Fay Bainter
Gender: Female
Born: 7th December 1893
Died: 16th April 1968
Nationality: United States of America
Movies: Our Town, Woman of the Year, The Children's Hour, Quality Street, Salute to the Marines, Cry 'Havoc', Dark Waters, The Heavenly Body, Young Tom Edison, Jezebel, White Banners, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Daughters Courageous, Babes on Broadway, State Fair, Make Way for Tomorrow, Presenting Lily Mars, Maryland, The War Against Mrs. Hadley, The Soldier and the Lady
Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Charles F. Bainter and Mary Okell. In 1910, she was a traveling stage actress. She made her first appearance on stage in 1908 in The County Chairman at Morosco's Theater in Burbank, California and her Broadway debut was in the role as Celine Marinter in The Rose of Panama (1912). She appeared in a number of successful plays in New York like East is West, The Willow Tree, and Dodsworth. In 1926 she appeared with Walter Abel in a Broadway production of Channing Pollock's The Enemy. In 1918, her portrait was painted by Robert Henri, the artist who was known for the style of Ashcan School.
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 the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1937), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then,
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