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1908 - Born as Ruth Elizabeth Davis on the 5th of April in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Harlow Morrell Davis and Ruth ("Ruthie") Augusta Favor.
1930 - Appeared in Broadway plays and moved to Hollywood.
1931 - Appeared in her film debut "The Bad Sister" and "Waterloo Bridge".
1932 - Starred in the Columbia Pictures for "The Menace", and to Capital Films for Hell's House.
- Played the lead female role in "The Man Who Played God".
- Married to Harmon Nelson on August 18th.
1935 - Davis appeared in "Dangerous".
1936 - Appeared in the film "The Petrified Forest".
1937 - Played the role of a prostitute in a contemporary gangster drama in the film "Marked Woman".
1938 - Won a second Academy Award for "Jezebel", which she portrayed a willful and self-absorbed Southern Belle.
1939 - Appeared in three films "The Old Maid", "Juarez", and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex".
1940 - Starred in the movie "All This and Heaven Too".
- Married to Arthur Farnsworth on December 31st.
1945 - Married to William Grant Sherry on November 30th.
1950 - Married to Gary Merrill on July 28th.
1962 - Davis opened in the Broadway production, "The Night of the Iguana".
1965-1968 - Appeared in the British films "The Nanny" and "The Anniversary".
1978 - Played supporting role in Disney film, "Return from Witch Mountain".
- Starred in the television mini-series "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" and the film, "Death on the Nile".
1979 - She won an Emmy Award for "Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter with Gena Rowlands".
1980 - Nominated for her performances in "White Mama and Little Gloria... Happy at Last".
- Played a supporting role in "The Watcher in the Woods".
1983 - She was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy.
1986 - Davis appeared in the television film, "As Summers Die".
1987 - Played Lindsay Anderson the blind sister of Lillian Gish in the film "The Whales of August".
1989 - She died on 6th of October at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
1930 - Appeared in Broadway plays and moved to Hollywood.
1931 - Appeared in her film debut "The Bad Sister" and "Waterloo Bridge".
1932 - Starred in the Columbia Pictures for "The Menace", and to Capital Films for Hell's House.
- Played the lead female role in "The Man Who Played God".
- Married to Harmon Nelson on August 18th.
1935 - Davis appeared in "Dangerous".
1936 - Appeared in the film "The Petrified Forest".
1937 - Played the role of a prostitute in a contemporary gangster drama in the film "Marked Woman".
1938 - Won a second Academy Award for "Jezebel", which she portrayed a willful and self-absorbed Southern Belle.
1939 - Appeared in three films "The Old Maid", "Juarez", and "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex".
1940 - Starred in the movie "All This and Heaven Too".
- Married to Arthur Farnsworth on December 31st.
1945 - Married to William Grant Sherry on November 30th.
1950 - Married to Gary Merrill on July 28th.
1962 - Davis opened in the Broadway production, "The Night of the Iguana".
1965-1968 - Appeared in the British films "The Nanny" and "The Anniversary".
1978 - Played supporting role in Disney film, "Return from Witch Mountain".
- Starred in the television mini-series "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" and the film, "Death on the Nile".
1979 - She won an Emmy Award for "Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter with Gena Rowlands".
1980 - Nominated for her performances in "White Mama and Little Gloria... Happy at Last".
- Played a supporting role in "The Watcher in the Woods".
1983 - She was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy.
1986 - Davis appeared in the television film, "As Summers Die".
1987 - Played Lindsay Anderson the blind sister of Lillian Gish in the film "The Whales of August".
1989 - She died on 6th of October at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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