by Ed Sikov
Clarke, Charlie, 314
Clarke, Mae, 39
Clarke, Judge Thurmond, 137
Clovelly, Cecil, 123, 125
Coburn, Charles, 185, 189, 196
Coffee, Lenore, 195, 214, 272, 274
Coghlan, Junior, 41
Cohen, Larry, 281, 409
Cohn, Harry, 138
Colbert, Claudette, 73, 107, 166, 232, 248, 289, 290, 291
Collier’s, 61, 312
Collings, Russell, 252
Collins, Joan, 314
Colman, Ronald, 209
Columbia Pictures, 138
BD loaned out to, 41–42
Come Back, Little Sheba, 303
Communist Party of America, 254
Conflict (Prouty), 198
Congai, 81
Connecting Rooms, 380
Conroy, Frank, 30, 178
Constant Nymph, The, 196
CooCoo Nut Grove, The, 222–23
Cook, Donald, 365
Cook, Fielder, 382
Cook, Goia, 365
Cooper, Gary, 108, 179
Cooper, Gladys, 161, 163, 200
Corkum, Gerald, 176
Cornell, Katharine, 161, 232
Corn Is Green, The (film), 238–40, 241–42
Corn Is Green, The (play), 207, 238, 299, 374
Corsaro, Frank, 333, 335
Cortez, Ricardo, 60, 72, 77
Corwin, Norman, 244, 253, 326
Coshow, Dr. G. Horace, 109, 110
Cotten, Joseph, 273, 274
Coulouris, George, 213
Coward, Noël, 91
Crabe, Jim, 386
Craddock, Olive, 27
Cradle Snatchers, 33
Craig, Wendy, 359–60
Crain, Jeanne, 256, 291
Crawford, Broderick, 300
Crawford, Christina, 395
Crawford, Joan, 72–73, 107, 173, 197, 212, 221, 226, 248, 249, 302, 303, 333, 335, 339, 395
BD’s rivalry with, 72–73, 302, 342–43, 347–48, 353, 405
Hush. . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 351, 352–53
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, 340, 341–43, 344
Crestalban, 14–15, 16
Crews, Laura Hope, 31–32, 119
Crisp, Donald, 120
Cromwell, John, 64, 66, 67
Crosby, Bing, 212, 220, 223
Crouse, Russel, 249
Crowley, Mart, ix, 367, 368–69, 402–403, 408
Crowther, Bosley, 192
Cukor, George, 30–31, 32, 33, 50, 107, 214, 374
Cummings, Robert, 196
Cummins, Oscar, 152, 153
Currie, George, 28
Curtis, Jamie Lee, 381
Curtiz, Michael, 46–47, 55, 81, 101, 103, 111, 133, 151, 154, 155, 199–200, 248–49, 252
Cushing Academy, 19–21, 23, 28
Custen, George, 290, 291
“Cut Rate,”60
Cycad, 355
Daily People’s World, 253
Dall, John, 241, 335
Daly, John, 339
Damiani, Damiano, 349
Damned Don’t Cry, The, 343
Dangerous, 72–74, 79, 80, 82, 85, 167, 297, 413
Danger Signal, 171n, 194
Daniell, Henry, 156
Daniels, Bebe, 77
Dark Horse, The, 46–47, 51
Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The, 381
Dark Victory (film), 1–2, 3–4, 71, 137–47, 166, 197, 413
Dark Victory (play), 138
Daugherty, Herschel, 319
Daves, Delmer, 74, 230
Davis, Barbara “Bobby” (sister), 51, 134, 159, 176, 244, 263, 309, 312, 320, 323, 324, 330, 331–32, 348, 397
BD’s marriage to Sherry and, 246–48
BD supports, 53, 105, 322
childhood of, 11–19, 23, 24
Dark Victory and, 141
death of, 332
divorces, 264–65
education of, 14–15, 16, 19, 28, 32, 104
homes shared with Bette and Ruthie, 57–58, 104–105
marriages, 105, 264
mental illness, 14, 49, 58, 104, 105, 110, 264, 265, 397
as musician, 17, 18, 27
Davis, Bette (née Ruth Elizabeth)
abortions, 64, 111, 167
Academy Awards, see Academy Awards
ad in the trades, 1962, 346, 347
alcohol and, 298, 337, 371, 372, 373, 379, 390, 396, 397, 400–403
appearance of, 18, 28, 40, 55, 192, 222, 240–41, 275–76, 354, 402, 414
birth of, 11
childhood of, 9–24
death of, 282, 408–409, 413
divorces, 137, 138, 168
as dog lover, 136, 167–68, 193
dramatic education, 25–29, 30
early acting experience, 15, 20, 29–35
education of, 14–15, 16, 19–20, 25–29
