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Among Hollywood actresses, her face is not outstanding, but she has surprised the world with her extraordinary acting skills. She is Bette Davis, known as the first lady of the film.
Betty Davis was born on April 5, 1908, in Massachusetts, Usa. When she was 7 years old, her parents divorced, and she began to live with her mother. After graduating from high school, Betty became interested in drama, aspired to become an actress, and was supported by her mother. After that, she attended John Murray Anderson's Drama School, where she studied acting and dancing. In 1929, she began performing on the Broadway stage.
Betty Davis' brilliant performance on Broadway brought her to the attention of Universal Studios' scouts and invited her to hollywood for an audition. However, the first audition was not pleasant. Betty takes the train to Hollywood, only to find that no one has come to pick her up. And the truth is that the people at Universal left without seeing anyone on the stage like an actress. Still, Universal's cinematographers took a fancy to her and starred her debut film, Bad Sisters.
However, several of Betty Davis' films with Universal Haven't attracted much attention. As a result, Universal Decided not to renew her contract after ending its short-term contract. In 1932, Betty Davis was invited to star in The Man Who Played God, a film that brought her to prominence, and Warner Bros. Pictures signed her on a 5-year contract. And that operation is a win-win for Betty Davis and Warner Bros.
After Filming a few films at Warner Bros., 1934's "The Chains of Human Nature" gave Betty's acting skills recognition for the first time. In this film, Betty Davis bravely tried a negative role, which many actresses at the time were reluctant to try. Despite Betty Davis' excellent acting skills in this film, he did not win the Oscars. Finally, under the pressure of public opinion, the official statement said that "all those who vote can write down on the ballot that he thinks is the most suitable candidate." "It's also the only time in The history of the Oscars.
In 1935, Betty Davis fulfilled his oscar dreams. She starred in "Woman Woman" and won the 8th Academy Awards for Best Actress. Betty was so important to Warner Bros. that she was jokingly called the "Fifth Warner Bros. Brothers." However, Betty was not satisfied with the fact that she had been starring in song and dance films, so she ran to England to appear in two films, which created a conflict between her and Warner. As a result of this illegal contract operation, she was in debt.
After this episode, Betty Davis won the 11th Academy Award for Best Actress again in 1938 for "Red Shirt Tear Stains". After that, Betty Davis was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for four consecutive years from 1939 to 1942. The nominated films were "Qing He Obeys the Order", "Tears of Incense", "Little Fox" and "Raising sails". And just a year later, she was nominated again for "Mr. Sgeffington." In 1949, Betty ended his contract with Warner Bros., who had worked with him for 18 years.
After the termination of the contract with Warner Bros., most people were not optimistic about Betty Davis's next development. However, Betty's 1950 masterpiece, Comet Beauty, brought people to stop questioning. The film not only earned Betty Davis another Oscar nomination, but also earned her Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. Since then, Betty Davis has received Oscar nominations for 1952 and 1962 for "Stardust Yesterday" and "Blue Girl", respectively. So far, Betty has received a total of 10 Oscar nominations for Best Actress, the first actor in history to achieve this honor. The only people who were able to achieve this later were Catherine Hepburn and Meryl Streep.
Beginning in the 50s, Betty Davis began experimenting with other forms of acting. She returned to Broadway, but she was not very comfortable, and she also starred in some supporting roles, and even starred in TV series and won Emmy Awards. In 1977, she became the first actress to receive the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. But at the same time, she was also plagued by illness. On October 6, 1989, Betty Davis died in a hospital in the United States and was buried in Forest Memorial Park in Los Angeles. The death of the great actress was described as "an important chapter of Hollywood's Golden Age closed."
As Betty Davis's epitaph reads: "She did it the hard way." Betty Davis is not just a Hollywood flower, but a master of all kinds of roles. In 1939's "Beauty of the Mountains", she shaved her eyebrows for the role and raised her hairline, which was very bold. It is such a brave actor who has such a wonderful movie.