Fay Bainter
Born
December 7, 1893
Died
April 16, 1968 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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 and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
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Known For

And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(1 episode)
1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mary Caulfield · (1 episode)
1962

The Children's Hour
Amelia Tilford
1961

Dr. Kildare
Sister Mike · (1 episode)
1961

Thriller
Geraldine Redfern · (1 episode)
1960

Adventures in Paradise
Sister Josephine · (1 episode)
1959

The Donna Reed Show
(1 episode)
1958

Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955

The President's Lady
Mrs. Donaldson
1953

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jenny · (1 episode)
1951

Close to My Heart
Mrs. Morrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Innkeeper's Wife · (3 episodes)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Annie Keeney · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Grier · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Hughes · (1 episode)
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
(2 episodes)
1950

Robert Montgomery Presents
Bella Fleace · (1 episode)
1950

Suspense
Natalie MacLaird · (1 episode)
1949

Studio One
Aunt Valerie · (1 episode)
1948

Studio One
Mrs. Morgan · (1 episode)
1948

June Bride
Paula Winthrop
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948

Give My Regards to Broadway
Fay Norwick
1948

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mrs. Mitty
1947

Deep Valley
Ellie Saul
1947

The Virginian
Mrs. Taylor
1946

The Kid from Brooklyn
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1946

State Fair
Melissa Frake
1945

3 Is a Family
Frances Whittaker
1944

Dark Waters
Aunt Emily
1944

The Heavenly Body
Margaret Sibyll
1944

Cry 'Havoc'
Captain Marsh
1943

Salute to the Marines
Jennie Bailey
1943

Presenting Lily Mars
Mrs. Thornway
1943

The Human Comedy
Mrs. Macauley
1943

Journey for Margaret
Trudy Strauss
1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
1942

The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Stella Livingston Hadley
1942

Mr. Gardenia Jones
Emmy Jones
1942

Woman of the Year
Ellen Whitcomb
1942

Babes on Broadway
Miss Jones
1941

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940

Maryland
Charlotte Danfield
1940

A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
1940

Our Town
Mrs Gibbs
1940

Young Tom Edison
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1940

Our Neighbors - The Carters
Ellen Carter
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Self
1939

Daughters Courageous
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
1939

The Lady and the Mob
Hattie Leonard
1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter
Ann Murray
1939

Breakdowns of 1938
Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938

The Shining Hour
Hannah Linden
1938

The Arkansas Traveler
Mrs. Martha Allen
1938

Mother Carey's Chickens
Mrs. Margaret Carey
1938

White Banners
Hannah
1938

Jezebel
Aunt Belle Massey
1938

Make Way for Tomorrow
Anita Cooper
1937

The Soldier and the Lady
Strogoff's Mother
1937

Quality Street
Susan Throssel
1937

This Side of Heaven
Francene Turner
1934