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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 .
Fay Bainter was an Oscar-winning actress who started her career as a child performer in 1898. She appeared in many films and plays, often as a sympathetic or understanding mother, aunt or wife, and was nominated for four Oscars.
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Jun 23, 2011 · Fay Bainter was unique among the stage trained actresses who excelled at character roles on screen in the 1930s and 40s. While other prolific performers of the day such as Edna May Oliver, Beulah Bondi and Spring Byington had always been character players, Bainter was a theatrical star of the first magnitude.
Fay Bainter was an American film and stage actress who won an Oscar for Jezebel (1938) and was nominated for White Banners (1938). She also appeared in Our Town, State Fair, The Children's Hour and many other films and TV shows.
Broadway actress who made her screen debut in 1934 and, four years later, earned simultaneous Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress ("Jezebel," for which she won) and Best Actress ("White Banners"). Often in matriarchal roles, Bainter was also acclaimed for "The Children's Hour" (1962), her last film.
