Bette Devis - Bette Davis

Bette Devis
Devis 1935 yilda
Tug'ilgan	Rut Elizabeth Devis (1908-04-05)1908 yil 5-aprel[1] Lowell, Massachusets, BIZ.
O'ldi	1989 yil 6 oktyabr(1989-10-06) (81 yosh) Noyli-sur-Seyn, Frantsiya
Dam olish joyi	O'rmon maysazorlari yodgorlik bog'i
Kasb	Aktrisa
Faol yillar	1929–1989
Turmush o'rtoqlar	Xarmon Nelson ​ ​ (m. 1932; div 1938)​ Artur Farnsvort ​ ​ (m. 1940; 1943 yilda vafot etgan)​ Uilyam Grant Sherri ​ ​ (m. 1945; div 1950)​ Gari Merril ​ ​ (m. 1950; div 1960)​
Bolalar	3, shu jumladan Barbara Sherri

Rut Yelizaveta "Bette" Devis (1908 yil 5 aprel - 1989 yil 6 oktyabr) amerikalik aktrisa edi. Kariyerasi 60 yil va 100 ta aktyorlik krediti bilan u kino tarixidagi eng buyuk aktrisalardan biri hisoblanadi.^[2] U beg'ubor, sardonik obrazlarni ijro etishi bilan ajralib turardi va zamonaviy jinoyatchilikdan tortib bir qator film janrlarida ijro etgani bilan mashhur edi. melodramalar ga tarixiy filmlar, shubhali dahshat va vaqti-vaqti bilan komediyalar, garchi uning katta yutuqlari romantik dramalarda bo'lsa ham.^[3] Ikkita oluvchi Oskar mukofotlari, u o'nta nominatsiyani to'plagan birinchi tspian edi.

Ichida paydo bo'lgandan keyin Broadway Nyu-Yorkda, 22 yoshli Devis 1930 yilda Gollivudga ko'chib o'tdi. Ba'zi muvaffaqiyatsiz filmlardan so'ng, u tanqidiy yutuqni qo'pol ofitsiant rolida o'ynadi. Inson qulligi (1934), garchi u tortishuvlarga qaramay, u nomzodlarning uchtasida bo'lmagan Eng yaxshi aktrisa uchun Oskar mukofoti o'sha yili. Keyingi yil, u pastga va tashqarida aktrisa rolini ijro etdi Xavfli (1935) u o'zining birinchi "Eng yaxshi aktrisa" nominatsiyasiga sazovor bo'ldi va u mukofotga sazovor bo'ldi.

1937 yilda u o'zini shartnomadan ozod qilishga urindi Warner Brothers studiyasi; garchi u sud ishida yutqazgan bo'lsa-da, bu o'n yildan ko'proq vaqt davomida AQSh kinematografiyasining eng taniqli etakchi ayollaridan biri sifatida boshlandi. U o'zining kuchli va shiddatli aktyorlik uslubi bilan tanilgan edi. O'sha yili u rol o'ynagan Belgilangan ayol u o'zining dastlabki karerasidagi eng muhim filmlardan biri deb hisoblangan va u uchun g'olib chiqqan Eng yaxshi aktrisa uchun Volpi kubogi. Uning 1850-yillarda kuchli irodali janubiy qismidagi tasviri Izebel (1938) unga bir soniya yutdi Eng yaxshi aktrisa uchun Oskar mukofoti va ketma-ket besh yil ichida birinchi bo'lib, u eng yaxshi aktrisa nominatsiyasini oldi. Qolganlari uchun edi Qorong'u g'alaba (1939), Xat (1940), Kichkina tulkilar (1941) va Endi, Voyager (1942). U moliyaviy jihatdan muvaffaqiyatli filmlarda ham rol o'ynagan Elizabeth va Essexning shaxsiy hayoti (1939), Bularning barchasi va jannat ham (1940), Kechki ovqatga kelgan odam (1942) va Reynda tomosha qiling (1943). Devis o'z ishida mukammallikni oshiruvchi sifatida tanildi. U studiya rahbarlari va kinorejissyorlari hamda hamkasblari bilan jangovar va ziddiyatli bo'lishi mumkin, ulardan o'zi kutganidek yuqori ijro va sadoqatni kutar edi. Uning to'g'ridan-to'g'ri odob-axloqi, o'ziga xos nutqi va hamma joyda tarqalgan sigaretasi ko'pincha taqlid qilinadigan jamoat shaxsiga hissa qo'shdi.^[4]

U, ehtimol, Broadway yulduzi rolida eng yaxshi eslangan Momo Havo haqida (1950), bu unga "Oskar" ning yana bir nominatsiyasini qo'lga kiritdi va uni yutdi Kann kinofestivali "Eng yaxshi aktrisa" mukofoti. Uning so'nggi "Oskar" nominatsiyasi uchun edi Chaqaloq Jeynda nima bo'lgan? (1962), uning mashhur raqibi ham rol o'ynagan Joan Krouford. Bu film bilan davom etdi Tinch ... Tinchlaning, shirin Sharlotta (1964). Kariyerasining so'nggi bosqichida uning eng muvaffaqiyatli filmlari bo'lgan Nil bo'yidagi o'lim (1978) va Avgust kitlari (1987). Uning karerasi bir necha marta tutilish davrlarini boshdan kechirdi, ammo uzoq vaqt sog'lig'iga qaramay, u vafotidan oldin filmda yoki televizorda rol o'ynadi. ko'krak bezi saratoni 1989 yilda.^[5] U o'zining muvaffaqiyati ko'pincha shaxsiy munosabatlar hisobiga sodir bo'lganligini tan oldi U to'rt marta turmush qurgan va ajrashgan, bolalarini asosan yolg'iz ota-ona sifatida katta qilgan. Uning qizi, B. D. Hyman, uning bolaligidagi versiyasini yozgan, Onamning qo'riqchisi.^[5]

Devisning asoschilaridan biri edi Gollivud oshxonasi, Ikkinchi Jahon urushi paytida harbiy xizmatchilar uchun oziq-ovqat, raqs va o'yin-kulgi uchun klub joyi va bu birinchi ayol prezident bo'lgan Kino san'ati va fanlari akademiyasi. U a olgan birinchi ayol edi Hayotiy yutuqlar mukofoti dan Amerika kino instituti. 1999 yilda Devis ikkinchi o'rinni egalladi Katarin Xepbern Amerika kino instituti ro'yxatida eng katta ayol yulduzlar ning klassik Gollivud kinosi davr.

Hayot va martaba

1908-1929: Bolalik va dastlabki aktyorlik faoliyati

Rut Elizabeth Devis, erta bolalikdan "Betti" nomi bilan tanilgan, 1908 yil 5-aprelda Massachusets shtatining Lowell shahrida tug'ilgan, Harlow Morrell Devisning qizi (1885-1938), Meyn shtatidagi Augusta huquqshunosligi talabasi va keyinchalik patent vakili va Rut. Avgusta (ism-familiyasi Favor; 1885-1961), Tyngsboro, Massachusets shtatidan.^[6] Devisning singlisi Barbara Xarriet edi.^[7]

1915 yilda Devisning ota-onasi ajralib ketishdi va Devis uch yil davomida Berkshirdagi Massachusets shtatidagi Lanesboro shahridagi Crestalban nomli sparta maktab-internatida qatnashdi.^[8] 1921 yilning kuzida Rut Devis o'z farzandlarining o'qish pulidan foydalanib, Nyu-Yorkka ko'chib o'tdi Klarens Oq fotosuratlar maktabi, Broadway-dagi 144-ko'chada joylashgan kvartirasi bilan, keyin u portret fotograf bo'lib ishlagan. Keyinchalik Devis ismining imlosini keyin Bette deb o'zgartirdi Bette Fischer, belgi Onoré de Balzak "s La Cousine Bette.^[9] Nyu-Yorkda bo'lgan vaqtlarida Devis a Skaut qiz keyinchalik patrul rahbariga ko'tarilgan,^[10][11] uning patrul xizmati Madison Square Garden-da Gerbert Xover xonim uchun raqobatbardosh kiyim-kechak paradida g'olib chiqdi.^[12]

