Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

December 7, 1893

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 (Februar…

Known For

12 titles
1
The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

1961 · 1h 48m · Movie

A schoolgirl ruins her two headmistresses with a scandalous lie.

7.8
2
Jezebel

Jezebel

1938 · 1h 44m · Movie

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

7.4
3
Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

1942 · 1h 54m · Movie

Sportswriter Sam Craig and columnist Tess Harding, with the same New York newspaper, overcome their initial antagonism, fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when he comes to resent her hectic life...

7.1
4
Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937 · 1h 31m · Movie

An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

8.2
5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947 · 1h 50m · Movie

A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.

6.9
6
State Fair

State Fair

1945 · 1h 40m · Movie

Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.

7.0
7
Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

1941 · 1h 58m · Movie

Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.

6.6
8
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

1938 · 1h 16m · Movie

A nightclub dancer marries into high society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

6.4
9
The Virginian

The Virginian

1946 · 1h 27m · Movie

In Medicine Bow, a newly arrived eastern schoolteacher is courted by two cowpokes but their courtship is interrupted by violent incidents involving local cattle rustlers.

6.4
10
Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

1943 · 1h 44m · Movie

Small-town Indiana girl Lily Mars dreams to be a stage actress. She begs visiting Broadway producer John Thornway for a role but he dismisses her as an amateur. She follows him to New York and worms her way into his show, and his ...

6.8
11
The President's Lady

The President's Lady

1953 · 1h 36m · Movie

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, the film begins when he meets Rachel Donaldson Robards. The plot concentrates on the scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficult...

6.8
12
Daughters Courageous

Daughters Courageous

1939 · 1h 47m · Movie

A single mother of four young-adult daughters is just about to remarry when her first husband returns 20 years after deserting his family.

6.6