Hollywood has known its share of legends and divas, but few can compare with Bette Davis. The 10-time Academy Award nominee made a career of playing strong-willed women who would stop at nothing to ...

'Steel Magnolias' generated a lot of buzz even before the movie came out in 1989. The juicy roles were apparently coveted by some of Hollywood's most talented icons, including Bette Davis. Why wasn't ...

Ruth Elizabeth Davis (she got the "Bette" from the Balzac novel "Cousin Bette") of Lowell, Massachusetts, arrived in Hollywood in 1930 to instant non-acclaim. She became known for the series of tense, ...