffy
Seed
1931·Margaret Carter