Fay Bainter

Fay Okell Bainter December 7 1893 April 16 1968 was an American film and stage actress She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel 1938 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame MGM persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in This Side of Heaven February 1934 the same year she appeared in Dodsworth on Broadway and in the film It Happened One Day July 1934 Bainter quickly achieved success and in 1938 she became the first performer nominated in the same year for both the Academy Award for Best Actress for White Banners 1938 and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel 1938 winning for the latter Since then only nine other actors have won dual nominations in a single year In 1940 she played Mrs Gibbs in the film production of the Thornton Wilder play Our Town In 1945 she played Melissa Frake in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical State Fair She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Childrens Hour 1961 Finally in 1962 Fay appeared as a guest star on The Donna Reed Show She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Bainter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia