What can I say? Bette Davis is probably the greatest actress ever to grace the silver screen. Her reputation is legendary. Her much-talked about rivalry with Joan Crawford is the thing myths are made of. The sheer weight of her brilliant talent is written on every role that I have ever seen her play. Over the course of her career, Davis played a Southern belle, a spinster sister, a has-been child actor eclipsed by her sister's career, an ugly duckling-turned beautiful swan, and performed the role of England's Queen Elizabeth I twice, just to name a few of her more prominent roles. Additionally, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, was the first person ever to get ten nominations for the same, and was the first female President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Through it all, she maintained a thoroughly professional demeanor, putting her entire self into her roles. So dedicated was Davis to her career that she often said that it resulted in the failure of all of her marriages. But overall, it is doubtful Bette Davis would have changed a thing. She showed us what true grace, talent, drive, and hard work, not to mention those eyes, could achieve.
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