Biography:

Born - April 5, 1908
Lowell, Massachusetts
Died - October 6, 1989
Neuilly, France

Achievements:

• Academy Award Nominations/Wins:
  
  • 1935 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Of Human Bondage (1934)
  • 1936 - Won - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Dangerous (1935)
  • 1939 - Won - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jezebel (1938)
  • 1940 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Dark Victory (1939)
  • 1941 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Letter (1940)
  • 1942 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Little Foxes (1941)
  • 1943 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Now, Voyager (1942)
  • 1945 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Mr. Skeffington (1944)
  • 1951 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - All About Eve (1950)
  • 1953 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - The Star (1952)
  • 1963 - Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

• 1941 - Was the first woman to be president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• 1951 - Won Cannes Film Festival Best Actress - All About Eve (1950)
• 1964 - Nominated for BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress - What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• 1974 - Won Cecil B. DeMille Award - Golden Globes
• 1977 - American Film Institute - Life Achievement Award
• 1979 - Won an Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979)
• 1980 - Nominated for an Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - White Mama (1980)
• 1983 - Nominated for an Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special - Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)
• 1983 - Won Women in Film Crystal Award
• 1986 - Won César Honorary Award (Honneur)
• 1987 - Kennedy Center Honoree
• Ranked #15 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.