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Famous as :
ActressBirth Name :
Ruth Elizabeth DavisBirth Date :
April 05, 1908Birth Place :
Lowell, Massachusetts, USASpouse :
Harmon Nelson (18-Aug-32 - 6-Dec-38), Arthur Farnsworth (31-Dec-40 - 25-Aug-43), William Grant Sherry (30-Nov-45 - 3-Jul-50), Gary Merrill (28-Jul-50 - 6-Jul-60)Claim to fame :
As Margo Channing in "All About Eve" (1950)
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
stars as Miranda Pierpoint
The Whales of August (1987)
stars as Libby Strong
As Summers Die (1986) - TM
stars as Hannah Loftin
Murder with Mirrors (1985) - TM aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder with Mirrors'
stars as Carrie Louise Serrocold
Hotel (1983) - TV
stars as Laura Trent
Right of Way (1983) - TM
stars as Mini Dwyer
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) - TM
stars as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) - TM
stars as Esther McDonald Cimino
Family Reunion (1981) - TM
stars as Elizabeth Winfield
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
stars as Mrs. Aylwood
White Mama (1980) - TM
stars as Adele Malone
Skyward (1980) - TM aka Ron Howard's 'Skyward'
stars as Billie Dupree
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) - TM aka Strangers
stars as Lucy Mason
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) - TV
stars as Widow Fortune
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
stars as Letha
Death on the Nile (1978) aka Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile
stars as Marie Van Schuyler
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
stars as Woman
The Disappearance of Aimee (1976) - TM
stars as Minnie Kennedy
Burnt Offerings (1976)
stars as Aunt Elizabeth
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974) - TM
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) - TM
stars as Mrs. Elliott
Scopone scientifico, Lo (1972) aka The Scopone Game
stars as The Millionairess
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) - TM
stars as Judge Meredith
Madame Sin (1972)
stars as Madame Sin
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
stars as Bunny O'Hare
Connecting Rooms (1970)
stars as Wanda Fleming
The Anniversary (1968)
stars as Mrs. Taggart
The Nanny (1965)
stars as The nanny
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) aka What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?
stars as Charlotte Hollis
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
stars as Mrs. Gerald Hayden
Dead Ringer (1964) aka Dead Image
stars as Margaret DeLorca/Edith Phillips
Noia, La (1963) aka The Empty Canvas
stars as Dino's mother
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
stars as Baby Jane Hudson
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
stars as Apple Annie
The Scapegoat (1959)
stars as Countess
John Paul Jones (1959)
stars as Empress Catherine the Great
Storm Center (1956)
stars as Alicia Hull
The Catered Affair (1956) aka Wedding Breakfast
stars as Agnes Hurley
The Virgin Queen (1955)
stars as Queen Elizabeth I
Another Man's Poison (1952)
stars as Janet Frobisher
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
stars as Marie Hoke
The Star (1952)
stars as Margaret Elliot
Payment on Demand (1951)
stars as Joyce Ramsey
All About Eve (1950)
stars as Margo Channing
Beyond the Forest (1949)
stars as Rosa Moline
Winter Meeting (1948)
stars as Susan Grieve
June Bride (1948)
stars as Linda Gilman
Deception (1946)
stars as Christine Radcliffe
A Stolen Life (1946)
stars as Kate Bosworth and Patricia Bosworth
The Corn Is Green (1945)
stars as Miss Lilly Moffat
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
stars as Fanny Trellis Skeffington
Old Acquaintance (1943)
stars as Katherine 'Kit' Marlowe
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
stars as Sara Muller
Now, Voyager (1942)
stars as Charlotte Vale
In This Our Life (1942)
stars as Stanley 'Stan' Timberlake Kingsmill
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
stars as Maggie Cutler
The Great Lie (1941)
stars as Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Shining Victory (1941)
stars as Nurse
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
stars as Joan Winfield
The Little Foxes (1941)
stars as Regina Giddens
The Letter (1940)
stars as Leslie Crosbie
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
stars as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
