
April 5, 1908 · 118 years old
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical…

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

A documentary that utilizes hundreds of hours of audio that Marlon Brando recorded over the course of his life to tell the screen legend's story.

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

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

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.

New York bootlegger Dave the Dude and his girlfriend Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin try to turn boozy street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when Annie learns that her daughter Louise is marrying the son of a Spanish count.

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

There's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?

Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis enters into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.

The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.

Tia and Tony visit Los Angeles, but he's quickly kidnapped by an evil scientist, leaving her to desperately search for him.

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.

A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family, but a Romanian count complicates their plans.

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.

When a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.

After marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.

When Jane Hurley tells her parents Tom (a struggling cab driver) and Agnes (a domestic engineer) that she is marrying Ralph Halloran, Agnes starts planning a big wedding, even though Jane and Ralph don't want it and Tom cannot aff...

An alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.

A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing prison cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but the tough but compassionate warden is able to effect change in him.