Bette Davis: movies and TV shows
Bette Davis has 228 credits in the archive: 184 films and 44 TV series, from 1931 to 2022. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1931 – 2022 · busiest year: 1982 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | This Is Joan Collins | Self (Archive Footage) | Film | 7.5 | 114 |
| 2021 | Madonna: Madame X | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 113 |
| 2021 | Morceaux de Cannes | Film | 2.0 | 113 | |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 111 |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 110 |
| 2017 | The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | Film | 4.5 | 109 |
| 2017 | Bette and Joan | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 109 |
| 2017 | Bette Davis: Larger Than Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 109 |
| 2015 | Listen to Me Marlon | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 107 |
| 2015 | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 107 |
| 2014 | Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 106 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 105 |
| 2013 | Footsteps on the Ceiling | Margo Channing (archive footage) | Film | — | 105 |
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 105 |
| 2011 | Vito | Self (archive) | Film | 6.9 | 103 |
| 2011 | Marilyn at the Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 103 |
| 2009 | The Travels of Kinuyo Tanaka | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 101 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 101 |
| 2009 | Queer Icon: The Cult of Bette Davis | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.3 | 99 |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 98 |
| 2006 | Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 98 |
| 2006 | Jezebel: Legend of the South | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 98 |
| 2005 | The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 97 |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Queen Elizabeth (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 97 |
| 2005 | How Real is 'The Star'? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 97 |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 95 |
| 2002 | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 94 |
| 2001 | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 93 |
| 2001 | Bride of Trailer Camp | (archive footage) | Film | — | 93 |
| 2000 | Backstory: 'All About Eve' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 92 |
| 1999 | All About My Mother | Film | 7.6 | 91 | |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 89 |
| 1997 | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 89 |
| 1996 | Intimate Portrait: Bette Davis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 88 |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 88 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 1995 | Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 87 |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 86 |
| 1994 | All About Bette | Self | Film | 7.5 | 86 |
| 1994 | Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 86 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 85 |
| 1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Miranda Pierpoint | Film | 4.6 | 81 |
| 1989 | Hairway to the Stars | Self [Archive Footage] | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.2 | 80 |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Libby Strong | Film | 7.0 | 79 |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 79 |
| 1986 | Directed by William Wyler | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Hannah Loftin | Film | 6.7 | 78 |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | archive footage | Film | 7.4 | 78 |
| 1986 | Bette Davis at the Cinémathèque Française | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Carrie Louise Serrocold | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1985 | Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 77 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 76 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1983 | Right of Way | Miniature Dwyer | Film | 7.5 | 75 |
| 1983 | Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano | Self | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 1982 | Late Night with David Letterman | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 74 |
| 1982 | Hotel | Laura Trent | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 1982 | Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | Film | 6.0 | 74 | |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Deception") (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 74 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1982 | A Piano for Mrs. Cimino | Esther McDonald Cimino | Film | 7.6 | 74 |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt | TV | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 74 |
| 1981 | Family Reunion | Elizabeth Winfield | TV | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1981 | Family Reunion | Elizabeth Winfield | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1980 | The Watcher in the Woods | Mrs. Aylwood | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 1980 | White Mama | Estelle Malone | Film | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1980 | Skyward | Billie Dupree | Film | 7.1 | 72 |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Lucy Mason | Film | 9.4 | 71 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 71 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile | Marie Van Schuyler | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 1978 | Mickey's 50 | Self | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Letha Wedge | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 1978 | Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette | Marie Van Schuyler | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Dark Secret of Harvest Home | Widow Fortune | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 1977 | Laugh-In | Guest Performer | TV | 6.6 | 69 |
| 1976 | Burnt Offerings | Aunt Elizabeth | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Minnie Kennedy | Film | 8.7 | 68 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1974 | Hello Mother, Goodbye! | Mother | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1974 | Miss Moffat | Miss Moffat | Film | — | 66 |
| 1974 | Hello Mother, Goodbye! | Mother | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1973 | Scream, Pretty Peggy | Mrs. Elliott | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1972 | Bette Davis | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1972 | The Scopone Game | 'A vecchia | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1972 | Madame Sin | Madame Sin | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Judge Meredith | Film | 2.5 | 64 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 63 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1971 | Bunny O'Hare | Bunny O'Hare | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 1970 | Connecting Rooms | Wanda Fleming | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Bessie Grindel | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1968 | The Anniversary | Mrs. Taggart | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1967 | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1965 | The Nanny | Nanny | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Decorator | Liz | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | Mrs. Gerald Hayden | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Charlotte Hollis | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1964 | Dead Ringer | Margaret DeLorca / Edith Phillips | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1963 | The