Bette Midler is known as the "Divine Miss M," but she was named for another Hollywood legend. Midler says she was named after Bette Davis — but the two-time Oscar winner didn’t approve. Midler, who's ...

Two-time Academy Award winner Bette Davis insisted she was the first to call the film industry's highest award an Oscar. "I named it after the rear end of my husband," she said. "Why? Because that's ...

This one-woman show, performed expertly by one of DFW's most gifted performers, Morgana Shaw, has been described by critics as a triumph and a tour de force. Ms. Shaw embodies Bette Davis to transport ...

The eyes have it—that cool, knowing gaze that doesn't quite conceal the wounded heart of a romantic—but the words of golden age Hollywood's grande dame also have their charms in this beguiling ...

Bette Davis (1908 – 1989) appears before a live audience at the 1969 San Francisco International Film Festival in a question-and-answer session moderated by Festival director Albert Johnson, as part ...

A new U.S. postage stamp honoring Bette Davis pays tribute to the actress's iron-willed image. The 42-cent stamp features Davis as she appeared in the 1950 film "All About Eve," right, in which she ...