
Profile
Famous as :
ActressBirth Name :
Ruth Elizabeth DavisBirth Date :
April 05, 1908Birth Place :
Lowell, Massachusetts, USASpouse :
Harmon Nelson (18-Aug-32 - 6-Dec-38), Arthur Farnsworth (31-Dec-40 - 25-Aug-43), William Grant Sherry (30-Nov-45 - 3-Jul-50), Gary Merrill (28-Jul-50 - 6-Jul-60)Claim to fame :
As Margo Channing in "All About Eve" (1950)
Academy Awards, USA
1963
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1953
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Star (1952)
1951
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for All About Eve (1950)
1945
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mr. Skeffington (1944)
1943
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Now, Voyager (1942)
1942
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Little Foxes (1941)
1941
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Letter (1940)
1940
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Dark Victory (1939)
1939
Won Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Jezebel (1938)
1936
Won Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Dangerous (1935)
1935
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role (This was a write-in nomination) for Of Human Bondage (1934)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1977
Won Golden Scrollcategory Best Supporting Actress for Burnt Offerings (1976)
American Film Institute, USA
1977
Won American Film Institute Life Achievement AwardBAFTA Awards
1964
Got nomination for BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Foreign Actress for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
CableACE Awards
1987
Got nomination for ACE Awardcategory Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for As Summers Die (1986) (TV)
1984
Got nomination for ACE Awardcategory Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program for Right of Way (1983) (TV)
Cannes Film Festival
1951
Won Cannes Best Actressfor All About Eve (1950)
César Awards, France
1986
Won Honorary CésarEmmy Awards
1983
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV)
1980
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for White Mama (1980) (TV)
1979
Won Emmycategory Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) (TV)
Film Society of Lincoln Center
1989
Won Gala TributeGolden Apple Awards
1963
Won Golden Applecategory Most Cooperative Actress
1941
Won Golden Applecategory Most Cooperative Actress
Golden Globes, USA
1974
Won Cecil B. DeMille Award1963
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
1951
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for All About Eve (1950)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1952
Won Silver Ribboncategory Best Actress - Foreign Film (Miglior Attrice Straniera) for All About Eve (1950)
Laurel Awards
1965
Won Golden Laurelcategory Dramatic Performance, Female for Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
1965
Got nomination for Golden Laurelcategory Female Star (11th place)
1963
Won Golden Laurelcategory Top Female Dramatic Performance (3rd place) for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1950
Won NYFCC Awardcategory Best Actress for All About Eve (1950)
Photoplay Awards
1962
Won Most Popular Female StarSan Sebastián International Film Festival
1989
Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement AwardVenice Film Festival
1937
Won Volpi Cupcategory Best Actress for Kid Galahad (1937)
Walk of Fame
Won Star on the Walk of Fame
category Motion Picture; At 6225 Hollywood Blvd
Won Star on the Walk of Fame
category Television; At 6233 Hollywood Blvd