Devis ishtirok etdi Kushing akademiyasi, Massachusets shtatidagi Ashburnxemdagi internat, u erda kelajakdagi eri Xam Xon nomi bilan tanilgan Harmon O.Nelson bilan uchrashgan. 1926 yilda o'sha paytda 18 yoshli Devis ishlab chiqarishni ko'rdi Henrik Ibsen "s Yovvoyi o'rdak bilan Blanche Yurka va Peg Entwistle. Keyinchalik Devis esladi Al Kon ning Yangiliklar kuni, "Teatrga borishni xohlaganimning sababi Peg Entvistl ismli aktrisa edi."^[13] U kirish uchun tanlovdan o'tdi Eva Le Gallienne Manxettenning fuqarolik repertuari, lekin Le Gallienne tomonidan rad etilgan bo'lib, u o'z munosabatini "samimiy emas" va "beparvo" deb ta'riflagan.^[14]

Devis tanlovdan o'tgan Jorj Kukor Nyu-Yorkdagi Rochesterdagi birja teatri kompaniyasi; u unchalik taassurot qoldirmagan bo'lsa-da, u Devisga birinchi pullik aktyorlik topshirig'ini berdi - o'yinda xor qizining rolini bir hafta davom ettirish. Broadway. Ed Sikov manbalari Devisning 1929 yildagi Provincetown futbolchilari tomonidan ishlab chiqarilgan birinchi professional roli Virjil Geddes o'ynash Yer o'rtasida; ammo, ishlab chiqarish bir yilga qoldirildi.^[15] 1929 yilda Devis tomonidan tanlangan Blanche Yurka Entwistle o'ynagan Xedvig rolini o'ynash uchun Yovvoyi o'rdak.^[16] Filadelfiya, Vashington va Bostonda ijro etganidan so'ng, u Broadwayda 1929 yilda debyut qildi Buzilgan idishlarva unga ergashgan Qattiq janubiy.^[17]

1930-1936: Gollivuddagi dastlabki yillar

Devis o'zining filmidagi debyutida, Yomon singil (1931)

1930 yilda 22 yoshli Devis Gollivudga Universal Studios uchun ekran sinovi uchun ko'chib o'tdi. Devis va uning onasi poezdda Gollivudga sayohat qilishdi. Keyinchalik u studiyadan hech kim uni kutib olmaganligi haqida ajablanib aytib berdi. Aslida, studiya xodimi uni kutgan, ammo "aktrisaga o'xshagan" hech kimni ko'rmagani uchun ketib qolgan. U o'zining birinchi ekran sinovidan o'ta olmadi, ammo boshqa aktyorlar uchun bir nechta ekran sinovlarida ishlatildi. Bilan 1971 yilda bo'lib o'tgan intervyusida Dik Kavet "Men er yuzida yurgan eng Yanki, eng kamtarin bokira qiz edim. Ular meni divanga yotqizishdi, men esa o'n besh kishini sinab ko'rdim ... Ularning hammasi tepada yotishlari kerak edi. meni va menga ehtirosli bo'sa. Oh, men o'laman deb o'yladim. Faqat o'laman deb o'yladim. "^[18] 1931 yil filmi uchun Devis uchun ikkinchi sinov tashkil etildi Bo'lingan uy. Shoshilmay yarashmagan kostyum kiyib, past bo'yinbog 'bilan unga kinorejissyor rad javobini berdi Uilyam Uayler, kim yig'ilgan ekipajga baland ovoz bilan izoh berdi: "Ko'kragini ko'rsatadigan va ish topaman deb o'ylaydigan bu dames haqida nima deb o'ylaysiz?".^[19]

Karl Laemml, Universal Studios rahbari Devisning ishini tugatishni o'ylagan, ammo operator Karl Freund unga "yoqimli ko'zlari" borligini va unga mos kelishini aytdi Yomon singil (1931), unda u keyinchalik filmda debyut qildi.^[20] Ishlab chiqarish boshlig'ini eshitganida uning asabiylashuvi yanada kuchaygan edi, Kichik Karl Laemml., boshqa bir rahbarga u bilan "jinsiy aloqada bo'lgan qadar ko'proq murojaat qilish" kerakligini izohlang Yupqa Summervil ", filmning hammualliflaridan biri.^[21] Film muvaffaqiyatli bo'lmadi va uning keyingi roli Urug ' (1931) diqqatni jalb qilish uchun juda qisqa edi.^{[iqtibos kerak ]}

Universal Studios o'z shartnomasini uch oyga uzaytirdi va u kichik rollarda ishtirok etdi Vaterloo ko'prigi (1931), qarz berishdan oldin Columbia Pictures uchun Xavf, va uchun Capital Films Jahannam uyi (barchasi 1932). Bir yil va oltita muvaffaqiyatsiz filmdan so'ng, Laemmle shartnomasini uzaytirmaslikni tanladi.^[22]

Aktyor bo'lganida Devis Nyu-Yorkka qaytishga tayyorlanayotgan edi Jorj Arliss Warner Bros. suratida asosiy ayol rolini bajarish uchun Devisni tanladi Xudoni o'ynagan odam (1932) va butun hayoti davomida Devis unga Gollivuddagi "tanaffus" ga erishishda yordam bergan deb ishongan. Shanba kuni kechki xabar "U nafaqat go'zal, balki jozibasi bilan pufakchali" deb yozgan va uni uni bilan taqqoslagan Konstans Bennet va Zaytun Borden.^[23] Warner Bros. bilan uni besh yillik shartnoma imzoladi va u keyingi 18 yil davomida studiyada qoldi.^{[iqtibos kerak ]}

Devisning birinchi nikohi Harmon Oskar Nelson bilan 1932 yil 18-avgustda Arizona shtatidagi Yuma shahrida bo'lgan.^{[24][yaxshiroq manba kerak ]} Ularning nikohi matbuot tomonidan sinchkovlik bilan ko'rib chiqildi; uning haftalik 100 dollarlik daromadi (2020 yilda 1885 dollar), Devisning haftalik 1000 dollarlik daromadi bilan taqqoslaganda (18 850 dollar). Devis intervyusida ushbu masalaga murojaat qilib, ko'plab Gollivud xotinlari erlaridan ko'ra ko'proq pul ishlab topganligini ta'kidladi, ammo vaziyat Nelson uchun qiyin kechdi, u Devisga o'zi uchun pul to'lay olguncha uy sotib olishga ruxsat bermadi.^[25] Nikoh paytida Devis bir necha marta abort qilgan.^[26]

Devis ichkariga Inson qulligi (1934)

20 dan ortiq film rollaridan so'ng, yovuz va shafqatsiz Mildred Rojers RKO Radio prodyuserligida Inson qulligi (1934), filmning moslashuvi V. Somerset Maom romani Devisga o'zining birinchi katta tanqidiga sazovor bo'ldi. Ko'pgina aktrisalar befarq bo'lmagan belgilarni o'ynashdan qo'rqishgan va bir nechtasi bu rolni rad etishgan, ammo Devis buni aktyorlik mahoratining doirasini ko'rsatish uchun imkoniyat deb bilgan. Uning sherigi, Lesli Xovard, dastlab uni rad etdi, ammo filmni suratga olish jarayonida uning munosabati o'zgarib ketdi va keyinchalik uning qobiliyatlari haqida yaxshi gapirdi. Direktor Jon Kromvel unga nisbatan erkinlikka yo'l qo'ydi: "Men Bettening boshiga ega bo'lishiga yo'l qo'ydim. Men uning instinktlariga ishonardim." U o'lim sahnasida uni haqqoniy tasvirlashni talab qildi va shunday dedi: "Iste'molning so'nggi bosqichlari, qashshoqlik va e'tiborsizlik yoqimli emas va men ishonchli ko'rinishga ega bo'lishni niyat qildim".^[27]

Film muvaffaqiyatli o'tdi va Devisning xarakteristikasi tanqidchilar tomonidan maqtovga sazovor bo'ldi Hayot u "ehtimol AQSh aktrisasi tomonidan ekranga yozilgan eng yaxshi spektaklni" berganini yozish.^[28] Devis uning qabul qilinishi Warner Bros.ni uni yanada muhimroq rollarga surishga undashini kutgan va bundan ko'ngli qolgan edi Jek L. Uorner uni Columbia Studios-ga kelish uchun qarz berishdan bosh tortdi Bu bir kecha sodir bo'ldi va uning o'rniga uni melodramaga surib qo'ying Uy bekasi.^[29] Devis Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'lmaganida Inson qulligi, Gollivud fuqarolari haqidagi yangiliklar etishmovchilikni shubha ostiga qo'ydi va Norma Sheirer, o'zi nomzod, Devisning nomzodini ko'rsatish uchun kampaniyaga qo'shildi. Bu Akademiya prezidentining e'loniga sabab bo'ldi, Xovard Estabrook, ushbu sharoitda "har qanday saylovchi ... saylov byulleteniga g'oliblar uchun o'zining shaxsiy tanlovini yozishi mumkin", deb aytdi va shu tariqa Akademiya tarixida yagona marta rasmiy ravishda nomzod ko'rsatilmagan nomzodni ko'rib chiqishga imkon berdi. mukofot.^[30] Biroq, shov-shuv keyingi yil akademiyada ovoz berish tartibini o'zgartirishga olib keldi, unda nomzodlar kichikroq qo'mita tomonidan emas, balki ma'lum bir filialning barcha tegishli a'zolarining ovozlari bilan aniqlandi;^[31] mustaqil ravishda Price Waterhouse buxgalteriya kompaniyasi tomonidan jadvalga kiritilgan natijalar bilan.^[32]

