Borgnine, Ernest, 461, 463, 465, 467, 526–528
Boyer, Charles, 262, 263–264, 265, 267, 533
Brackett, Charles, 453–454
Brando, Marlon, 455–456
Brennan, Walter, 370, 376
Brent, George
affair with Davis, 216–217, 222–223, 249, 258
films with Davis, 59–61, 120–122, 132–134, 147–149, 188–189, 198, 216–217, 220, 242, 245, 275–276, 279–280, 302
on Goulding, 172
lack of response to Davis’s advances, 134–135, 149
on marriage, 131–132
steadying influence of, 61, 127, 245–246
two-cigarette scene inspiration, 317
Bride Came C.O.D., The (film), 281–286
Broken Dishes (Flavin), 20–23
Brooks, Richard, 462–465, 466
Brown, Harry Joe, 140–141, 451
Bryan, Jane, 160, 162, 164, 202, 239, 281
Buchholz, Horst, 503–504
Bunny O’Hare (film), 526–528
Buono, Victor, 490, 496, 499, 511–512
Bureau of Missing Persons (film), 95–97
Burglar and the Lady, The (skit), 65
Burke, Billie, 302, 306
Burnt Offerings (film), 539–541
Byron, Walter, 42–43
Cabin in the Cotton (film), 65–68, 110
Cabot, Bruce, 477
Cagney, James, 104–106, 157, 283–286
Calhern, Louis, 14, 80, 83
Cann, Lois, 8
Capra, Frank, 484–486
Carey, Harry, Jr., 574, 575
Carlson, Richard, 291–292, 294
Carnes, Kim, 563
Carroll, Kathleen, 558
Carson, Jack, 283, 327, 347–348
Carson, Johnny, xiii–xv, 541–542
Catered Affair, The (film), 461–467
Chanslor, Roy, 132–133
Chatterton, Ruth, 59–62, 121–122
Chayefsky, Paddy, 463–464
Chevalier, Maurice, 155
Christie, Agatha, 546–547, 571–572
Ciannelli, Eduardo, 160, 161
Clark, Dane, 345–346, 372, 374–376, 377
Clarke, Charles G., 451–453
Clarke, Mae, 37–38
Clemens, Brian, 557
Clive, Colin, 93, 125–127
Coffee, Lenore, 275, 329, 334, 405, 408
Coghlan, Junior, 45–46
Cohen, Larry, 579–581
Cohen, Lester, 111–112
Colbert, Claudette, 417–418
Collins, Joan, 450, 452–453
Come Back, Little Sheba (film), 442, 443
Comet Over Broadway (film), 200–201
Connecting Rooms (film), 523–526
Connors, Mike, 508, 510
Conroy, Frank, 9, 11, 12
Constant Nymph, The (film), 170
Cook, Alton, 429
Cook, Donald, 55
Cooper, Gladys, 312, 318–319, 508, 510
Corn Is Green, The (film), 163, 357–366. see also Miss Moffat (Logan)
Corn Is Green, The (Williams), 357–358
Cortez, Ricardo, 103, 133–134, 149
Corwin, Norman, 480–481
Cotten, Joseph, 407–409, 517–518, 529
Coulouris, George, 322, 325
Cowan, Jerome, 244–245, 342–343, 400–401, 402
Cowl, Jane, 412, 415–416
Crawford, Joan
Academy Award nominations for, 441–442
Davis’s feud with, 354–357, 437–440, 490–496, 513–516, 533–535, 555, 587
gay cult following of, 534–536
health issues of, 514–516, 518
marriages of, 139–142, 355
Warner Brothers contract, 345, 352–354
Cream Princess (film), 147–149
Crewe, Regina, 68
Crews, Laura Hope, 12–13, 298–299
Crisp, Donald, 171, 172, 233, 244, 252, 274
Cromwell, John, 110, 112–113, 117–118
Cromwell, Richard, 189
Cronin, A. J., 274
Crowther, Bosley, 151–152, 267, 294, 298, 325–326, 396, 399, 495–496
Cukor, George, 12, 14, 179–181, 183–185
Curtis, Dan, 539–540
Curtis, Jamie Lee, 573
Curtiz, Michael, 66–68, 80–83, 104, 132, 164–165, 247–248, 250–251, 353
Dall, John, 358–360, 361–362
Damiani, Damiano, 502–504
Dangerous (film), 119, 137–139, 142, 143, 148, 355
Dangerous Female (TV film), 149
Daniels, Bebe, 149
Dark Horse, The (film), 62–63
Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The (TV film), 543–544
Dark Victory (film), 215–225
Dark Victory (radio show), 81
Darro, Frankie, 38–39, 40
