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Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter's biography

Fay Bainter is 75 years old actor born at United States of America. She was born on Thursday 7th of December 1893. According to year of birth 1893 she belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 7th of December means she is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

She is native english speaker. She is citizen of United States of America. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as stage actor. She is recently known as film actor. She received Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Jezebel in 1939

Fay Bainter's career

Her main focus is to be actor. You could see her also in Jezebel.

How did Fay Bainter die

She died on on Tuesday 16th of April 1968 when he was 75 years old. Fay Bainters death was caused by pneumonia. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Fay Bainter's Awards

  • A change in the Academy Awards nominating and voting rules was made because of confusion over her two nominations in 1938.
  • Was the 12th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Jezebel (1938) at The 11th Academy Awards on February 23, 1939.
  • She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Fay Bainter's Nominations

  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work The Children's Hour in 1961
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
  • She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress

What Fay Bainter has done for a first time

  • Presented the very first African-American winner with the Oscar statuette when Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939) (February 29, 1940, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles).

Fay Bainter's quotes

  • [In 1938] There comes a day when the flush of youth disappears from every woman's face. Most women dread it. I did. Like so many things, however, it is worse in anticipation than actual fact.
  • [on her early stage work with Minnie Maddern Fiske] I was only a raw girl, with no better sense than to ape Mrs. Fiske in everything she did.
  • [on wearing a black wig for her role as Ming Toy in the stage production of East is West] A disappointed blonde am I. And the dye runs and is ruining my hair.
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Fay Bainter's body shape

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