Devis paydo bo'ldi Xavfli (1935) muammoli aktrisa sifatida va juda yaxshi sharhlarni oldi. E. Arnot Robertson yozgan Rasmiy xabar:

Menimcha, Bette Devis, agar u bundan ikki-uch yuz yil oldin yashaganida, jodugar sifatida yoqib yuborilgan bo'lar edi. U oddiy quvvatni topa olmaydigan kuchga ega bo'lishning qiziquvchan tuyg'usini beradi.^[33]

The New York Times uni "bizning ekran aktrisalarimizning eng qiziqarli aktyorlaridan biriga aylandi" deb olqishladi.^[34] U g'olib chiqdi Eng yaxshi aktrisa uchun Oskar mukofoti rol uchun, lekin bu kechiktirilgan tan olish deb izoh berdi Inson qulligi, mukofotni "tasalli mukofot" deb atash.^[35] Devis butun hayoti davomida haykalga o'zining tanish ismini "Oskar" deb atagan, chunki uning orqa qismi uning ismi Oskar bo'lgan eriga o'xshardi, chunki^[36][37] bo'lsa ham Kino san'ati va fanlari akademiyasi boshqa bir voqeaga rasman murojaat qiladi.^[38]

Uning keyingi filmida, Toshlangan o'rmon (1936), Devis Lesli Xovard va Xemfri Bogart.

Sud ishi

O'rtacha filmlar ketma-ketligi tufayli karerasiga putur etkazganiga ishongan Devis 1936 yilda Britaniyada ikkita filmda qatnashish taklifini qabul qildi. U Warner Bros. bilan tuzilgan shartnomani buzayotganini bilgan holda, u yuridik hujjatlar taqdim etilmasligi uchun Kanadaga qochib ketgan. Oxir-oqibat, Devis o'z ishini Britaniyadagi sudga topshirdi, u shartnomadan chiqib ketishga umid qildi.^[39] Keyinchalik u advokatning ochilish bayonotini esladi, Patrik Xastings, Warner Bros.ning vakili bo'lib, sudni "bu juda yaramas yosh xonim ekanligi va uning xohlagan narsasi ko'proq pul ekanligi to'g'risida xulosaga kelishga" chaqirgan. U Devisning "qullik" deb ta'riflagan shartnomasini, unga haftasiga 1350 dollar maosh to'lanayotganini noto'g'ri ko'rsatib, masxara qildi. U shunday dedi: "Agar kimdir meni ushbu mukofot asosida abadiy xizmatga olishni istasa, men uni ko'rib chiqishga tayyorman". Britaniya matbuoti Devisni ozgina qo'llab-quvvatladi va uni ortiqcha ish haqi va noshukur sifatida ko'rsatdi.^[40]

Devis jurnalistga o'z nuqtai nazarini quyidagicha tushuntirdi: "Men shuni bilardimki, agar men yana o'rtamiyona rasmlarda ko'rinishda davom etsam, men uchun kurashishga arzigulik martaba qolmaydi".^[41] Uning maslahatchisi shikoyatlarni taqdim etdi - u biron bir qismni rad etganligi uchun haq to'lamasdan to'xtatib qo'yilishi mumkin, shartnomada to'xtatib turish muddati qo'shilganligi, shaxsiy e'tiqodidan qat'i nazar, o'z qobiliyatlari doirasidagi har qanday rolni o'ynashga chaqirilishi mumkinligi to'g'risida uning siyosiy e'tiqodiga qarshi siyosiy partiyani qo'llab-quvvatlashi talab qilinishi mumkin va uning imidji va o'xshashligi studiya tomonidan qo'llaniladigan har qanday usulda namoyish etilishi mumkin. Jek Uorner guvohlik berdi va unga shunday savol berildi: "Siz uni qaysi qismni o'ynashga chaqirasiz, agar u o'zini o'ynay olaman deb hisoblasa, u yoqimsiz va arzon bo'ladimi, uni ijro etishi kerakmi?". Uorner javob berdi: "Ha, u buni o'ynashi kerak".^[42] Devis ishni yo'qotdi,^[43] va o'z faoliyatini davom ettirish uchun qarzdor va daromadsiz Gollivudga qaytib keldi. Olivia de Havilland 1943 yilda shunga o'xshash ishni o'rnatdi va g'alaba qozondi.

1937–1941: Warner Bros bilan muvaffaqiyat.

Devis ichkariga Izebel (1938)

Devis ish boshladi Belgilangan ayol (1937), voqeadan ilhomlanib, zamonaviy gangster dramasida fohishani tasvirlaydi Lucky Luciano. Filmdagi ishlashi uchun u mukofotga sazovor bo'ldi Volpi kubogi 1937 yilda Venetsiya kinofestivali.^[44] Uning keyingi surati edi Izebel (1938) va ishlab chiqarish jarayonida Devis rejissyor bilan aloqaga kirdi Uilyam Uayler. Keyinchalik u uni "mening hayotimning muhabbati" deb ta'riflagan va u bilan film suratga olish "bu mening hayotimdagi eng mukammal baxtim bo'lgan vaqt" ekanligini aytgan.^[45] Film muvaffaqiyatli o'tdi va Devisning buzilgan ijroi Janubiy belle unga ikkinchi Oskar mukofotiga sazovor bo'ldi.

Bu matbuotda uning o'ynash uchun tanlanishi haqida taxminlarni keltirib chiqardi Skarlett O'Hara, shunga o'xshash belgi, yilda Shamol bilan ketdim. Devis Skarlettni o'ynash istagini bildirdi va shu bilan birga Devid O. Selznik aktrisani rol o'ynashi uchun qidiruv olib borgan, radio so'rovnomasi uni tomoshabinlarning favoriti deb atagan. Warner o'z xizmatlarini Selznikka o'z ichiga olgan bitim doirasida taklif qildi Errol Flinn va Olivia de Havilland, ammo Selznik Devisni munosib deb hisoblamadi va taklifni rad etdi,^[46] Devis esa Flinnning rol o'ynashini istamadi Rhett Butler. Yangi kelgan Vivien Ley Skarlett O'Hara rolini ijro etdi, de Havilland Melani rolini ijro etdi va ularning ikkalasi ham Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'lib, Ley yutib chiqdi.

Izebel Devis kariyerasining eng muvaffaqiyatli bosqichini boshlab berdi va keyingi bir necha yil ichida u AQShdagi kino ko'rgazma ishtirokchilarining ovozlari asosida tuzilgan "Top o'n pul ishlovchi yulduzlar" ning har yili o'tkaziladigan Quigley so'rovnomasida qayd etildi. o'tgan yil davomida o'z teatrlarida eng ko'p daromad keltirgan yulduzlar.^[47]

Devisning muvaffaqiyatidan farqli o'laroq, uning eri Xem Nelson o'zi uchun martaba qura olmadi va ularning munosabatlari sustlashdi. 1938 yilda Nelson Devis bilan jinsiy aloqada bo'lganligi to'g'risida dalillarni qo'lga kiritdi Xovard Xyuz va keyinchalik Devisning "shafqatsiz va g'ayriinsoniy muomalasi" ga asoslanib ajrashish to'g'risida ariza bergan.^[48]

Devis bilan Errol Flinn yilda Elizabeth va Essexning shaxsiy hayoti (1939)

Devis keyingi filmini suratga olish paytida juda hayajonli edi, Qorong'u g'alaba (1939) va ishlab chiqaruvchiga qadar uni tark etishni o'ylagan Hal B. Uollis umidsizlikni aktyorlikka yo'naltirishga ishontirdi. Film yilning eng ko'p daromad keltirgan filmlari qatoriga kirdi va Judit Traherne roli unga "Oskar" mukofotiga nomzod bo'ldi. Keyingi yillarda Devis ushbu spektaklni o'zining shaxsiy sevimlisi sifatida keltirdi.^[49]

U 1939 yilda yana uchta kassada paydo bo'ldi: Qadimgi xizmatchi bilan Miriy Xopkins, Xuares bilan Pol Muni va Elizabeth va Essexning shaxsiy hayoti Errol Flinn bilan. So'nggisi uning birinchi rangli filmi va karerasining eng yuqori chog'ida suratga olingan yagona rangli filmi edi. Qariyalarni o'ynash Angliya Yelizaveta I, Devis sochlari va qoshlarini qirib tashladi.