Davenport, Harry, 262, 264–265, 283, 285–286
Daves, Delmer, 145, 345, 347
Davies, Marion, 133
Davis, Barbara “Bobby” (sister)
college years, 11
death of, 551–552
mental illness of, 78–79, 89, 215, 389
relationship with Davis, 3–7, 72–79, 259, 282, 338, 349–350, 351–352, 444
support for Davis’s career, 17, 22, 24
Davis, Harlow Morrell (father), 1–5, 11, 17, 19–20, 77, 199–201, 258–259
Davis, Jim, 395, 397–399
Davis, Owen, Jr., 24
Davis, Ruth Elizabeth “Bette”
acting education of, 9–12
autobiographies of, 482–483, 497, 506–507, 578
birth of, 1, 2
breakthrough performances by, 54, 67, 68, 110
Broadway roles, 20–24
burn accident, 5–6
childhood of, 1–5
children of (see Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry; Merrill, Margot; Merrill, Michael)
commercial for Equal sweetener, 579
on death, 551–552
death of, xv, 587–589
decision to pursue acting career, 9–10
decline of career, 212–213, 496–498
early love life of, 6–8, 24
early stage roles, 9, 12–14, 15–20
education of, 5–6, 8–12
estate of, 588–589
eyes of, 6, 34, 39, 562
famous one-liners, xiv, 65, 268, 270–271, 313, 408–410, 422, 452, 536, 543
film listing, 591–593 (See also specific films)
gay cult following of, 534–536
health issues of, 200–201, 215–217, 445–446, 537–538, 568–570, 579, 584–586
on homosexuality, 254–255
husbands of (see Farnsworth, Arthur; Merrill, Gary; Nelson, Ham; Sherry, William Grant)
lesbianism and, 492, 554–556 (See also Crawford, Joan; Hopkins, Miriam)
modeling for statue, 564
on motherhood and career, 396, 589–590
name change, 3
nurturing younger cast members, 361, 362, 401, 416
on playing herself, 347
political views of, 88, 322–323, 350, 401, 457, 458–459, 509
pregnancies of, 88–89, 352, 357, 389–390, 431
as producer, 367, 375–376, 378–381
relationships with younger men, 338–339, 347–349, 473–474, 506–507
screen tests, 22, 24–25
stage appearances of, 593 (See also specific titles)
two-cigarette scene inspiration, 317, 533
on virginity, 71–75
weddings of, 73–74, 281–282, 352
Davis, Ruth Favor (mother)
Davis’s children and, 447
on Davis’s suitors and marriages, 6–7, 72–73, 336–337, 351–352, 389, 391, 431
at Davis’s weddings, 73–74, 282, 352
death of, 482, 551
divorce of, 2–5
financial dependency on Davis, 76–78, 215, 351
jobs during Davis’s childhood, 4–5, 6, 8�
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marriages of, 1–3, 389
support for Davis’s acting career, 27–29, 42, 89, 117, 143–144, 155, 159, 267, 543
support for Davis’s stage career, 10–13, 15–17, 21–22
Deadlock (Sands), 431
Dead Pigeon (film), 499
Dead Ringer (film), 499–502
Death on the Nile (film), 546–549
Deception (film), 383–388, 393
Defense Department award, 565–566
De Havilland, Olivia, 173–175, 203, 251–252, 302–305, 327–328, 396, 453, 516–517, 543, 584
Del Ruth, Roy, 96
Denby, David, 549
Dewey, Thomas E., 161, 399, 401–402
Dieterle, William, 100, 101, 106–107, 150–151, 152, 226, 230, 233
Dillon, John Francis, 103
Dinehart, Alan, 95–96, 104
Dingle, Charles, 291, 294
Disappearance of Aimee, The (TV film), 541–543
Disney, 545, 556–557
Dmytryk, Edward, 508–510
Dodd, Claire, 84
Dody, Sandford, 482–483
Donnelly, Ruth, 96
Donovan, Margaret, 282, 343
Dougherty, Kathryn, 101
Downing, Robert, 450
Doyle, Laird, 104, 132–133, 134
Drake, Charles, 315, 317–318
Duke, Vernon, 44, 443
DuMaurier, Daphne, 479
Dunaway, Faye, 541–543
Dunne, Irene, 109–110