The Old Maid (1939)
stars as Charlotte Lovell
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) aka Elizabeth the Queen
stars as Queen Elizabeth I
Juarez (1939)
stars as Empress Carlotta von Habsburg
Dark Victory (1939)
stars as Judith Traherne
Jezebel (1938)
stars as Julie Marsden
The Sisters (1938)
stars as Louise Elliott Medlin
Marked Woman (1937)
stars as Mary Dwight Strauber
Kid Galahad (1937) aka The Battling Bellhop
stars as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
That Certain Woman (1937)
stars as Mary Donnell, aka Mrs. Al Haines
It's Love I'm After (1937)
stars as Joyce Arden
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
stars as Valerie Purvis
The Petrified Forest (1936)
stars as Gabrielle 'Gabby' Maple
The Golden Arrow (1936)
stars as Daisy Appleby
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) aka Men on Her Mind
stars as Miriam A. Brady
Bordertown (1935)
stars as Mrs. Marie Roark
Front Page Woman (1935)
stars as Ellen Garfield
Special Agent (1935)
stars as Julie Gardner
Dangerous (1935)
stars as Joyce Heath
The Big Shakedown (1934)
stars as Norma Nelson
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
stars as Miss Joan Martin
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
stars as Arlene Bradford
Fashions of 1934 (1934) aka Fashions
stars as Lynn Mason
Of Human Bondage (1934)
stars as Mildred Rogers
Housewife (1934)
stars as Patricia 'Pat' Berkeley
Parachute Jumper (1933)
stars as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
The Working Man (1933) aka The Adopted Father
stars as Jenny Hartland, aka Jane Grey
Ex-Lady (1933)
stars as Helen Bauer
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
stars as Norma Roberts
Way Back Home (1932) aka Other People's Business
stars as Mary Lucy
The Menace (1932)
stars as Peggy Lowell
Hell's House (1932) aka Juvenile Court
stars as Peggy Gardner
The Man Who Played God (1932) aka The Silent Voice
stars as Grace Blair
So Big! (1932)
stars as Miss Dallas O'Mara
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
stars as Malbro
The Dark Horse (1932)
stars as Kay Russell
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
stars as Madge Norwood
Three on a Match (1932)
stars as Ruth Wescott
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
stars as Fay Wilson, Tommy's Girlfriend
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
stars as Janet Cronin
Seed (1931)
stars as Margaret Carter
The Bad Sister (1931)
stars as Laura Madison
stars as Miranda Pierpoint
The Whales of August (1987)
stars as Libby Strong
As Summers Die (1986) - TM
stars as Hannah Loftin
Murder with Mirrors (1985) - TM aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder with Mirrors'
stars as Carrie Louise Serrocold
Hotel (1983) - TV
stars as Laura Trent
Right of Way (1983) - TM
stars as Mini Dwyer
Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) - TM
stars as Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) - TM
stars as Esther McDonald Cimino
Family Reunion (1981) - TM
stars as Elizabeth Winfield
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
stars as Mrs. Aylwood
White Mama (1980) - TM
stars as Adele Malone
Skyward (1980) - TM aka Ron Howard's 'Skyward'
stars as Billie Dupree
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) - TM aka Strangers
stars as Lucy Mason
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) - TV
stars as Widow Fortune
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
stars as Letha
Death on the Nile (1978) aka Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile
stars as Marie Van Schuyler
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
stars as Woman
The Disappearance of Aimee (1976) - TM
stars as Minnie Kennedy
Burnt Offerings (1976)
stars as Aunt Elizabeth
Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974) - TM
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973) - TM
stars as Mrs. Elliott
Scopone scientifico, Lo (1972) aka The Scopone Game
stars as The Millionairess
The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972) - TM
stars as Judge Meredith
Madame Sin (1972)
stars as Madame Sin
Bunny O'Hare (1971)
stars as Bunny O'Hare
Connecting Rooms (1970)
stars as Wanda Fleming
The Anniversary (1968)
stars as Mrs. Taggart
The Nanny (1965)
stars as The nanny
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) aka What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?
