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Bette Davis’s Milestones
| Appeared on the exhibitors' poll of top ten boxoffice stars in 1939 and 1940 | |
| Placed an ad in "Variety" in the early 1960s noting that she was available for work | |
| 1928 | Stage debut with Provincetown Players |
| 1929 | Broadway debut in "Broken Dishes" |
| 1931 | Film acting debut in "The Bad Sister" |
| 1934 | Lobbied for home studio Warner Brothers to lend her to RKO for the breakthrough role of Mildred in "Of Human Bondage", an adaptation of the Somerset Maugham novel |
| 1936 | Became involved in court case with Warner Brothers because she protested the poor roles she had been given and traveled to England, making a preliminary commitment to act in a British film; eventually lost the case |
| 1949 | Career fading; obtained released from her contract at Warner Brothers |
| 1950 | Notable career comeback as Margo Channing in "All About Eve" |
| 1962 | Career again revived with starring role opposite Joan Crawford in the horror film, "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" |
| 1989 | Honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center |
| 1989 | Last film, "Wicked Stepmother" |
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