Fay Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. She is the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess and sister-in-law to actress Grace Burgess.
Bainter was born Fay Okell Bainter in Los Angeles, California. Although her occupation in 1910 was traveling actress, her film debut didn't occur until This Side of Heaven in 1934, the same year in which she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway.
Robert Henri, the American painter of the Ashcan school, painted her portrait in 1918 (when she was about 25 years old.)
She quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the very first performer nominated for both the Oscar for Best Actress, for White Banners, and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel, winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year.
She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Fay Bainter died from pneumonia at the age of 75.
Because her husband, Reginald Venable, was a military officer, the couple is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Other notes
1934
This Side of Heaven
Francene Turner
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
Anita Cooper
The Soldier and the Lady
Strogoff's Mother
Quality Street
Susan Throssel
1938
White Banners
Hannah Parmalee
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
The Shining Hour
Hannah Linden
The Arkansas Traveler
Mrs. Martha Allen
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Jezebel
Aunt Belle
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1939
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Ellen Carter
Daughters Courageous
Nancy 'Nan' Masters
The Lady and the Mob
Hattie Leonard
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Ann 'Annie' Murray
1940
Maryland
Charlotte Danfield
A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret 'Meg' Fairfield
Our Town
Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs
Young Tom Edison
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1941
Babes on Broadway
Miss 'Jonesy' Jones
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Journey for Margaret
Trudy Strauss
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Stella Hadley
Woman of the Year
Ellen Whitcomb
1943
Cry 'Havoc'
Captain Alice Marsh
Salute to the Marines
Jennie Bailey
Presenting Lily Mars
Mrs. Thornway
The Human Comedy
Mrs. Macauley
1944
Three Is a Family
Frances Whittaker
Dark Waters
Aunt Emily
The Heavenly Body
Margaret Sibyll
1945
State Fair
Melissa Frake
1946
The Virginian
Mrs. Taylor
The Kid from Brooklyn
Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mrs. Eunice Mitty
Deep Valley
Ellie Saul
1948
June Bride
Paula Winthrop
Give My Regards to Broadway
Fay Norwick
1951
Close to My Heart
Mrs. Morrow
1953
The President's Lady
Mrs. Donaldson
1961
The Children's Hour
Mrs. Amelia Tilford
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Awards
Preceded by
Alice Brady
for In Old Chicago
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1938
for Jezebel
Succeeded by
Hattie McDaniel
for Gone with the Wind
External links
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Persondata
NAME
Bainter, Fay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Bainter, Fay Okell
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actor
DATE OF BIRTH
1893-12-7
PLACE OF BIRTH
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
1968-4-16
PLACE OF DEATH
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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