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Bette Davis: The Power, the Intelligence, the Real Deal

Bette Davis: The Power, the Intelligence, the Real Deal

from little brown wren to cinema royalty

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A shorter version of this article appeared in The Dialectic in November 2022.

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Bette Davis in one of her most significant roles, Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950). Warner Bros. Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

RUTH ELIZABETH Davis, known by the stage name Bette Davis, was a gifted and powerful actor who battled the constraining Hollywood…

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