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Why Lisa Kudrow says Hollywood star Bette Davis was one of the most interesting women

The "Friends" alum commended the "really strong" icon while discussing some of her favorite movies....

Jun 09, 2026 • Entertainment Weekly on MSN

Bette Davis' 3 Children: All About the Late Actress' Daughters and Son

Bette Davis had three kids: Barbara “B.D.” Hyman, Margot Merrill and Michael Merrill Julie Trema...

Aug 02, 2025 • People

Bette Davis hated her final movie so much she walked away and never returned

Image Credit: Bette Davis in 'Wicked Stepmother' (Image: MGM) In the spring of 1988, the legendary B...

Jun 01, 2026 • FirstCuriosity on MSN

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Feud' Star Susan Sarandon on 'The First Time I Really Felt Like Bette' The moment when Bette debuted...

Dec 18, 2025 • Yahoo

Bette Midler explains why Bette Davis was ‘not pleased’ after learning she was named after her

Bette Midler is known as the "Divine Miss M," but she was named for another Hollywood legend. Midler...

Jul 24, 2024 • Yahoo

On this day in history, April 5, 1908, actress Bette Davis born in Massachusetts: 'Strong-willed woman'

Bette Davis, a Hollywood legend whose "raw, unbridled intensity kept her at the top of her professio...

Apr 04, 2024 • Fox News

How Bette Davis Reacted to Kim Carnes’ ‘Bette Davis Eyes’

To truly understand who Davis was, you have to understand Davis’ career. Davis was a famous actres...

Nov 18, 2020 • The Cheat Sheet

Bette Davis’ former Laguna Beach home sells for $15.3 million

The 5,472-square-foot French Normandy-style home built into a Laguna Beach bluff in 1929 and once ow...

Aug 09, 2022 • FOX13 Memphis

Bette Midler says Bette Davis was ‘not pleased’ after learning she was named after her

Bette Midler is known as the “Divine Miss M,” but she was named for another Hollywood legend. Su...

Jul 24, 2024 • NBC News

Oscar-winning legend left begging for work with ad due to Hollywood ageism

Double Oscar winner Bette Davis was only 54 when she placed a tongue-in-cheek ad in Variety's "situa...

Jun 05, 2026 • Daily Express US on MSN

BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES to Return to Puffin Cultural Forum

Jessica Sherr's solo show BETTE DAVIS AIN'T FOR SISSIES returns to Teaneck's Puffin Cultural Forum f...

Jun 01, 2026 • BroadwayWorld

How Kim Carnes Transformed 'Bette Davis Eyes' into an '80s No. 1 Hit

The now-iconic song found massive success years after its debut thanks to a bold reinvention....

May 03, 2026 • Parade on MSN

Bette Davis vs. Amanda Blake: The great ‘Gunsmoke’ battle behind the scenes

When big-screen legend Bette Davis rode into Dodge City for a small-screen guest appearance on Gunsm...

May 25, 2026 • NewsBreak on MSN

Bette Davis’ $17M clifftop home somehow can’t find a buyer

It’s historic, stunning and was once graced by Hollywood royalty. But Bette Davis’ Laguna Beach ...

Dec 30, 2021 • New York Post

The real story behind Bette Davis and Joan Crawford’s decades-long feud

Image Credit: Joan Crawford and Bette Davis (Image: Britannica and Fox) When Bette Davis died in 198...

May 30, 2026 • FirstCuriosity on MSN

Mia Farrow Shares the 1 Beauty Habit Close Friend Bette Davis Warned Her About When She Went Bald in Her Later Years

Farrow recently shared new memories of the late old Hollywood star Valerie Terranova/FilmMagic; Dona...

Jun 05, 2025 • People

All about Bette Davis’s 3 Kids: Barbara, Margot, and Michael (And Why the Actress Didn’t Become a Mom till 39)

Bette Davis was a superstar in films during the mid 1900s starring in classics like Deception, The L...

Mar 30, 2026 • AOL

The coastal Maine home where Bette Davis raised her family after leaving Hollywood has listed for $15M

Bette Davis, a legend of Hollywood’s Golden Age, left behind Tinseltown for this $15 million estat...

Jul 24, 2025 • New York Post

Bette Davis Called This Underrated Star “The Greatest Actress” She’d Ever Seen

Logan Kelly is a professional author, screenwriter, and proud cinemaphile. He studied screenwriting ...

Jun 03, 2025 • collider

Bette Davis Won an Oscar for a Film That’s Been Compared to ‘Gone With the Wind’ for Decades—Despite Coming Out Before It

Even nearly nine decades since its release and rightful re-evaluation, there are few films that have...

Apr 16, 2025 • MSN

Ron Howard Says He Knew He'd Earned Bette Davis' Respect When She 'Slapped Me on My Ass' on the Set of Skyward

Davis only referred to Howard as "Mr. Howard" until she decided she liked him, he revelaed in a new ...

Aug 14, 2025 • People

What Happened to That Bette Davis ‘Take Fountain’ Mural in Hollywood?

Commuters taking a famous shortcut through East Hollywood have long admired the whimsical portrait o...

Dec 25, 2023 • Los Angeles Magazine

Bette Davis’ Reported Reaction to Joan Crawford’s Death Was Jaw-Dropping

Hollywood feuds are as old as the industry itself. However, the tension between 20th century mega-st...

Jan 31, 2021 • The Cheat Sheet

Why Bette Davis famously cut her two daughters and grandsons out of $1million will

An interest in Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes" (thanks to JoJo Siwa's cover) has sparked a reignited ...

Aug 24, 2025 • MSN

Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies at Triad Theater

Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies is the acclaimed one-woman show written and performed by Jessica She...

Dec 12, 2025 • BroadwayWorld

Get Your Reps In: Bette Davis Transforms “Now, Voyager”

A half-century before ’90s rom-coms taught us that removing eyeglasses was the surest way to revea...

Mar 17, 2026 • Willamette Week

New England home of movie legend Bette Davis sells for $13.4 million

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Sep 15, 2025 • The Business Journals