Emmy nominations and award, 382, 413
film career, see Universal Pictures; Warner Bros.; individual films
finances, 53–54, 82, 96, 99, 106, 179, 199, 207–208, 225, 294, 313, 322, 344, 359, 396
friendships, 369–72
gay men and, 204–206, 224, 378, 383, 406–408
marriages, see Farnsworth, Arthur (BD’s second husband); Merrill, Gary (BD’s fourth husband); Nelson, Harmon O. “Ham”, Jr. (BD’s first husband); Sherry, William Grant (BD’s third husband)
memoirs, see Lonely Life, The (Davis); This ‘n That (Davis)
as mother, see Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry “B.D.” (daughter); Merrill, Margot Mosher (daughter); Merrill, Michael Woodman (son)
name change, 17
New England values and prudishness, 11–12, 18–19, 21, 22–23, 33, 38, 49, 53, 407
as obsessive-compulsive, 13–14, 104–105, 337–38
one woman show, 281, 378–79
physical and emotional health, 2, 40, 52–53, 53n, 110, 122, 124, 130, 141, 142, 147, 150, 153, 181–82, 186–87, 191, 201, 207, 210, 235, 237, 252, 258–60, 261, 265, 281, 282, 283, 312–13, 319–21, 332, 333, 334, 353, 375, 376, 377, 394, 396
portraits, 372–73
production company of, 208, 225, 250, 251, 255
as reader, 57, 137, 193, 263
screen tests, 36, 38–39
sense of humor, 403–405
smoking and, 332–33, 373, 379, 390, 400, 401
television roles, see individual titles
theater roles, see individual plays
voice and clipped speech of, 45, 65, 158–59, 183, 276–77, 318, 354
will and estate of, 285, 359, 415
Davis, Harlow Morrell (father), 10, 12, 14, 17, 30, 86, 124–27, 208
death of, 123, 127–28
described, 10–11, 12–13, 21, 22, 338
divorce, 14, 21–22
remarriage, 22
Davis, James, 19, 265
Davis, Dr. J. C., 191
Davis, Minnie Stewart, 22, 128
Davis, Owen, Sr., 116
Davis, Ruthie Favor (mother), 10, 33, 49, 51, 53, 79, 80, 98, 99, 159, 175, 176, 186–87, 218, 255, 307, 312, 405, 415
BD’s acting career and, 30, 31–32, 36, 124–25, 126
BD’s marriage to Sherry and, 247–48, 264
BD supports, 53, 64–65, 105–106, 322, 330–31
death of, 330–31
described, 10–11, 338
divorces, 14, 21–22, 264, 297
homes shared with Bette and Bobby, 57–58, 104–105, 168
jobs, 15, 18, 26, 28
letters to friends criticizing BD, 371–72
“psychic powers,”23, 31
raising her daughters, 13–20, 23, 24, 27–28, 330–31
second and third marriages, 245–46, 297
Day, Doris, 171n Days of Wine and Roses, 347
Dead Ringer, 351
Death on the Nile, 387–89
Death Valley Days, 344
DeCamp, Rosemary, 249
Deception, 256, 257–62
Decorator, The, 367–69
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Dee, Frances, 107
de Havilland, Olivia, 81, 103–104, 110, 151, 151n, 154–55, 157, 188, 190, 192, 222, 244, 332, 335, 340, 348, 351, 352–53, 405, 406
de Limur, Jean, 162, 257, 258
Design for Living, 360
Devereux Foundation, 358
Devine, Andy, 209
Devotion, 151, 151n
Dewey, Thomas, 100, 242–43
DeWitt, Addison, 289, 294
Dicke, Dr., 258–59
Dieterle, William, 61, 63, 64, 78, 128, 148, 172
Dietrich, Marlene, 211, 220, 225, 290, 312
di Frasso, Countess Dorothy, 224
Disappearance of Aimee, The, 385–86, 404
Dishonored Lady, 194
Disney, Walt, 225, 365
Disraeli, 43
Dix, William, 359
Dody, Sandford, 157, 328, 331
Donovan, Margaret, 176, 226–27, 248
“Don’t Be a Draft Bride,”208
Dorsey, Tommy, 98
Double Indemnity, 219
Douglass, Kent, 39, 90
Doyle, Laird, 72, 73, 81
Draper, Steven, 168
Drew, Ellen, 107
Duke, Vernon, 308
du Maurier, Daphne, 325
