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Acting

Fay Bainter

Career: Active from 1934 to 1961, busiest in 1938 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 24
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Make Way for Tomorrow
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Fay Bainter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.8, average 5.4
Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8
Dark Humor
1.1, average 2.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Period Piece 6
Classic Hollywood 6
Nostalgic 4
Social Commentary 4
Small-Town America 3
Character Study 3
Family Drama 2
Small Town Life 2
Dialogue-Heavy 2
Romantic Drama 2
Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

5 titles · average score 66

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Mary Caulfield

The Children's Hour

72

as Amelia Tilford

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Sister Mike

Thriller

74

TV show · as Geraldine Redfern

1950s

8 titles · average score 64

Adventures in Paradise

71

TV show · as Sister Josephine

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show

Matinee Theater

TV show

The President's Lady

62

as Mrs. Donaldson

Close to My Heart

68

as Mrs. Morrow

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show · as Jenny

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Bella Fleace

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Innkeeper's Wife / Mrs. Grier

1940s

26 titles · average score 65

June Bride

64

as Paula Winthrop

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

70

as Mrs. Mitty

Presenting Lily Mars

69

as Mrs. Thornway

Salute to the Marines

68

as Jennie Bailey

Woman of the Year

68

as Ellen Whitcomb

Journey for Margaret

66

as Trudy Strauss

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

59

as Stella Livingston Hadley

Mr. Gardenia Jones

as Emmy Jones

Babes on Broadway

66

as Miss Jones

Young Tom Edison

68

as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison

Our Town

72

as Mrs Gibbs

A Bill of Divorcement

61

as Margaret "Meg" Fairfield

1930s

14 titles · average score 67

The Lady and the Mob

64

as Hattie Leonard

Our Neighbors - The Carters

as Ellen Carter

Yes, My Darling Daughter

54

as Ann Murray

Jezebel

83

as Aunt Belle Massey

Mother Carey's Chickens

61

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

Breakdowns of 1938

65

as Hannah Parmalee (archive footage) (uncredited)

White Banners

69

as Hannah

The Arkansas Traveler

as Mrs. Martha Allen

The Shining Hour

57

as Hannah Linden

Make Way for Tomorrow

91

as Anita Cooper

Quality Street

58

as Susan Throssel

This Side of Heaven

71

as Francene Turner