Fay Bainter

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Fay Okell Bainter
from the trailer for Journey for Margaret (1942)
Born	December 7, 1893(1893-12-07) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	April 16, 1968 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film, stage actress
Spouse(s)	Reginald Venable
Awards won Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress 1938 Jezebel

Fay Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. She is the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess and sister-in-law to actress Grace Burgess.

Bainter was born Fay Okell Bainter in Los Angeles, California. Although her occupation in 1910 was traveling actress, her film debut didn't occur until This Side of Heaven in 1934, the same year in which she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway.

Robert Henri, the American painter of the Ashcan school, painted her portrait in 1918 (when she was about 25 years old.)

She quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the very first performer nominated for both the Oscar for Best Actress, for White Banners, and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for Jezebel, winning for the latter. Since then, only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year.

She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Children's Hour. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.

Fay Bainter died from pneumonia at the age of 75.

Because her husband, Reginald Venable, was a military officer, the couple is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1934	This Side of Heaven	Francene Turner
1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Anita Cooper
	The Soldier and the Lady	Strogoff's Mother
	Quality Street	Susan Throssel
1938	White Banners	Hannah Parmalee	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
	The Shining Hour	Hannah Linden
	The Arkansas Traveler	Mrs. Martha Allen
	Mother Carey's Chickens	Mrs. Margaret Carey
	Jezebel	Aunt Belle	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1939	Our Neighbors - The Carters	Ellen Carter
	Daughters Courageous	Nancy 'Nan' Masters
	The Lady and the Mob	Hattie Leonard
	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Ann 'Annie' Murray
1940	Maryland	Charlotte Danfield
	A Bill of Divorcement	Margaret 'Meg' Fairfield
	Our Town	Mrs. Julia Hersey Gibbs
	Young Tom Edison	Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
1941	Babes on Broadway	Miss 'Jonesy' Jones
1942	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
	Journey for Margaret	Trudy Strauss
	The War Against Mrs. Hadley	Stella Hadley
	Woman of the Year	Ellen Whitcomb
1943	Cry 'Havoc'	Captain Alice Marsh
	Salute to the Marines	Jennie Bailey
	Presenting Lily Mars	Mrs. Thornway
	The Human Comedy	Mrs. Macauley
1944	Three Is a Family	Frances Whittaker
	Dark Waters	Aunt Emily
	The Heavenly Body	Margaret Sibyll
1945	State Fair	Melissa Frake
1946	The Virginian	Mrs. Taylor
	The Kid from Brooklyn	Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne
1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Mrs. Eunice Mitty
	Deep Valley	Ellie Saul
1948	June Bride	Paula Winthrop
	Give My Regards to Broadway	Fay Norwick
1951	Close to My Heart	Mrs. Morrow
1953	The President's Lady	Mrs. Donaldson
1961	The Children's Hour	Mrs. Amelia Tilford	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture

Awards
Preceded by Alice Brady for In Old Chicago	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1938 for Jezebel	Succeeded by Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind

[edit] External links

• Fay Bainter at the Internet Movie Database
• Fay Bainter at the Internet Broadway Database
• Fay Bainter at Allmovie
• Fay Bainter at Find A Grave

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Persondata
NAME	Bainter, Fay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bainter, Fay Okell
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1893-12-7
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	1968-4-16
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California, U.S.