Editing Fay Bainter (section)

==Career==
[[File:Fay Bainter in Jezebel trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Fay Bainter in ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938).]]
Bainter made her first appearance on stage in 1908 in ''[[The County Chairman (play)|The County Chairman]]'' at Morosco's Theater in Burbank, California. In 1910, she was a traveling stage actress. Her Broadway debut was in the role of Celine Marinter in ''The Rose of Panama'' (1912). [[P. G. Wodehouse]], reviewing ''Turn to the Right'' in ''[[Vanity Fair (American magazine 1913–1936)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 1916, wrote, "Miss Bainter's advent from nowhere and her instant success form the season's biggest sensation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_vanity-fair_1916-12_7_4/page/67/mode/1up?view=theater|title=Our Slack and Slothful Playwrights|author=P. G. Wodehouse|date=December 1916 |publisher=Condé Nast Publications |access-date=2022-11-09}}</ref> She appeared in a number of successful plays in New York, such as ''East Is West'', ''The Willow Tree'', and ''[[Dodsworth (play)|Dodsworth]]''. In 1926, she appeared with [[Walter Abel]] in a Broadway production of [[Channing Pollock (writer)|Channing Pollock]]'s ''The Enemy''. [[MGM]] persuaded her to try films and her movie debut was in ''This Side of Heaven'' (February 1934). Also in 1934, she appeared in ''[[Dodsworth (play)|Dodsworth]]'' on Broadway and in the film ''It Happened One Day''. Bainter quickly achieved success in the movies, and in 1939, she became the [[List of actors nominated for multiple Academy Awards in the same year|first performer to receive two Oscar nominations in the same year]], contending for both [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] for ''[[White Banners]]'' (1938) and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Jezebel (1938 film)|Jezebel]]'' (1938), winning for the latter.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hollywood's Shining Hour|author=|date=May 1972|work=American Cinematographer|page=566|quote=The year 1939 was one of repeats. Bette Davis for 'Jezebel', Spencer Tracy for 'Boys Town' and Walter Brennan for 'Kentucky', all got their second Oscars. Fay Bainter won as Best Supporting Actress for 'Jezebel', and the Best Picture was 'You Can't Take It With You'. Miss Bainter also had been nominated as Best Actress for her performance in 'White Banners'. She was the first actress to run in two categories in the same year.|id={{ProQuest|196323768}}}}</ref> In 1940, she played Mrs. Gibbs in the film production of the [[Thornton Wilder]] play ''[[Our Town]]''. In 1945, she played Melissa Frake in the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''. She was again nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''[[The Children's Hour (1961 film)|The Children's Hour]]'' (1961).<ref>Thomas, Bob (February 1, 1962). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X9sNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H2wDAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22best%20supporting%22&pg=7276%2C116545 "Liz Isn't in the Race for '61 Academy Awards"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. p.&nbsp;24. Retrieved June 28, 2023.</ref>

Bainter has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fay Bainter |url=https://walkoffame.com/fay-bainter/ |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |access-date=October 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218230559/http://www.walkoffame.com/fay-bainter |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>