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How much do you really know about Bette Davis? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

She famously said, 'Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night' in the film All About Eve.

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This iconic line was delivered as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950) and is one of cinema's most quoted phrases.

2.

She was the first actress to win two Best Actress Academy Awards.

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Davis won for Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938), becoming the first actress to achieve two Best Actress Oscars.

3.

Bette Davis turned down the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind because she found the script too long.

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Davis desperately wanted the role but was never offered it—she was considered difficult by studio head David O. Selznick.

4.

Bette Davis was the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.

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John Ford got the first AFI Life Achievement Award in 1973; Bette Davis received it in 1977, but she wasn't the first.

5.

Bette Davis was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the horror film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

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Davis was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for Baby Jane, but Joan Crawford was not—despite their famous feud, Crawford wasn't nominated.

6.

Bette Davis was a skilled amateur painter and her artwork was exhibited in galleries.

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She painted throughout her life, and her works were shown at galleries in New York and Los Angeles, often depicting landscapes and portraits.

7.

Bette Davis once served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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She was elected president of the Academy in 1941 but resigned after two months, famously calling it a 'thankless job.'

8.

Bette Davis never legally changed her name; 'Bette' was her birth name.

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She was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis. 'Bette' was a childhood nickname, but she legally changed it to Bette Davis early in her career.

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