The American actress was born in Massachusetts, (1908) and is known as the queen of Hollywood. His career is developed by all sorts of scenarios, acted in film, theater and television. For ten times was nominated for an Oscar as best actress and they did it twice.
 
He studied interpretation of Cushing Academy in his hometown. He managed a small role in the play Boradway in 1923 and then won another role in The wild duck. After interpreting a character in the book Broken Dishes on Broadway, was claimed by the producer Universal Studios to perform a test which was not selected. Despite this, it has succeeded in six films until The Bad Sister, Seed, Waterloo Bridge, and other titles, but ultimately not convinced the producer and dispensed with it. 

After a long journey virtually silent, he achieved success and deserved recognition with the film Cautivos of desire, in 1934. Even so, not be reached candidate for Oscar nominations as best actress. To do so, just had to wait one year, in 1935 the film Danger gave the Oscar. The subsequent work were not accommodated in a very enthusiastic, but noteworthy The petrified forest, in the film who shared the screenplay with Humphrey Bogart.

Bette Davis was involved in a lawsuit for failing to meet contractual terms with the producer Warner Brothers. In the search for better scripts ventured to accept other jobs offered in Britain and therefore violated the exclusivity to which it had committed to producing Hollywood. The results of this conflict were fatal to the actress, whose fortune is turned 180 degrees. So not only had debts but also ceased to have income.

In 1937 he spoke at a black film, Women marked. His interpretation was highly valued by critics and managed to recover his name as an actress. Jezebel, gave one second Oscar. It is followed Bitter victory in 1939, the film nominated for an Oscar again. During these years experiment one of the best moments of his professional career in which his films were the most blockbuster. The sky and you, and the 1940 letter.

In theatre, played the main character of La Loba, whose performance gave him another Oscar nomination. He went on the big screen with The passing strange, in 1942 and with alarm in the Rhine, 1943. Starting this year, begins a stage of decline personally and professionally. The sudden death of her husband nearly departs from his artistic work. In 1944, Mr. Skeffington, offers another nomination. The three later that he still spend virtually unnoticed.

When your entire environment was beginning to believe that his talent or strength as an actress was off, the play of All About Eve, 1950, received the best reviews of his entire career as an artist. In fact, he returned to be nominated for an Oscar, in addition to being awarded as best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1961 highlights, Pocketful of Miracles and remains entitled What was Baby Jane? Whose interpretation he returned to success.
  
His extensive filmography was recognized with the prize awarded in 1977 by the American Film Institute, and two years later won as best actress Emma. Still in the 78 worked in the Death on the Nile, a film based on a novel by mystery of Agatha Christi.