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...
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Jezebel
As Aunt Belle Massey
The Children's Hour
As Amelia Tilford
Woman of the Year
As Ellen Whitcomb
Our Town
As Mrs Gibbs
The Heavenly Body
As Margaret Sibyll
State Fair
As Melissa Frake
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
As Mrs. Mitty
Make Way for Tomorrow
As Anita Cooper
Dark Waters
As Aunt Emily
Presenting Lily Mars
As Mrs. Thornway
Journey for Margaret
As Trudy Strauss
Babes on Broadway
As Miss Jones
Deep Valley
As Ellie Saul
The Soldier and the Lady
As Strogoff's Mother
The Human Comedy
As Mrs. Macauley
Quality Street
As Susan Throssel
Cry 'Havoc'
As Captain Marsh
Young Tom Edison
As Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
Salute to the Marines
As Jennie Bailey
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
As Stella Livingston Hadley
The President's Lady
As Mrs. Donaldson
A Bill of Divorcement
As Margaret "Meg" Fairfield
White Banners
As Hannah
June Bride
As Paula Winthrop
The Kid from Brooklyn
As Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
The Shining Hour
As Hannah Linden
Daughters Courageous
As Nancy 'Nan' Masters
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
3 Is a Family
As Frances Whittaker
Maryland
As Charlotte Danfield
Mother Carey's Chickens
As Mrs. Margaret Carey
The Lady and the Mob
As Hattie Leonard
Close to My Heart
As Mrs. Morrow
The Arkansas Traveler
As Mrs. Martha Allen
Give My Regards to Broadway
As Fay Norwick
Yes, My Darling Daughter
As Ann Murray
This Side of Heaven
As Francene Turner
The Virginian
As Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
As Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Our Neighbors - The Carters
Breakdowns of 1938
As Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
As Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
As Self (archive footage)
Mr. Gardenia Jones
As Emmy Jones
And the Oscar Goes To...
As Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
As Self
Studio One
As Aunt Valerie
Thriller
As Geraldine Redfern
Lux Video Theatre
As Innkeeper's Wife
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Adventures in Paradise
As Sister Josephine
The Donna Reed Show
Matinee Theater
Suspense
As Natalie MacLaird
Robert Montgomery Presents
Dr. Kildare
As Sister Mike
The Ed Sullivan Show
As Self - Actress
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
As Mary Caulfield