Filmni suratga olish paytida u aktyor tomonidan sahnaga tashrif buyurgan Charlz Loton. U o'zining 60 yoshdagi ayolni o'ynashi bilan "asabiylashayotgani" ni aytdi, unga Lotton shunday javob berdi: "Hech qachon o'zingizni osishga jur'at etmang. Bu sizning kasbingiz bo'yicha o'sishingizning yagona yo'li. Siz doimo o'zingizdan tashqarida deb o'ylagan narsalarga harakat qilishingiz kerak. , yoki siz to'liq ahvolga tushib qolasiz. " Ko'p yillar o'tib, ushbu epizodni eslab, Devis Lotonning maslahati uning butun faoliyati davomida unga ta'sir qilganini ta'kidladi.^[50]

Devis 1940 yilda

Bu vaqtga kelib Devis Warner Bros edi. ' eng daromadli yulduz va unga ayollarning eng muhim rollari berildi. Uning qiyofasi ko'proq ehtiyotkorlik bilan ko'rib chiqildi; u xarakterdagi rollarni o'ynashda davom etgan bo'lsa-da, ko'pincha uning o'ziga xos ko'zlarini ta'kidlaydigan yaqin-atrofdagi filmlarda suratga olingan. Bularning barchasi va jannat ham (1940) bu davrga qadar Devisning karerasidagi moliyaviy jihatdan eng muvaffaqiyatli film bo'lgan.

Xat (1940) tomonidan "yilning eng yaxshi rasmlaridan biri" deb tan olingan Hollywood Reporterva Devis zinokor qotilning obrazini yaratganidan hayratga tushdi Katarin Kornell.^[51] Shu vaqt ichida u o'zining sobiq yulduzi bilan aloqada bo'lgan Jorj Brent, kim turmush qurishni taklif qildi. Devis rad etdi, chunki u yangi Angliya mehmonxonasida ishlovchi Artur Farnsvort va Vermont stomatologining o'g'li bilan uchrashgan edi. Devis va Farnsvort uy uyida uylanishgan, yilda Rimrok, Arizona, 1940 yil dekabrda, uning ikkinchi nikohi.^[52]

Devis ko'pincha Regina Giddens singari yoqimsiz personajlarni ijro etgan Kichkina tulkilar (1941)

1941 yil yanvar oyida Devis Kino san'ati va fanlari akademiyasining birinchi ayol prezidenti bo'ldi, ammo qo'pol muomalasi va radikal takliflari bilan qo'mita a'zolariga qarshilik ko'rsatdi. Devis uning "faqat figurali shaxs" bo'lish g'oyasini rad etdi. Qo'mitaning noroziligi va qarshiligiga duch kelgan Devis iste'foga chiqdi va uning o'rniga avvalgisi saylandi Valter Vanger.^[53]

Devis 1941 yilda uchta filmda suratga tushgan, birinchisi Buyuk yolg'on, Jorj Brent bilan. Bu Devis uchun tetiklantiruvchi boshqacha rol edi, chunki u mehribon, hamdard xarakterda o'ynagan.

Uilyam Uayler Devisni uchinchi bor rejissyorlik qildi Lillian Xellman "s Kichkina tulkilar (1941), lekin ular Regina Giddensning xarakteri bilan to'qnashdilar, bu dastlab Broadway tomonidan ijro etilgan Tallula Bankxed (Devis bundan oldin bir marta sahnada Bankhead tomonidan boshlangan rolni filmda namoyish etgan edi Qorong'u g'alaba). Uayler Devisni Bankxedning rolni talqin qilishiga taqlid qilishga undagan, ammo Devis bu rolni o'ziga yarasha qilishni xohlagan. U o'z ijrosi uchun yana bir Oskar mukofotiga sazovor bo'ldi va Vayler bilan boshqa ishlamadi.^[54]

1942–1944 yillar: Urush harakati va shaxsiy fojiasi

Keyingi Perl-Harborga hujum, Devis 1942 yilning dastlabki oylarini urush majburiyatlarini sotish bilan o'tkazdi. Jek Uorner o'zining olomonni sotib olishga moyilligini tanqid qilgandan so'ng, uning tomoshabinlari uning "kaltak" chiqishlariga eng qattiq javob berishganini eslatdi. U ikki kun ichida 2 million dollarlik obligatsiyalarni va shuningdek, uning ichidagi rasmini sotdi Izebel 250 ming dollarga. Shuningdek, u qora polklar uchun aktyorlik truppasining yagona oq a'zosi sifatida ijro etdi Xetti MakDaniel, shu jumladan Lena Xorn va Ethel Waters.^[55]

Da Jon Garfild Gollivudda Devisda harbiy xizmatchilar klubini ochish taklifi - Warner yordamida, Kari Grant va Jyul Stayn - eski tungi klubni Gollivud oshxonasi 1942 yil 3 oktyabrda ochilgan. Gollivudning eng muhim yulduzlari harbiy xizmatchilarga ko'ngil ochish uchun ixtiyoriy ravishda yordam berishdi. Devis har oqshom tashrif buyurgan askarlar uchrashishi uchun bir nechta muhim "ismlar" bo'lishini ta'minladi.^[56]

U filmda o'zi kabi paydo bo'ldi Gollivud oshxonasi (1944), bu oshxonani xayoliy hikoya uchun joy sifatida ishlatgan. Keyinchalik Devis quyidagicha izoh berdi: "Mening hayotimda chin dildan faxrlanadigan yutuqlar kam. Gollivud oshxonasi ham shular qatoriga kiradi". 1980 yilda u mukofot bilan taqdirlandi "Fuqarolarga xizmat ko'rsatishda" medali, Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari Mudofaa vazirligi Gollivud oshxonasi bilan ishlashi uchun eng yuqori fuqarolik mukofoti.^[57]

Devis bilan Pol Henreid yilda Endi, Voyager (1942), uning eng taniqli rollaridan biri

Devis filmga unchalik qiziqish bildirmadi Endi, Voyager (1942), Xol Uollis unga ayol tomoshabinlarni hayotlarining haqiqatidan chalg'itishi uchun romantik dramalar kerakligini aytmaguncha. Bu uning "ayollar rasmlari" dan taniqli biriga aylandi. Filmning eng taqlid qilingan sahnalaridan birida Pol Henreid Devisning ko'ziga tikilib turganida ikkita sigaretni yoqib, bittasini unga uzatdi. Film sharhlovchilari Devisga uning ijrosi haqida maqtashdi Milliy tekshiruv kengashi u filmga "ssenariy tomonidan to'liq kafolatlanmagan qadr-qimmat" berganini izohlab.^[58]

1940-yillarning boshlarida Devisning bir nechta film tanlovi urush ta'sirida bo'lgan, masalan Reynda tomosha qiling (1943), Lillian Hellman tomonidan va Baxtli Yulduzlaringizga Rahmat (1943), engil yulduzlarning musiqiy otliq karkadasi, taniqli yulduzlarning har biri o'zlarining haqlarini Gollivud oshxonasiga berishgan. Devis "Ular juda yosh yoki juda keksa" deb nomlangan yangilik qo'shig'ini ijro etdi va bu film ekranga chiqqandan so'ng xit yozuvga aylandi.