Dunnock, Mildred, 359, 363–364
Durkin, Junior, 45–47
Duryea, Dan, 291
Dvorak, Ann, 68–69, 120–121
Dyer, George, 107
Eagels, Jeanne, 138
Earth Between, The (Geddes), 15–18
Eckstein, George, 571
Elizabeth I (queen of England), 246–255, 450–455
Elizabeth II (queen of England), 565
Ellis, Mike, 445–446
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 368, 369
Emmy Awards and nominations, 550, 561–562
Empty Canvas, The (film), 502–505
Engstrand, Stuart, 404, 408
Epstein, Julius J., 283, 284, 339, 343–344
Epstein, Philip G., 283, 284, 339, 343–344
Ethan Frome (film project), 392–393, 407
Eunson, Dale, 437–439
Ex-Lady (film), 91–95, 97, 110
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 83–85, 355, 431–433
Family Reunion (TV film), 559–560
Far Horizon (film), 275–280, 298
Farnsworth, Arthur, 259–262, 272, 280–282, 298, 304, 310, 326, 336–339
Farrell, Charles, 102–103
Farrell, Glenda, 96, 103
Farrell, Henry, 489, 490, 511
Farrow, John, 476, 478
Fashions of 1934 (film), 99–101
Favor, John, 282
Favor, “Madame,” 22
Fazenda, Louise, 244, 338
Ferber, Edna, 57
Field, Harry, 524, 525
Field, Rachel, 262, 265
Fields, Stanley, 38–39, 40
Film Advisory Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 565
Film Society of Lincoln Center, 583
Finkel, Abem, 134, 160, 188, 227
Fitzgerald, Barry, 465
Fitzgerald, Geraldine, 220, 223–225, 274, 324–325, 326
Flavin, Martin, 20–23
Fleming, Amaryllis, 524–525
Florey, Robert, 91, 95, 97–98
Flynn, Errol, 170, 178–179, 182–183, 202–204, 206, 248–250, 252, 327
Fog Over Frisco (film), 106–107
Fonda, Frances Brokaw, 193, 194–195
Fonda, Henry, 6, 170–172, 188–189, 193–195, 198, 425–426, 567
Fonda, Jane, 195, 543
Fontaine, Joan, 170
Foran, Dick, 145, 146, 202
For Better, For Worse (television), 468
Forbstein, Leo, 145
Ford, Glenn, 369, 376–377, 485–487, 497
Forty-second Street Special (publicity train trip), 87–88
Fox, Sidney, 31–34
Francis, Kay, 200
Freund, Karl, 34
Frey, Leonard, 534
Front Page Woman (film), 129, 132–133
Gable, Clark, 181–185, 355
Game, The (film), 528–529
Gannon, Kim, 332
Garbo, Greta, 30
Garden of the Moon (film), 201
Garfield, John, 227, 228, 230, 327, 344–345
Gaudio, Tony, 106, 268, 277–278
Geddes, Virgil, 15–18
General Electric, 87
Gering, Marion, 20
Gerstad, Merritt, 323–324
Gill, Brendan, 505
Gilstrap, Suzy, 550–551
Girl From 10th Avenue, The (film), 125–128
Gish, Lillian, xiv, 572, 574–578
Glasgow, Ellen, 300–301, 304
Glenn, Scott, 573
God’s Country and the Woman (film), 153, 177
Golden Arrow, The (film), 147–149
Golden Reel Trophy, 565
Goldsmith, Barbara, 561
Goldwyn, Samuel, 22, 190, 191, 288–289, 290–294
Gollings, Franklin, 525
Gone With the Wind (film), 154, 177–186, 221
Goulding, Edmund, 167–172, 216–217, 222–224, 237, 243–245, 266, 275–280, 329–330, 533
Graham, Martha, 11–12
Great Lie, The (film), 275–280, 298
Green, Alfred E., 60, 63–64, 83–84, 120, 126–127, 141, 147–148, 432
Greene, W. Howard, 247
Guernsey, Otis, 366
Guerra, Tonino, 504
Guillermin, John, 547
Guinness, Alec, 478–480
Haas, Robert, 245, 312
Haines, William, 185–186
Hale, Alan, 202, 252, 327, 345
Hall, Mordaunt, 47, 82, 101, 107, 118
Haller, Ernie, 62, 285, 343, 386–387, 396, 397, 492–493, 501
Halliday, John, 120
Hamer, Robert, 479
Hamilton, James Shelley, 233, 246
Hammond, Tom, 507
Hampden, Walter, 262
Hancock, Sheila, 521
Harden, Ernest, Jr., 553–554
Harewood, Dorian, 537–538, 554