Dunaway, Faye, 385–86
Dunham, George J. “Gige,”23
Dunlap, Richard, 348
Dunne, Dominick, 367–68
Dunne, Irene, 103, 106, 107, 108, 195, 199, 209, 213, 214, 225, 232, 248, 249
Durante, Jimmy, 186
Durkin, Junior, 41
Dvorak, Ann, 47, 48, 68
Eagels, Jeanne, 161, 162, 164, 165, 257
Ealing Studios, 90, 324
Earth Between, The, 29–30
Eastwood, Clint, 414
Ebb, Fred, 397
Ebsen, Buddy, 414
Economist, The, 97
Edelman, Lou, 116
Edeson, Arthur, 95
Edwards, Ralph, 331
Einfeld, Charles, 51, 102
Einstein, Albert, 43
Eisenmann, Ike, 387
Eldridge, Florence, 78
Elizabeth the Queen, 151
Ellis, Mike, 308, 310
Elstree Studios, 359
Emerson, Faye, 194, 315
Emmy Awards, 382, 413
Empty Canvas, The, 348–51
Engstrand, Stuart, 272
Entwistle, Peg, 125
Epstein, Philip G. and Julius J., 177, 185
Mr. Skeffington, 233–35
Erickson, Leif, 326
Escape Me Never, 80
Espy, Reeves, 182
Ethan Frome (film), 256
Ethan Frome (Wharton), 226
Eunson, Dale, 302, 303
Eunson, Katherine Albert, 302
Evening with Bette Davis, An, 281, 378–79
Ewell, Tom, 315
Excess Baggage, 32
Ex-Lady, 52, 56–57, 58–59
Eyman, Scott, 78
Fabray, Nanette, 155
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 56
Falkenberg, Jinx, 315
Family Reunion, 382
Farnsworth, Arthur (BD’s second husband), 169, 170, 179, 187, 190–91, 193, 216, 219, 220, 224, 231, 259
death of, 226–29, 238
marriage to BD, 175–76, 178, 206–207
Farnsworth, Lucille, 191, 227
Farrell, Charles, 57, 60
Farrell, Glenda, 52, 60, 312, 335
Farrell, Henry, 340, 352
Farrow, John, 315, 323
Farrow, Mia, 388
Fashion Academy, 146
Fashions of 1934, 61–62
Fasten Your Seat Belts: The Passionate Life of
Bette Davis (Quirk), 136
Faulk, Maxine, 333, 334, 336
Faulkner, William, 225
Favor, Donald (cousin), 51
Favor, Grandmother, 14
Favor, John (cousin), 159, 176, 248
Favor, Mildred (aunt), 13, 18, 28, 51, 127
Favor, Myron (uncle), 19, 127
Favor, Dr. Paul (uncle), 21, 22, 30, 246, 338
Favor family, 19
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 253–54
Fehr, Rudy, 119
Fellows, Bob, 128
Ferber, Edna, 46, 225
Ferguson, Otis, 62
Ferrer, José, 291, 299
Ferrero, Jane Lockwood, 231
Fidler, Jimmie, 170
Field, Betty, 196
Field, Rachel, 157, 159
Field, Sally, 398
Fields, W. C., 220, 225
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 10, 414
Finkel, Abem, 72, 120
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 2, 143, 144, 213, 406, 414
Flanner, Janet, 110, 166, 175
Fletcher, Adele Whitely, 357
Flores, Judge Eugenio Calzada, 288
Florey, Robert, 171n Flynn, Errol, 81, 108, 132–34, 151, 152, 153–54, 156, 222
Fog Over Frisco, 63–64, 159
Follow the Boys, 220
Fonda, Henry, 24, 120, 128, 130, 405
Fonda, Jane, 405
Fontanne, Lynn, 151, 195
Forbes, Ruth Favor “Fay” (née Pelgram) (niece), 263, 264, 331, 415
Ford, Glenn, 251, 253, 329–30
Ford, John, 78, 405
Ford, Mary, 212, 254
Ford, Wallace, 32
Ford Theatre, “Footnote for a Doll,”316
Forester, C. S., 82
Forsaking All Others, 197
Fortune, 42 42nd Street, 51
Four Star studio, 367
Fox, Sidney, 37
Fox Pop, 223
Francis, Arlene, 325, 326, 338, 339
Francis, Kay, 81, 82, 211, 312
Freleng, Friz, 222, 223
Freund, Karl, 39
Freund, Sigmund, 141
Froelick, Anne, 166
Frogmen, 304
Front Page, The, 71
Front Page Woman, 71
Frye, William, 318–19, 320–21, 340, 341, 348, 354–55
Furse, Dudley, 88, 109, 181–82, 213, 226, 255
Gable, Clark, 108–109, 207, 223
Gabler, Neal, 47
Gabor sisters, 211–12