Eski tanishuv (1943) uni Miriam Xopkins bilan birlashtirdi, ulardan biri muvaffaqiyatli roman yozuvchisi bo'lganida paydo bo'lgan keskinliklar bilan shug'ullanadigan ikki eski do'stning hikoyasida. Devis Xopkins film davomida uni sahnaga chiqarmoqchi bo'lganini sezdi. Direktor Vinsent Sherman ikki aktrisa o'rtasidagi keskin raqobat va adovatni esladi va Devis tez-tez Xopkinsni g'azab bilan silkitishni talab qiladigan sahnada hech narsani tiyib qo'ymasligini hazillashardi.^[59]

1943 yil avgustda Devisning eri Artur Farnsvort Gollivud ko'chalarida yurib yiqilib tushdi va ikki kundan keyin vafot etdi. Tekshiruv natijasida uning yiqilishiga ikki hafta oldin bosh suyagi sinishi sabab bo'lganligi aniqlandi. Devis surishtiruvdan oldin jarohat etkazishi mumkin bo'lgan hech qanday hodisa haqida bilmasligini aytdi. Tasodifiy o'limni aniqlashga erishildi. Juda xavotirga tushgan Devis keyingi filmidan voz kechishga urindi Janob Skeffington (1944), ammo Farnsvort vafotidan keyin ishlab chiqarishni to'xtatgan Jek Uorner uni davom ettirishga ishontirdi.

U ochiqchasiga va talabchanligi bilan obro'-e'tibor qozongan bo'lsa-da, filmni suratga olish paytida o'zini tutishi Janob Skeffington tartibsiz va xarakterga ega bo'lmagan. U Vensan Shermanni ba'zi sahnalarni suratga olishdan bosh tortib, ba'zi to'plamlarni qayta tiklashni talab qilib, chetlashtirdi. U boshqa aktyorlar orasida chalkashliklarni keltirib chiqargan dialogni uyg'otdi va yozuvchini g'azablantirdi Yulius Epshteyn, uning xohishiga ko'ra sahnalarni qayta yozishga chaqirilgan. Keyinchalik Devis o'z xatti-harakatlarini "Men eng baxtsiz bo'lganimda, hushtak chalishdan ko'ra g'azablandim" degan kuzatuvi bilan tushuntirdi. Ba'zi sharhlovchilar Devisni uning ishlashining ortiqligi uchun tanqid qildilar; Jeyms Eji u "marafon miqyosida egosentriklikning dahshatlarini namoyish etadi" deb yozgan.^[60]

1945–1949 yillar: Professional muvaffaqiyatsizliklar

Yilda Makkajo'xori yashil rangga ega (1945): Studiyaning u yosh ayol rolini o'ynashi haqidagi taklifiga qaramay, Devis (37 yosh) tashqi ko'rinishini shu qismga mos ravishda qarishini talab qildi

1945 yilda Devis rassom Uilyam Grant Sherriga uylandi, uning uchinchi eri, u ham massajchi bo'lib ishlagan. U unga yaqinlashdi, chunki u hech qachon u haqida eshitmaganini va shuning uchun uni qo'rqitmaganini aytdi.^[61] Xuddi shu yili Devis bosh rolni rad etdi Mildred Pirs (1945),^[62] buning uchun rol Joan Krouford g'olib bo'ldi Akademiya mukofoti va buning o'rniga qilingan Makkajo'xori yashil rangga ega (1945), pyesasi asosida yozilgan Emlin Uilyams.

Yilda Makkajo'xori yashil rangga ega Devis uelslik yosh konchini qutqaradigan ingliz tili o'qituvchisi Miss Moffatning rolini o'ynadi (Jon Dall ) ko'mir konlaridagi hayotdan, unga ta'lim berish orqali. Bu qism teatrda o'ynagan Ethel Barrymore (u spektakl premerasida 61 yoshda edi), ammo Warner Bros.ning fikriga ko'ra, film versiyasida bu belgi yoshroq ayol sifatida tasvirlanishi kerak. Devis bu fikrga qo'shilmadi va bu rolni yozilgan tarzda ijro etishni talab qildi va kulrang parik kiyib, kiyimining ostiga plash kiydi.^[63] Film tanqidchilar tomonidan yaxshi kutib olindi va 2,2 million dollar foyda keltirdi.^[64] Tanqidchi E. Arnot Robertson kuzatgan:

Faqat Bette Devis ... umidsiz jinsiy aloqani bosh qahramonning yosh shaxtyorga bo'lgan qiziqishining asosiga aylantirish uchun spektakl adapterlarining aniq niyati bilan muvaffaqiyatli kurashishi mumkin edi.^[65]

U "u berishni talab qilgan nozik talqin" o'qituvchining diqqatini "bilim berishda katta quvonch" ga qaratgan degan xulosaga keldi.^[65]

Uning keyingi filmi, O'g'irlangan hayot (1946), Devis o'zining BD Productions kompaniyasi tomonidan ishlab chiqarilgan yagona film edi.^[66] Devis egizak sifatida ikki tomonlama rollarni ijro etdi. Film yomon baholarga sazovor bo'ldi va Bosli Krouter tomonidan "qiynalgan bo'sh asar" deb ta'riflandi;^[67] ammo, 2,5 million dollar foyda bilan, bu uning eng katta kassa yutuqlaridan biri edi.^[68] 1947 yilda AQSh moliya vazirligi Devisni mamlakatdagi eng ko'p maosh oladigan ayol deb topdi,^[69] uning daromadining aksariyat qismi filmning foydasidagi ulushiga to'g'ri keladi. Uning keyingi filmi edi Yolg'on (1946), uning filmlaridan birinchi bo'lib pul yo'qotgan.^[70]

Egalik qiladi (1947) Devis uchun maxsus tayyorlangan edi,^[71] va undan keyin uning keyingi loyihasi bo'lishi kerak edi Yolg'on. Biroq, u homilador edi va tug'ruq ta'tiliga chiqdi. Joan Krouford uning rolini o'ynagan Egalik qiladiva eng yaxshi aktrisa sifatida Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'lgan. 1947 yilda, 39 yoshida Devis qiz tug'di Barbara Devis Sherri (B.D. nomi bilan tanilgan) va keyinchalik xotirasida onalikka berilib ketganligi va karerasini tugatishni o'ylaganligi haqida yozgan. Biroq, u filmlarni suratga olishni davom ettirar ekan, uning qizi B.D. yomonlasha boshladi va uning tomoshabinlar orasida mashhurligi doimiy ravishda pasayib ketdi.^[72]

Filmni yaratishga qaytganidan so'ng Devisga taklif qilingan filmlar orasida Rouz Sayer ham bor edi Afrika qirolichasi (1951). Afrikada film suratga olinishi kerakligi haqida xabar berilganida, Devis bu qismdan bosh tortib, Jek Uornerga "Agar siz rasmni orqa qismdagi qayiqda suratga ololmasangiz, unda menga qiziq emas" deb aytgan. Bu rolni Katarin Xepbern o'ynagan va u eng yaxshi aktrisa sifatida Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'lgan.^[73]

Devisga filmning versiyasida rol o'ynashni taklif qilishdi Virjiniya Kellogg qamoqxona dramasi Erkaklarsiz ayollar. Dastlab Devisni Joan Krouford bilan bog'lashni maqsad qilgan Devis, u hech qanday "dayk film" da ko'rinmasligini aniq aytgan. Sifatida suratga olingan Qafaslangan (1950) va bosh rollarni ijro etgan Eleanor Parker (u eng yaxshi aktrisa sifatida Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'lgan) va Agnes Murxid.^[74]

O'rmon ortida (1949) - bu Devis Warner Bros. uchun studiyada 17 yillik ishidan so'ng suratga olgan so'nggi film

1948 yilda Devis melodramaga tashlandi Qishki uchrashuv. Dastlab u g'ayratli bo'lsa-da, tez orada Uorner o'z yoshini yashirish uchun "yumshoqroq" yoritishni tashkil qilganini bilib oldi. U xuddi shu yoritish texnikasini "Rut Chatterton va Kay Frensisning suratlar maydonchasida ko'rganini esladim va men ularning nima demoqchi ekanligini bilar edim" dedi.^[75] Uning ko'nglini qo'shish uchun, u o'zining etakchi odamining qobiliyatiga ishonmasdi - Jeyms Devis uning birinchi asosiy ekran rolida. Tsenzurani cheklash sababli ssenariyga kiritilgan o'zgartirishlar bilan u rozi bo'lmadi va dastlab unga qiziqqan rolning ko'p jihatlari kesilganligini aniqladi. Bosley Crowther tomonidan film "interminable" deb ta'riflangan va u "Miss Devis ishtirok etgan barcha ayanchli dilemmalarning ... bu ehtimol eng yomoni" ekanligini ta'kidlagan. Kassada muvaffaqiyatsizlikka uchradi va studiya qariyb 1 million dollar yo'qotdi.^[76]

Qilayotganda Iyun kelini (1948), Devis yulduz bilan to'qnashdi Robert Montgomeri, keyinchalik uni "erkak" deb ta'riflagan Miriy Xopkins... ajoyib aktyor, ammo sahna o'g'irlashga odatlangan ".^[77] Film uning bir necha yillardagi birinchi komediyasini nishonladi va unga ijobiy tanqidlarni keltirdi, ammo tomoshabinlar orasida u qadar mashhur bo'lmadi va ozgina foyda keltirdi.