Empty Canvas | Dino's Mother | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Celia Miller | TV | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Baby Jane Hudson | Film | 7.9 | 54 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Apple Annie | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Sarah Whitney | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1959 | The Scapegoat | Countess | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Empress Catherine the Great | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Constant Doyle | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Ella Lindstrom | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Madame Elizabeth McQueeny | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Mrs. Wilfred Ellis | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 48 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1956 | The Catered Affair | Agnes Hurley | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1956 | Storm Center | Alicia Hull | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Etta Stone | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Miss Fox | TV | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Marie Hoke | TV | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1955 | The Virgin Queen | Queen Elizabeth I | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Miss Burrows | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Christine Marlowe | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Dolley Madison | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Marie Hoke | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1952 | The Star | Margaret Elliot | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Aimee's mother | TV | 8.8 | 43 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Irene Van Buren | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Joyce Ramsey (nee Jackson) | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1951 | Another Man's Poison | Janet Frobisher | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1950 | All About Eve | Margo Channing | Film | 8.1 | 42 |
| 1949 | Breakdowns of 1949 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest | Rosa Moline | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1948 | June Bride | Linda Gilman | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting | Susan Grieve | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Kate Bosworth / Patricia Bosworth | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Film | 6.4 | 38 | |
| 1946 | Deception | Christine Radcliffe | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green | Miss Lilly Christabel Moffat | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Fanny Trellis | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1944 | Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine | Sara Müller | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Kit Marlowe | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1943 | Stars on Horseback | Film | 5.0 | 35 | |
| 1943 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Self | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1943 | A Present with a Future | Mother | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1942 | Now, Voyager | Charlotte Vale | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Stanley Timberlake Kingsmill | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes | Regina Hubbard Giddens | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Joan Winfield | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | Shining Victory | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Maggie Cutler | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Maggie Patterson Van Allen | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Letter | Leslie Crosbie | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Henriette Deluzy-Desportes | Film | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1940 | If I Forget You | Bette Davis | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Juarez | Empress Carlotta von Hapsburg | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1939 | Dark Victory | Judith Traherne | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Queen Elizabeth | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1939 | The Old Maid | Charlotte Lovell | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Julie Marsden | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1938 | The Sisters | Louise Elliott Medlin | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After | Joyce Arden | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Louise 'Fluff' Phillips | Film | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Mary Donnell | Film | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Mary Dwight Strauber | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Bette Davis (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Satan Met a Lady | Valerie Purvis | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest | Gabrielle "Gabby" Maple | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film | — | 28 |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | Daisy Appleby | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1936 | Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | Ellen Garfield | Film | 5.9 | 27 |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Julie Gardner | Film | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1935 | Dangerous | Joyce Heath | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Film | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1935 | Bordertown | Mrs. Marie Roark | Film | 5.9 | 27 |
| 1935 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Miriam A. Brady | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1934 | Housewife | Patricia Berkeley | Film | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Joan Martin | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Lynn Mason | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Arlene Bradford | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1934 | The Big Shakedown | Norma Nelson | Film | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage | Mildred Rogers | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1933 | Just Around the Corner | Ginger | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1933 | Parachute Jumper | Patricia 'Alabama' Brent | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1933 | The 42nd Street Special | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Norma Roberts | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1933 | The Working Man | Jenny Hartland alias Jane Grey | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1933 | Ex-Lady | Helen Bauer | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Dark Horse | Kay Russell | Film | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1932 | So Big! | Miss Dallas O'Mara | Film | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Malbro | Film | 5.4 | 24 |
| 1932 | The Man Who Played God | Grace Blair | Film | 7.2 | 24 |
| 1932 | The Menace | Peggy Lowell | Film | 5.6 | 24 |
| 1932 | 20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Fay Wilson | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | Madge Norwood | Film | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1932 | Hell's House | Peggy Gardner | Film | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Ruth Westcott | Film | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1931 | The Bad Sister | Laura Madison | Film | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridge | Janet Cronin | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1931 | Way Back Home | Mary Lucy Duffy | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1931 | Seed | Margaret Carter | Film | 6.5 | 23 |