Harling, W. Franke, 148
Hart, Henry, 438, 459–460, 512
Hart, Marion, 524
Hart, Moss, 296
Harvey, Anthony, 542
Hastings, Patrick, 156–157
Haun, Harry, 545
Hayes, Helen, 355–356, 571–572
Hayes, John Michael, 508
Hayward, Leland, 180
Hayward, Lillie, 120, 123, 132–133
Hayward, Susan, 508–510
Hayworth, Rita, 482
Head, Edith, 399, 419
Hearst, William Randolph, 133
Heller, Lukas, 511, 513
Hellman, Lillian, 290–291, 322–323
Hell’s House (film), 44–47
Henreid, Monika, 500
Henreid, Paul, 312–318, 383–385, 387–388, 500–502, 533
Hepburn, Katharine, 41, 83, 144, 181, 210, 213, 517, 555, 564
Herbert, Hugh, 96, 100, 101
Herskowitz, Michael, 573
Hessler, Gordon, 532
Hibbs, Gene, 501
Hickox, Sid, 103, 133
Higgin, Howard, 45–46
Hollywood Canteen, 327, 338, 344–349, 565–566
Hollywood Canteen (film), 344–348, 353
Holm, Celeste, 419, 420–421, 427
Holt, Seth, 518–520
Hopkins, Miriam, 13–14, 187–188, 203, 210–211, 215–216, 237–244, 290–291, 330–336, 533, 555, 587
Hopper, Hedda, 439, 456
Hotel (TV series), 568, 570
Hough, John, 557
Housewife (film), 120–122
Howard, Leslie, 113–114, 144–146,
173–175, 180, 533
Howard, Ron, 550–551
Hughes, Howard, 207–212, 215, 412–413
Hughes, Rupert, 208
Hume, Alan, 557
Humoresque (film), 353
Hunt, J. Roy, 39
Hunter, Ian, 125–128, 171, 202, 206
Hush . . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte (film), 511–518
Huston, John, 188, 227, 232, 299–300, 301–302, 304–306
Huston, Walter, 188
Hutton, Robert, 345–347
Hyman, Barbara Davis Sherry
acting roles of, 413, 491
birth of, 390
marriage of, 505, 507–508, 553
mother-daughter relationship, 391, 447–449, 478–479, 485, 505–507, 551–553, 558–559, 565, 578, 584
Hyman, Eliot, 489–490
Hyman, J. Ashley, 559–560, 563
Hyman, Jeremy, 505–508, 553
Hyman, Kenneth, 489–490
Ibsen, Henrik, 9–10, 17–20
I’ll Take the Low Road (film), 154–155
International Television Festival award, 568
In This Our Life (film), 299–306
It’s Love I’m After (film), 173–175
Ivan, Rosalind, 359, 364
January Heights (Banks), 275
Jenkins, Allen, 103
Jezebel (film), 186, 187–199
Jimmy the Gent (film), 104–106
John Paul Jones (film), 475–478
Johns, Glynis, 561
Johnson, Lynn-Holly, 557
Johnson, Nunnally, 435–436
Jowett, William, 156–157
Juarez (film), 225–233
Judge and Jake Wyler, The (TV film), 531–532
June Bride (film), 399–404
Jupiter Laughs (Cronin), 274
Juvenile Court (film), 44–47
Kanner, Alexis, 524, 525
Kaufman, George S., 296
Kaun, Bernhard, 145
Keighley, William, 39, 133, 153, 285–286, 296
Kelber, Michel, 477
Kelly, Orry George, 62, 100, 120, 247–248, 312, 328
Kennedy, George, 547–548
Kennedy Center Award, 320
Kenyon, Charles, 127–128, 145, 148
Kerr, Walter, 393
Kid Galahad (film), 163–167
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 498
Kinnell, Murray, 51–52
Knowles, Patric, 173
Koch, Howard, 268, 270–271, 301–302
Koch, Norma, 513
Koll, Don, 532–533
Konchalovsky, Andrei, 586
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 226–227, 230, 251, 385
Koster, Henry, 451, 452–453
Krasner, Milton, 419
Lady for a Day (film), 484–485
Lady From the Sea, The (Ibsen), 20
Laemmle, Carl, 190
Lanchester, Elsa, 254, 255
Lange, Hope, 485–487, 497
Lansbury, Angela, 547–549, 561–562
Larner, Stevan, 539–540
Lasky, Jesse, Jr., 476–478
Laszlo, Ernest, 440–441
Laughton, Charles, 253–255
Lawes, Lewis E., 81
Lawford, Peter, 500, 501–502
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