Yaqinda olingan filmlaridan kassa tushumlari etishmayotganiga qaramay, 1949 yilda u Warner Bros. bilan haftasiga 10 285 dollar to'laydigan va uni AQShdagi eng ko'p maosh oladigan ayolga aylantirgan to'rtta film bilan shartnoma tuzdi.^[78] Biroq, Jek Uorner uning ssenariysini tasdiqlashdan bosh tortgan va uni uyiga topshirgan O'rmon ortida (1949). Xabarlarga ko'ra, Devis ssenariydan nafratlanib, Uornerdan rolni qayta tiklashini iltimos qilgan, ammo u rad etgan. Film tugagandan so'ng, uning shartnomasidan ozod qilish haqidagi iltimosi qondirildi.

Filmning sharhlari qattiq edi. Doroti Manners, uchun yozish Los Anjeles imtihonchisi, filmni "uning yorqin faoliyati uchun baxtsiz final" deb ta'riflagan.^[79] Xedda Xopper shunday deb yozgan edi: "Agar Bette ataylab kariyerasini buzish uchun yo'l olgan bo'lsa, u undan mosroq vositani tanlay olmas edi".^[80] Filmda Devis bilan havola qilinganidan keyin u bilan chambarchas bog'liq bo'lgan "Qanday chiqindi!" Degan satr bor edi Edvard Albi "s Virjiniya Vulfdan kim qo'rqadi?, va taqlidchilar buni o'z aktlarida qo'llashni boshladilar.

1949–1960 yillarda: Erkin martaba boshlash

Devis o'zining reklama obrazida Margo Channing sifatida o'zini ko'rsatmoqda Momo Havo haqida (1950): U bilan tasvirlangan Gari Merril, u bilan 1950 yildan 1960 yilgacha turmush qurgan (uning to'rtinchi va oxirgi eri)

Devis suratga oldi Ajralish haqida hikoya (1951 yilda RKO Radio Pictures tomonidan chiqarilgan Talab bo'yicha to'lov ). Filmni suratga olishdan biroz oldin prodyuser Darril F. Zanuk unga qarib qolgan teatr aktrisasi Margo Channing rolini taklif qildi Momo Havo haqida (1950). Devis ssenariyni o'qidi, uni o'qigan eng yaxshi deb ta'rifladi va rolni qabul qildi. Bir necha kun ichida u filmni suratga olishni boshlash uchun San-Frantsiskodagi aktyorlar tarkibiga qo'shildi. Ishlab chiqarish jarayonida u o'zining yulduzi bilan umrbod do'stlikka aylandi Anne Baxter va uning etakchi erkak bilan romantik munosabatlar Gari Merril, bu nikohga olib keldi. Filmning rejissyori Jozef L. Mankievich keyinchalik ta'kidladi: "Bette xat mukammal edi. U hece bilan mukammal edi. Rejissyorning orzusi: tayyor aktrisa."^[81]

Tanqidchilar Devisning ijrosiga ijobiy munosabatda bo'lishdi va uning bir nechta satrlari taniqli bo'lib qoldi, xususan, "xavfsizlik kamarlaringizni bog'lab qo'ying, kechqurun tunda bo'ladi". U yana Oskar mukofotiga nomzod bo'ldi va Gen Ringgold singari tanqidchilar uning Margo'sini "hamma vaqt eng yaxshi ijro" deb ta'rifladilar.^[82] Polin Kaelning yozishicha, Mankievichning "teatr" haqidagi tasavvurlarining aksariyati "bema'nilik" edi, ammo Devisni maqtab, yozgan "[film] haqiqiy narsa bo'lgan bitta spektakl yordamida saqlanib qoldi: Bette Devis o'zining instinktiv va ishonchli. Uning aktrisasi - befoyda, qo'rqinchli, o'z reaktsiyalari va his-tuyg'ularida haddan oshib ketgan ayol - hamma narsani jonlantiradi. "^[83]

Devis g'alaba qozondi Eng yaxshi aktrisa mukofoti dan Kann kinofestivali, va Nyu-York kino tanqidchilari doirasi mukofoti. U shuningdek qabul qildi San-Frantsisko kino tanqidchilari doirasi mukofoti 1949 yilning eng yomon aktrisasi deb nomlangan eng yaxshi aktrisa O'rmon ortida. Shu vaqt ichida u qo'l izlarini old tomonda qoldirishga taklif qilindi Graumanning Xitoy teatri.^[84]

1950 yil 3-iyulda Devisning Uilyam Sherridan ajralishi yakunlandi va 28-iyulda u to'rtinchi va oxirgi eri Gari Merrillga uylandi. Sherrining roziligi bilan Merril Devisning qizi B.D.ni Sherri bilan asrab oldi. 1951 yil yanvar oyida Devis va Merrill besh kunlik qizni asrab oldilar, ular Margot Mozher Merrill (1951 yil 6-yanvarda tug'ilgan),^[85][86] belgidan keyin Margo Channing. Devis va Merril uch farzandi bilan yashagan - 1952 yilda ular Maykl (1952 yil 5-fevralda tug'ilgan) o'g'il bolani asrab olishgan.^[87] - Meyn shtatidagi Keyp Elizabet qirg'og'idagi ko'chmas mulkda. 1950-yillarning o'rtalarida Devis yarim nafaqaga chiqqanidan so'ng, Meynda bo'lgan vaqtida yana bir nechta filmlarda, shu jumladan Bokira malikasi (1955), unda u qirolicha Yelizaveta I rolini o'ynagan.^[88]

Oila Angliyaga sayohat qildi, u erda Devis va Merrill qotillik-sirli filmida suratga tushishdi Boshqa bir odamning zahari (1951). Iliq sharhlar qabul qilinganda va kassada muvaffaqiyatsizlikka uchraganida, Gollivud kolonnistlari Devisning qaytishi va "Oskar" mukofotiga nomzod bo'lishdi Yulduz (1952) kassada uning pasayishini to'xtatmadi.^[89]

1952 yilda Devis Broadway revyuda paydo bo'ldi, Two's Company rejissor Jyul Dassin. U o'zining mutaxassisligi doirasidan tashqarida ishlashga noqulay edi; u hech qachon musiqiy ijrochi bo'lmagan va cheklangan teatr tajribasi 20 yildan ko'proq vaqt oldin bo'lgan. U ham og'ir kasal bo'lib, operatsiya qilindi osteomiyelit jag'ning.^[90] Margot tug'ilish paytida yoki undan ko'p o'tmay olgan jarohati tufayli miyaga jiddiy shikast etkazgan deb tashxis qo'yilgan va 3 yoshida muassasaga joylashtirilgan.^[91] Devis va Merril tez-tez tortishishni boshladilar va B.D. keyinchalik spirtli ichimliklarni suiiste'mol qilish va oiladagi zo'ravonlik epizodlarini esladi.^[92]

1950-yillarda Devisning bir nechta filmlari muvaffaqiyatli bo'lgan va uning ko'plab chiqishlari tanqidchilar tomonidan qoralangan. Hollywood Reporter Londonlik tanqidchi Richard Vinninger yozishicha, "tungi klubda [Devis] ga taqlid qilishda kutishingiz mumkin bo'lgan" uslublarni yozgan.

