Back to People
Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Acting
07 Dec 1893
16 Apr 1968
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) 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. MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven (February 1934), the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day (July 1934). Bainter quickly achieved success, and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in ...

Also Known As

Fay Okell Bainter

Photos

Fay Bainter photo 1Fay Bainter photo 2Fay Bainter photo 3Fay Bainter photo 4