Bette Davis random trivia

Director Steven Spielberg won the Christie's auction of Bette Davis' 1938 Best Actress Oscar for Jezebel (1938) for $578,000. He then gave it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [19 July 2001] Was almost fired her first day on the Warner Brothers lot. The first time studio head 'Harry Warner' actually looked at her, he said, "tell whoever hired this girl he's fired. Look at her! She's got about as much sex appeal as Slim Summerville!" Desperately wanted to win a third Best Actress Oscar for "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" as three wins in the leading category was unprecedented. (Walter Brennan had won three Oscars, but all of his were in the supporting category.) It was the general feeling among Academy voters that while Davis was superb, the film was little better than a potboiling exploitation film, the kind of movie that doesn't deserve the recognition that an Oscar would give it.