Died 1968-04-16.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
Figure timeline
Fay Bainter
Fay Okell Bainter 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. Other notable films include Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), Woman of the Year (1942), State Fair (1945), and The Children's Hour (1960)
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
entertainment · American actress (1893–1968) · actor · stage actor · film actor · also Fay Bainter, Fay Okell Bainter, Bainter
Born 7 December 1893 · Died 16 April 1968 · Q152888
11 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
3 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Award
1968· 1 entry
1945· 1 entry
Played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1939· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1939).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Became the first performer to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year, contending for both Best Actress for White Banners (1938) and Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938), winning for the latter
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1934· 1 entry
Appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1926· 1 entry
Appeared with Walter Abel in a Broadway production of Channing Pollock's The Enemy
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1925· 1 entry
As a lieutenant commander to manage his wife's business affairs
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1921· 1 entry
Fay Bainter and Reginald Venable were married on June 8, 1921, in Riverside, California.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #personal-life
1916· 1 entry
Wrote, "Miss Bainter's advent from nowhere and her instant success form the season's biggest sensation
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1908· 1 entry
In The County Chairman at Morosco's Burbank Theater, which was at 548-550 South Main Street, in Los Angeles, California
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1893· 1 entry
Born 1893-12-07.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth