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Bette Davis was an iconic American actress who dominated Hollywood's Golden Age with her powerful performances and distinctive voice. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1908, she became one of the first actresses to truly control her own career. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for "Jezebel" (1938) and "All About Eve" (1950), and received 11 Oscar nominations—a record for an actress at the time. Known for her fierce personality and dramatic intensity, Davis portrayed some of cinema's most memorable female characters. Her career spanned five decades, and she was widely regarded as the "Queen of Hollywood." She died in France in 1989 at age 81.

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“Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.”

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Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

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“Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.”

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“There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.”

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Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

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“Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.”

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Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

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“Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.”

Should Acting Bigger Scripts Bigger Than Life

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“I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.”

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Book:The lonely life: an autobiography

Source: The lonely life: an autobiography

“I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.”

Remember Actors Acting Laughing Stage

Author:Bette Davis

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Born: April 5, 1908
Died: October 6, 1989
Known for: Actress
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