Bette Davis (1908-1989)
86.9 TOPICAL actor score · #50 of 1,977 actors
Bette Davis (1908-1989) has a TOPICAL actor score of 86.9 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are career standing and acting honours. They've won 5 acting honours from 5 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Their best ten-year run was 1941-1950. Best films: All About Eve (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Jezebel (1938).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
- Acting honours5 wins, 5 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actress; AFI Life Achievement Award; Kennedy Center Honors
- Prime1941-1950
- Credits110 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 25 scored films (24 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 109 languages
“Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Bette Davis's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | All About Eve | 1950 | 1 |
| 333 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | 1962 | 1 |
| 714 | Jezebel | 1938 | 1 |
| 863 | Now, Voyager | 1942 | 1 |
| 1,404 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | 1964 | 1 |
| 1,453 | The Little Foxes | 1941 | 1 |
| 1,462 | The Letter | 1940 | 1 |
| 1,745 | Death on the Nile | 1978 | 4 |
| 1,762 | Dark Victory | 1939 | 1 |
| 2,273 | The Petrified Forest | 1936 | 2 |
| 2,294 | Watch on the Rhine | 1943 | 1 |
| 2,547 | All This, and Heaven Too | 1940 | 1 |
| 2,816 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | 1939 | 1 |
| 3,091 | Of Human Bondage | 1934 | 2 |
| 3,409 | Dangerous | 1935 | 1 |
| 3,422 | The Whales of August | 1987 | 1 |
| 3,610 | The Great Lie | 1941 | 1 |
| 3,755 | Pocketful of Miracles | 1961 | 2 |
| 3,770 | Juarez | 1939 | 2 |
| 3,777 | Mr. Skeffington | 1944 | 1 |
| 4,261 | Beyond the Forest | 1949 | 1 |
| 4,338 | The Corn Is Green | 1945 | 1 |
| 4,896 | A Stolen Life | 1946 | 1 |
| 4,962 | The Star | 1952 | 1 |
| 5,200 | The Virgin Queen | 1955 | 2 |