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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.

Bette Davis 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.

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

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Bette Davis received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

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

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Bette Davis was the first woman honored, receiving the award in 1977. The prior four recipients (John Ford, James Cagney, Orson Welles, William Wyler) were all men.

4.

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.

5.

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

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Luise Rainer was the first actress to win two Best Actress Oscars, in 1937 and 1938. Davis won her second in 1939.

6.

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.'

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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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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.

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