KALTBLUT-HONK! 03 The Divas

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she was nominated for an Oscar ten times. In 1941 she
became the first female president of the „Academy of
Motion Pictures and Arts “, but angered the committee
with her research nature and left without further
ado, the Academy. She even claimed that she gave the
award the nickname “Oscar”.
By her brash, impatient and unbridled nature, Bette
Davis squandered themselves with their employer
the „Warner Brothers Studios“. When she was afraid
thather career bend through the mediocre roles that
the studiio allocates to her, she took the offer of a British
producer company to lead in two of their films. In
order to escape the just penalty for the infringement
summarily sued the Warner Brothers studio in the
English court. The case was later the historic milestone
because more similar cases were decided in favor of
the plaintiff actor. Bette, however, lost the lawsuit and
went back to Hollywood in debt. She remained still at
the „Warner Brother Studios“ and later she became the
highest paid actress at her time.
Bette’s meteoric rise had a rather negative effect on
their private life. 1932-1960 Davis had four husbands
and three children. 1932 she married “Ham” Nelson.
The marriage broke up, however, in 1938, on Bette’s
infidelity and success. Her second husband, Arthur
Farnsworth was a native of England innkeeper. The
happiness was short-lived, as he died in 1943 on a skull
fracture. 1945 Bette married for the third time, this
time to the artist William Grant Sherry. At the age of
39, she gave birth to a daughter, Barbara. 1950 Bette
has a divorce from William. And then 25 days later she
married her fellow actor Gary Merrill. Gary adopted
Bette’s daughter Barbara and within the next two
years, the two actors adopted two more children - a girl
named Margaret and a boy - Michael. Some years later
the first daughter Barbara broke off the contact, as she
published a rather unpleasant biography of the relationship
to her mother.
Bette Davis even claimed that the director William Wyler
was her one true love. He, however, refused to leave
his wife, and so Bette Davis stays alone from 1960 on.
After several years without success, Bette Davis had a
critically acclaimed comeback as Baby Jane in the horror
film “What happened to Baby Jane “ (1962)
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi836895001/
The fascinating thing about this film was that she
played with her arch rival Joan Crawford. This film
was a worldwide success, just by the fact that the two
actresses could now live out their rivalry in front of the
camera. Rumor has this dislike arose from the fact that