stars as Charlotte Hollis
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
stars as Mrs. Gerald Hayden
Dead Ringer (1964) aka Dead Image
stars as Margaret DeLorca/Edith Phillips
Noia, La (1963) aka The Empty Canvas
stars as Dino's mother
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
stars as Baby Jane Hudson
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
stars as Apple Annie
The Scapegoat (1959)
stars as Countess
John Paul Jones (1959)
stars as Empress Catherine the Great
Storm Center (1956)
stars as Alicia Hull
The Catered Affair (1956) aka Wedding Breakfast
stars as Agnes Hurley
The Virgin Queen (1955)
stars as Queen Elizabeth I
Another Man's Poison (1952)
stars as Janet Frobisher
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
stars as Marie Hoke
The Star (1952)
stars as Margaret Elliot
Payment on Demand (1951)
stars as Joyce Ramsey
All About Eve (1950)
stars as Margo Channing
Beyond the Forest (1949)
stars as Rosa Moline
Winter Meeting (1948)
stars as Susan Grieve
June Bride (1948)
stars as Linda Gilman
Deception (1946)
stars as Christine Radcliffe
A Stolen Life (1946)
stars as Kate Bosworth and Patricia Bosworth
The Corn Is Green (1945)
stars as Miss Lilly Moffat
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
stars as Fanny Trellis Skeffington
Old Acquaintance (1943)
stars as Katherine 'Kit' Marlowe
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
stars as Sara Muller
Now, Voyager (1942)
stars as Charlotte Vale
In This Our Life (1942)
stars as Stanley 'Stan' Timberlake Kingsmill
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
stars as Maggie Cutler
The Great Lie (1941)
stars as Maggie Patterson Van Allen
Shining Victory (1941)
stars as Nurse
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
stars as Joan Winfield
The Little Foxes (1941)
stars as Regina Giddens
The Letter (1940)
stars as Leslie Crosbie
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
stars as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes
The Old Maid (1939)
stars as Charlotte Lovell
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) aka Elizabeth the Queen
stars as Queen Elizabeth I
Juarez (1939)
stars as Empress Carlotta von Habsburg
Dark Victory (1939)
stars as Judith Traherne
Jezebel (1938)
stars as Julie Marsden
The Sisters (1938)
stars as Louise Elliott Medlin
Marked Woman (1937)
stars as Mary Dwight Strauber
Kid Galahad (1937) aka The Battling Bellhop
stars as Louise 'Fluff' Phillips
That Certain Woman (1937)
stars as Mary Donnell, aka Mrs. Al Haines
It's Love I'm After (1937)
stars as Joyce Arden
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
stars as Valerie Purvis
The Petrified Forest (1936)
stars as Gabrielle 'Gabby' Maple
The Golden Arrow (1936)
stars as Daisy Appleby
The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935) aka Men on Her Mind
stars as Miriam A. Brady
Bordertown (1935)
stars as Mrs. Marie Roark
Front Page Woman (1935)
stars as Ellen Garfield
Special Agent (1935)
stars as Julie Gardner
Dangerous (1935)
stars as Joyce Heath
The Big Shakedown (1934)
stars as Norma Nelson
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
stars as Miss Joan Martin
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
stars as Arlene Bradford
Fashions of 1934 (1934) aka Fashions
stars as Lynn Mason
Of Human Bondage (1934)
stars as Mildred Rogers
Housewife (1934)
stars as Patricia 'Pat' Berkeley
Parachute Jumper (1933)
stars as Patricia 'Alabama' Brent
The Working Man (1933) aka The Adopted Father
stars as Jenny Hartland, aka Jane Grey
Ex-Lady (1933)
stars as Helen Bauer
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
stars as Norma Roberts
Way Back Home (1932) aka Other People's Business
stars as Mary Lucy
The Menace (1932)
stars as Peggy Lowell
Hell's House (1932) aka Juvenile Court
stars as Peggy Gardner
The Man Who Played God (1932) aka The Silent Voice
stars as Grace Blair
So Big! (1932)
stars as Miss Dallas O'Mara
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
stars as Malbro
The Dark Horse (1932)
stars as Kay Russell
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
stars as Madge Norwood
Three on a Match (1932)
stars as Ruth Wescott
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
stars as Fay Wilson, Tommy's Girlfriend
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
stars as Janet Cronin
Seed (1931)
stars as Margaret Carter
The Bad Sister (1931)
stars as Laura Madison










