![Fay Bainter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ziWe18qqVlzJwTInJHGmRvm0Fti.jpg)
Fay Bainter
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 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress, for White Banners (1938), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year. In 1940 she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town. In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour (1961). Finally, in 1962, Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 14.738 |
Birthday | 1893-12-07 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Fay Okell Bainter, |
![Jezebel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xewvSLrr0Ru6qVMwVqVheFLaGm4.jpg)
1938
![Jezebel](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/xewvSLrr0Ru6qVMwVqVheFLaGm4.jpg)
Jezebel
7.073/185
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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1961
![The Children's Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/goyEWixvULM2IRN4KsKibyrJE4J.jpg)
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7.7/333
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run the school of being in a relationship.
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![Woman of the Year](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/A0Cf2GElBW2UfnQAFUqcqGYV7cY.jpg)
1942
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Woman of the Year
6.9/139
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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![Our Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/nRuwYjCm1aPUY9SDp5P6URFqvvd.jpg)
1940
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5.768/28
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
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1944
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5.7/11
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![State Fair](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cmy55K7Qs1WQeGPksHBphjyjh3b.jpg)
1945
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6.592/60
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1947
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1937
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7.6/173
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1944
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5.925/20
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6.1/9
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1942
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1941
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6.4/20
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1947
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5.7/19
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1937
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6.5/2
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6.34/25
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1937
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5.8/13
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1943
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6.3/13
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1940
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5.6/8
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1942
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4.8/5
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![Salute to the Marines](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cIUFEI6jpk1hC0kz7gBbMTyPyqp.jpg)
1943
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Salute to the Marines
6.8/4
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![The President's Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/d50hfV5309o7snDDkpzlC13oNog.jpg)
1953
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The President's Lady
6.9/13
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![A Bill of Divorcement](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/oriDtvgZDW7qiSSvn3l97mBMktm.jpg)
1940
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A Bill of Divorcement
7/4
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![June Bride](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/jAsPwmgj9VtFo5icRXJQ1vyUeN9.jpg)
1948
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June Bride
7.3/9
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![White Banners](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/iPRDvS1r6WMNNETe2aEVBEuYzKL.jpg)
1938
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White Banners
5.8/4
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White Banners
![The Kid from Brooklyn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/paB1nPmu7Ax1rRugC8IKKA42cFh.jpg)
1946
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The Kid from Brooklyn
6.2/11
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![The Shining Hour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/icPlJYyRg3zhvONL1wwbqbbXXpH.jpg)
1938
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The Shining Hour
6.6/20
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![Daughters Courageous](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/c93Cn1ol2bomd1zKyr48QUOvm6r.jpg)
1939
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Daughters Courageous
6.1/7
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![Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/zsiEcu4citgY3x76rnZwnrNlxhC.jpg)
1983
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6.5/2
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![Maryland](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ru90BNV0U7JIqUIjfVBqPBipc88.jpg)
1940
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6.2/2
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![Close to My Heart](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kcpjK4OiphyLranAiVSQ8O9JgXi.jpg)
1951
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6.5/3
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1939
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6.3/3
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![Give My Regards to Broadway](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ho5qdAQfcFDpb4R0XLT6vDxA2en.jpg)
1948
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Give My Regards to Broadway
7/1
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![Mother Carey's Chickens](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uFkeUQrgy2CVxqIor7WWIpo8zSQ.jpg)
1938
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5.2/5
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1938
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6/2
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1939
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
4/2
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1934
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7/5
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1946
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6.1/19
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1942
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0/0
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1944
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3 Is a Family
0/0
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1938
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Breakdowns of 1938
5/2
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1940
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6.5/3
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1988
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8/3
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1942
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4.2/4
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2014
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7/48
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1939
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6/0
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