Miss Devis, qaysi filmlarni suratga olish haqida ko'pchilik yulduzlardan ko'ra ko'proq gapirish bilan, egoizmga singib ketganga o'xshaydi. Uning film tanlash mezonlari Devis san'atining har bir tomonining to'liq namoyishi bilan hech narsa raqobatlashmasligi kerak. U uchun faqat yomon filmlar etarli.^[93]

Ushbu davrdagi uning filmlariga kiritilgan Bokira malikasi (1955), Bo'ron markazi (1956) va Umumiy ovqatlanish (1956). Kariyerasi pasayganligi sababli, 1960 yilda ajrashish to'g'risida ariza yozguniga qadar uning turmushi yomonlashishda davom etdi. Keyingi yili onasi vafot etdi. Shu bilan birga, u mashhur NBC Western-ning uchta qismida ishtirok etgan televizorni sinab ko'rdi Vagon poyezdi 1959 va 1961 yillarda uch xil belgi sifatida; uning televizorda birinchi chiqishi 1956 yil 25 fevralda bo'lgan Umumiy elektr teatri.^[94]

1960 yilda ro'yxatdan o'tgan demokrat Devis paydo bo'ldi 1960 yil Demokratik milliy konventsiya Los-Anjelesda u kelajakdagi Prezident bilan uchrashgan Jon F. Kennedi, u unga juda yoqdi.^[95] Aktyorlik va siyosatdan tashqari Devis faol va amaliyot bilan shug'ullangan Episkopal.^[96]

1961-1970 yillar: yangilangan muvaffaqiyat

Devis "Oskar" mukofotining so'nggi nominatsiyasini aqldan ozgan Baby Jeyn Hudson roli uchun oldi Chaqaloq Jeynda nima bo'lgan? (1962)

1961 yilda Devis Broadway ishlab chiqarishda ochildi Iguana kechasi asosan o'rtacha baholarga va to'rt oydan keyin "surunkali kasallik" sababli ishlab chiqarishni tark etdi. Keyin u qo'shildi Glenn Ford va Ann-Margret uchun Frank Kapra film Mo''jizalar (1961) (a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Bir kunlik xonim ), based on a story by Damon Runyon. Exhibitors protested her star billing as they considered it would negatively impact the box office performance and, despite the appearance of Ford, the film failed at the box office.^[97]

She accepted her next role, in the Buyuk Gignol dahshatli film Chaqaloq Jeynda nima bo'lgan? (1962), after Joan Crawford showed interest in the script and considered Bette for the part of Jane. Bette believed it could appeal to the same audience that had recently made Alfred Xitkok "s Psixologiya (1960) a success. She negotiated a deal that would pay her 10 percent of the worldwide gross profits in addition to her salary. The film became one of the year's big successes.^[98]

Davis and Joan Krouford played two aging sisters, former actresses forced by circumstance to share a decaying Hollywood mansion. Direktor, Robert Aldrich, explained that Davis and Crawford were each aware of how important the film was to their respective careers, and commented: "It's proper to say that they really detested each other, but they behaved absolutely perfectly.".^[99] There were stories that Davis and Crawford would purposely annoy each other on set. One such story describes Joan Krouford putting heavy weights in her pockets to make it hard for Bette to drag her on the floor in one scene. But of course there is no proof of these claims.

After filming was completed, their public comments against each other allowed the tension to develop into a lifelong feud. When Davis was nominated for an Academy Award, Crawford contacted the other Best Actress nominees (who were unable to attend the ceremonies) and offered to accept the award on their behalf, should they win. Qachon Anne Bancroft was announced as winner, Crawford accepted the award on Bancroft's behalf. Despite their dislike for one another, they spoke highly of each other's talent in acting. Joan said Bette was a “fascinating actress” but they were never able to become friends as they only worked on the one film together. Bette also said Joan was a good, professional actress, but cared a lot about the way she looked, and her vanity. Their feud was eventually turned into the 2017 limited series Adovat tomonidan Rayan Merfi.

Davis also received her only BAFTA nomination for this performance. Daughter Barbara (credited as B.D. Merrill) played a small role in the film, and when Davis and she visited the Cannes Film Festival to promote it, she met Jeremy Hyman, an executive for Yetti badiiy mahsulot. After a short courtship, she married Hyman at the age of 16, with Davis' permission.

Davis and Uilyam Xopper ichida Perri Meyson epizod, "Konstant Doylning ishi " (January 31, 1963)

In October 1962, it was announced that four episodes of the CBS-TV series Perri Meyson would feature special guest stars who would cover for Raymond Burr during his convalescence from surgery. A Perri Meyson fan, Davis was the first of the guest stars. "Konstant Doylning ishi " began filming on December 12, 1962,^[100] and aired January 31, 1963.^[101]

In 1962, Davis appeared as Celia Miller on the TV western Virjiniyalik in the episode titled "The Accomplice."

In September 1962, Davis placed an advertisement in Turli xillik under the heading of "Situations wanted – women artists", which read: "Mother of three – 10, 11, & 15 – divorcee. American. Thirty years experience as an actress in Motion Pictures. Mobile still, and more affable than rumor would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway.)"^[102] Davis said that she intended it as a joke, and she sustained her comeback over the course of several years.

O'lik qo'ng'iroqchi (1964) was a crime drama in which she played twin sisters. The film was an American adaptation of the Mexican film La Otra, bosh rollarda Dolores del Río.^[103] Sevgi ketgan joy (1964) was a romantic drama based on a Garold Robbins roman. Davis played the mother of Syuzan Xeyvord, but filming was hampered by heated arguments between Davis and Hayward.^[104]

Tinch ... Tinchlaning, shirin Sharlotta (1964) was Robert Aldrich's follow-up to Chaqaloq Jeynda nima bo'lgan?. Aldrich planned to reunite Davis and Crawford, but Crawford withdrew allegedly due to illness soon after filming began. She was replaced by Olivia de Havilland. The film was a considerable success, and brought renewed attention to its veteran cast, which included Jozef Kotten, Meri Astor, Agnes Murxid va Sesil Kellavay.

The following year, Davis was cast as the lead in an Aaron imlosi sitcom Dekorativ.^[105] A pilot episode was filmed, but was not shown, and the project was terminated. By the end of the decade, Davis had appeared in the British films Enaga (1965), Yubiley (1968) va Xonalarni ulash (1970), none of which were reviewed well and her career again stalled.^[89]

1971–1983: Later career

In the early 1970s, Davis was invited to appear in New York City in a stage presentation titled Great Ladies of the American Cinema. Over five successive nights, a different female star discussed her career, and answered questions from the audience; Mirna Loy, Rozalind Rassel, Lana Tyorner, Silviya Sidni, and Joan Crawford were the other participants. Davis was well-received, and was invited to tour Australia with the similarly themed Bette Davis in Person and on Film; its success allowed her to take the production to the United Kingdom.^[106]

In 1972, Davis played the lead role in two television films that were each intended as pilots for upcoming series for ABC and NBC, Madam Sin, bilan Robert Vagner va Hakam va Jeyk Uayler, bilan Joan Van Ark, but in each case, the network decided against producing a series.

She appeared in the stage production Miss Moffat, a musical adaptation of her film Makkajo'xori yashil rangga ega, but after the show was panned by the Philadelphia critics during its pre-Broadway run, she cited a back injury, and abandoned the show, which closed immediately.

She played supporting roles in Luidji Komensini "s Lo Scopone scientifico (1972) with Italian actors Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano va Jozef Kotten, Kuydirilgan takliflar (1976), a Dan Curtis film, and Amining yo'qolishi (1976), but she clashed with Karen Blek va Faye Dunaway, the stars of the two latter respective productions, because she felt that neither extended her an appropriate degree of respect and that their behavior on the film sets was unprofessional.^[107]

Davis (left) and Elizabeth Teylor in late 1981 during a show celebrating Taylor's life

In 1977, Davis became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Hayotiy yutuqlar mukofoti. The televised event included comments from several of Davis' colleagues, including William Wyler, who joked that given the chance, Davis would still like to re-film a scene from Xat to which Davis nodded. Jeyn Fonda, Genri Fonda, Natali Vud, and Olivia de Havilland were among the performers who paid tribute, with de Havilland commenting that Davis "got the roles I always wanted".^[108]

Following the telecast, she found herself in demand again, often having to choose between several offers. She accepted roles in the television miniseries Uyni yig'ib olishning qorong'i sirlari (1978) and the theatrical film Nil bo'yidagi o'lim (1978), an Agata Kristi qotillik sirlari. The bulk of her remaining work was for television. U g'olib chiqdi Emmi mukofoti uchun Begona odamlar: Ona va qiz haqida hikoya (1979) bilan Gena Rowlands, and was nominated for her performances in White Mama (1980) va Kichkina Gloriya ... Nihoyat baxtli (1982). She also played supporting roles in the Disney films Jodugar tog'idan qaytish (1978) va O'rmondagi kuzatuvchi (1980).^[109]

Davis' name became well known to a younger audience when Kim Karnes ' Qo'shiq "Bette Devis Eyes " (tomonidan yozilgan Jeki DeShannon ) became a worldwide hit and the best-selling record of 1981 in the U.S., where it stayed at number one on the music charts for more than two months. Davis' grandson was impressed that she was the subject of a hit song and Davis considered it a compliment, writing to both Carnes and the songwriters, and accepting the gift of oltin va platina yozuvlari from Carnes, and hanging them on her wall.^[110][111]

