Date and Place of Death October 6th, 1989;
Neuilly-su-Seine, France
Cause of Death Metastasized breast
cancer
Age at Deat 81 years old
Nationality American
Parents Mother - Ruth Davis
Father - Harlow Davis (left when Bette was 10 years old)
Siblings
Hair Color Light Brown
Weight
Color of Eyes Blue
Height 5' 3" (160 cm)
Sign Aries
Husbands Harmon
Nelson (18 August 1932 - 6 December 1938) (divorced)
Arthur Farnsworth (31 December 1940 - 25 August 1943) (his death)
William Grant Sherry (30 November 1945 - 3 July 1950) (divorced) 1 child
Gary Merrill (28 July 1950 - 6 July 1960) (divorced) 2 children
Children Bette had a daughter, B.D., with
her third husband, William Grant Sherry.
She adopted two children, Margot and Michael, while married to her fourth husband, Gary
Merrill.
First Film The Bad Sister (1931) .... Laura Madison
Last Film Wicked Stepmother (1989) .... Miranda
Pierpoint
As Summers Die (1986) (Made for TV) .... Hannah Loftin
Nickname(s) The Fifth Warner Brother
The First Lady of Film
