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Awards for
Bette Davis

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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1963 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

 
1953 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: The Star (1952)

 
1951 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: All About Eve (1950)

 
1945 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Mr. Skeffington (1944)

 
1943 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Now, Voyager (1942)

 
1942 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: The Little Foxes (1941)

 
1941 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: The Letter (1940)

 
1940 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Dark Victory (1939)

 
1939 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Jezebel (1938)
On 19 July 2001 Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscar statuette at a Christie's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This was the second time in five years Spielberg did so to protect an Oscar from further commercial exploitation.
 
1936 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Dangerous (1935)
On 14 December 2002 Steven Spielberg anonymously bought Davis' Oscar at a Sotheby's auction in New York to return it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The statuette was among the memorabilia sold by the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, which has emerged from bankruptcy protection.
 
1935 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
for: Of Human Bondage (1934)
This was a write-in nomination.
 
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 Won Golden Scroll Best Supporting Actress
for: Burnt Offerings (1976)

 
American Film Institute, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 - Life Achievement Award 
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1964 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress
for: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
USA.
 
CableACE Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 Nominated ACE Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
for: As Summers Die (1986) (TV)

 
1984 Nominated ACE Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Program
for: Right of Way (1983) (TV)

 
Cannes Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1951 Won Best Actress
for: All About Eve (1950)

 
César Awards, France
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1986 - Honorary César 
 
Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
for: Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (TV)

 
1980 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
for: White Mama (1980) (TV)

 
1979 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
for: Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) (TV)

 
1974 Nominated Emmy Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement
for: "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" (1973)
For episode "Warner Bros. Movies - A 50 Year Salute".
 
Film Society of Lincoln Center
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 - Gala Tribute 
 
Golden Apple Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1963 Won Golden Apple Most Cooperative Actress

 
1941 Won Golden Apple Most Cooperative Actress

 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1974 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award 
 
1963 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
for: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

 
1962 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
for: Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

 
1951 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
for: All About Eve (1950)

 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1952 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actress - Foreign Film (Miglior Attrice Straniera)
for: All About Eve (1950)

 
Laurel Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1965 Won Golden Laurel Dramatic Performance, Female
for: Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star
11th place.
 
1963 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Female Dramatic Performance
for: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

 
Monte-Carlo TV Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Golden Nymph
for: A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) (TV)

 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1950 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress
for: All About Eve (1950)

 
Photoplay Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1962 Won Most Popular Female Star 
 
San Sebastián International Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1989 - Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1937 Won Volpi Cup Best Actress
for: Kid Galahad (1937)
Also for Marked Woman (1937).
 
Walk of Fame
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
unknown - Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture
At 6225 Hollywood Blvd.
Television
At 6233 Hollywood Blvd.
 
Women in Film Crystal Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Crystal Award 
 

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