Galligan, David, 405–406
Gang, Martin, 78, 87
Gannett, Jean, 315
Garbo, Greta, 58, 106, 138, 156, 194, 223, 312
Gardner, Erle Stanley, 69
Garfield, John, 210, 222, 225, 254, 291, 382
Garfield, Julie, 382
Garland, Judy, 220, 244
Garland, Robert, 29–30
Garland, Ruthie, 168, 176
Garson, Greer, 196, 209, 211, 253
Gaudio, Tony, 59, 70, 88, 95, 163, 167, 215
Gaynor, Janet, 170, 209, 215
Gay Sisters, The (film), 219
Gay Sisters, The (Longstreet), 195, 204
Geist, Kenneth, 296
General Electric, 51–52
General Electric Theatre
“The Cold Touch,”316
“With Malice Toward One,”316
Genn, Leo, 299
Genthner, Myrtis, 17
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, 245
Gest, David, 414
Gielgud, John, 300, 360
Gilstrap, Suzy, 389, 391
Giltz, Michael, 367
Girl from 10th Avenue, The, 70–71
Girl Scouts, 16
Gish, Lillian, 409, 410, 411
Give Me Your Heart, 81
Glasgow, Ellen, 188
Goddard, Paulette, 107, 186, 209, 220, 244
God’s Country and the Woman, 84, 87, 88, 89, 93, 107
Golden, Gil, 267
Golden Apple, 414
Golden Arrow, The, 79, 86, 87, 95
Golden Globe awards, 413
Goldwyn, Sam, 179, 182
Gone with the Wind, 32, 107–109, 151, 154, 157, 158, 159, 166 “Good Little Girls,”310
Goulding, Edmund, 2, 116, 150, 15
7, 159, 163, 172–73, 196, 199, 214–15, 219, 226, 232, 289
Dark Victory and, 138–45
Goulet, Robert, 414
Graham, Martha, 29
Graham, Sheilah, 33, 263, 343
Grand Illusion, 130
Granger, Farley, 335
Grant, Cary, 103, 108, 185, 186, 223
Granville, Bonita, 200, 204
Great Lie, The, 171–74, 175, 176
Green, Al, 56
Green, Alfred E., 79
Greenfield, Vik, 136, 285, 288, 342, 358, 369, 370, 371, 377, 380, 383, 404, 407
Gregory, Ellen, 193
Griffith, D. W., 80, 411
Grot, Anton, 147, 155, 260
Grubbs, Frank “Worms,”24
Guillerman, John, 387–88, 389
Guinness, Alec, 300, 315, 324–25
Gulf Screen Guild Show, The, 196–97
Gunsmoke, “The Jailer,”360
Gutteridge, Lucy, 391
Hague, Albert, 374
Hale, Alan, 222
Hall, Fritz, 23, 50, 95
Hall, Gladys, 51, 137, 142, 167, 264
Hall, Prunella, 141
Haller, Ernie, 74, 88, 163, 178, 189, 252–53, 260, 344, 368
Halliday, John, 257
Halliday, Richard, 374
Hamer, Robert, 324, 325
Hammer Films, 360
Hammett, Dashiell, 77, 213
Hanley, Ellen, 3, 370–72, 396
Hard Way, The, 196
Hardwicke, Sir Cedric, 130
Harewood, Dorian, 376, 377
Harlow, Jean, 107
Harmetz, Aljean, 411
Harnick, Sheldon, 26, 309, 310, 311, 313
Harrie, Radie, 110
Harris, Jonathan, 316
Harris, Radie, 308
Harrison, Rex, 248, 374
Hart, Moss, 185, 187, 225, 312
Hartford, Huntington, 358
Harvey, Anthony, 386–87, 404–405
Harvin, Emily, 363
Hassett, William D., 245
Hastings, Sir Patrick, 92, 106
Haver, June, 414
Hawks, Howard, 56, 185, 186, 225
Hayden, Sterling, 301
Hayes, Helen, 156, 206, 381
Hayward, Leland, 335
Hayward, Susan, 107, 351
Hayworth, Rita, 328
Hazlitt, William, ix Head, Edith, 268, 291, 312, 332
Hearst, William Randolph, 91
Heaven Can Wait, 177
Hecht, Ben, 225
Heisler, Stuart, 302, 303
Hellinger, Mark, 250
Hellman, Lillian, 178, 180, 183, 212, 213, 225
Hello, Dolly!, 365–66
Hello Mother, Goodbye!, 380
Hell’s House, 41, 54
Henie, Sonja, 106
Henley, Hobart, 37
Henreid, Lisl, 203, 205, 206, 262, 406
Henreid, Paul, 200, 203–204, 206, 213, 225, 257, 258, 259, 262, 317, 351, 363, 406
Hepburn, Katharine, 78, 80, 106, 107, 108, 134, 195, 223, 253, 347, 364, 366, 374
Herman, Jan, 129
Herrick, Margaret, 80
Herskowitz, Michael, 398
Hibbert, Edward, 415