She continued acting for television, appearing in Oilaviy uchrashuv (1981) with her grandson J. Ashley Hyman, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) va Yo'l to'g'ri (1983) bilan Jeyms Styuart. In 1983, she was awarded the Filmdagi ayollar Crystal Award.^[112]

1983–1989: Illness, awards, and final works

Davis (aged 79) completed her final role in Avgust kitlari (1987), which brought her acclaim during a period in which she was beset with failing health and personal trauma

In 1983, after filming the pilot episode for the television series Mehmonxona, Davis was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. Within two weeks of her surgery, she suffered four strokes which caused paralysis in the left side of her face and in her left arm, and left her with slurred speech. She commenced a lengthy period of physical therapy, and aided by her personal assistant Kathryn Sermak gained partial recovery from the paralysis. Even late in life, Davis smoked 100 cigarettes per day.^[113]

During this time, her relationship with her daughter B.D. Hyman deteriorated when Hyman became a born-again Christian and attempted to persuade Davis to follow suit. With her health stable, she traveled to England to film the Agatha Christie mystery Ko'zgular bilan qotillik (1985). Upon her return, she learned that Hyman had published My Mother's Keeper, in which she chronicled a difficult mother-daughter relationship and depicted scenes of Davis' over-bearing and drunken behavior.^[5]

Several of Davis' friends commented that Hyman's depiction of events was not accurate; one said "So much of the book is out of context". Mayk Uolles re-broadcast a 60 daqiqa interview he had filmed with Hyman a few years earlier in which she commended Davis on her skills as a mother, and said that she had adopted many of Davis' principles in raising her own children.

Critics of Hyman noted that Davis financially supported the Hyman family for several years and recently saved them from losing their house. Despite the acrimony of their divorce years earlier, Gary Merrill also defended Davis. Interviewed by CNN, Merrill said that Hyman was motivated by "cruelty and greed". Davis' adopted son Michael Merrill ended contact with Hyman, and refused to speak to her again, as did Davis, who disinherited her.^[114]

Davis with President Ronald Reygan (her co-star in 1939's Qorong'u g'alaba ) in 1987, two years before her death

In her second memoir This 'n That (1987), Davis wrote: "I am still recovering from the fact that a child of mine would write about me behind my back, to say nothing about the kind of book it is. I will never recover as completely from B.D.'s book as I have from the stroke. Both were shattering experiences." Her memoir concluded with a letter to her daughter, in which she addressed her several times as Hyman, and described her actions as "a glaring lack of loyalty and thanks for the very privileged life I feel you have been given". She concluded with a reference to the title of Hyman's book, "If it refers to money, if my memory serves me right, I've been your keeper all these many years. I am continuing to do so, as my name has made your book about me a success."^[115]

Davis appeared in the television film As Summers Die (1986), and in Lindsay Anderson film Avgust kitlari (1987), in which she played the blind sister of Lillian Gish. Though in poor health at the time, Davis memorized her own and everyone else's lines as she always had.^[116] The film earned good reviews, with one critic writing: "Bette crawls across the screen like a testy old hornet on a windowpane, snarling, staggering, twitching – a symphony of misfired synapses."^[117] Davis became an honouree of the Kennedi markazi faxriylari for her contribution to films in 1987.

Her last performance was the title role in Larri Koen "s Yovuz o'gay ona (1989). By this time, her health was failing, and after disagreements with Cohen, she walked off the set. The script was rewritten to place more emphasis on Barbara Karrera 's character, and the reworked version was released after Davis' death.^[113]

After abandoning Yovuz o'gay ona and with no further film offers (though she was keen to play the centenarian in Craig Calman's The Turn of the Century and worked with him on adapting the stage play to a feature-length screenplay), Davis appeared on several talk shows, and was interviewed by Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, Larry King, and David Letterman, discussing her career, but refusing to discuss her daughter. Her appearances were popular; Lindsay Anderson observed that the public enjoyed seeing her behaving "so bitchy": "I always disliked that because she was encouraged to behave badly. And I'd always hear her described by that awful word, feisty."^[118]

During 1988 and 1989, Davis was honored for her career achievements, receiving the Kennedy Center Honor, the Faxriy legion Frantsiyadan, Italiya chempioni from Italy, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Lifetime Achievement Award. She appeared on British television in a special broadcast from the Janubiy bank markazi, discussing film and her career, the other guest being the renowned Russian director, Andrey Tarkovskiy.

O'lim

Bette Davis's crypt at O'rmon maysazorlari yodgorlik bog'i Los-Anjelesda

Davis collapsed during the American Cinema Awards in 1989, and later discovered that her cancer had returned. She recovered sufficiently to travel to Spain, where she was honored at the Donostia-San Sebastian xalqaro kinofestivali, but during her visit, her health rapidly deteriorated. Too weak to make the long journey back to the U.S., she traveled to France, where she died on October 6, 1989, at 11:35 PM, at the Amerika kasalxonasi yilda Noyli-sur-Seyn. Davis was 81 years old. A memorial tribute was held by invitation only at Burbank Studio's stage 18 where a work light was turned on signaling the end of production.^[119]

U ichkariga kirdi O'rmon maysasi-Gollivud tepaliklari qabristoni in Los Angeles, alongside her mother Ruthie and sister Bobby, with her name in larger type size. On her tombstone is written: "She did it the hard way", an epitaph that she mentioned in her memoir Onam Goddam as having been suggested to her by Joseph L. Mankiewicz shortly after they had filmed Momo Havo haqida.^[120]

Qabul qilish va meros

As early as 1936, Grem Grin summarized Davis:

Even the most inconsiderable film ... seemed temporarily better than they were because of that precise, nervy voice, the pale ash-blond hair, the popping, neurotic eyes, a kind of corrupt and phosphorescent prettiness ... I would rather watch Miss Davis than any number of competent pictures.^[121]

In 1964, Jack Warner spoke of the "magic quality that transformed this sometimes bland and not beautiful little girl into a great artist",^[120] and in a 1988 interview, Davis remarked that, unlike many of her contemporaries, she had forged a career without the benefit of beauty.^[122] She admitted she was terrified during the making of her early films, and that she became tough by necessity. "Until you're known in my profession as a monster, you are not a star", she said, "[but] I've never fought for anything in a treacherous way. I've never fought for anything but the good of the film."^[123] Qilish paytida Momo Havo haqida (1950), Joseph L. Mankiewicz told her of the perception in Hollywood that she was difficult, and she explained that when the audience saw her on screen, they did not consider that her appearance was the result of numerous people working behind the scenes. If she was presented as "a horse's ass ... forty feet wide, and thirty feet high", that is all the audience "would see or care about".^[124]

While lauded for her achievements, Davis and her films were sometimes derided; Pauline Kael described Endi, Voyager (1942) as a "shlock classic",^[125] and by the mid-1940s, her sometimes mannered and histrionic performances had become the subject of caricature. Edwin Schallert, for the Los Anjeles Tayms, praised Davis' performance in Janob Skeffington (1944), while observing, "The mimics will have more fun than a box of monkeys imitating Miss Davis"; and Dorothy Manners, at the Los Anjeles imtihonchisi, said of her performance in the poorly received O'rmon ortida (1949): "No night club caricaturist has ever turned in such a cruel imitation of the Davis mannerisms as Bette turns on herself in this one." Vaqt magazine noted that Davis was compulsively watchable, even while criticizing her acting technique, summarizing her performance in O'lik qo'ng'iroqchi (1964) with the observation, "Her acting, as always, isn't really acting: It's shameless showing off. But just try to look away!"^[126]

Davis attracted a following in the gey subkulturasi, and frequently was imitated by ayol taqlidchilar kabi Treysi Li, Kreyg Rassel, Jim Beyli va Charlz Pirs.^[127] Attempting to explain her popularity with gay audiences, the journalist Jim Emerson wrote: "Was she just a camp figurehead because her brittle, melodramatic style of acting hadn't aged well? Or was it that she was 'Larger Than Life', a tough broad who had survived? Probably some of both."^[122]

Her film choices were often unconventional: Davis sought roles as manipulators and killers in an era when actresses usually preferred to play sympathetic characters, and she excelled in them. She favored authenticity over glamour, and was willing to change her own appearance if it suited the character.^[123]

Davis' signature and handprints at Graumanning Xitoy teatri

As she entered old age, Davis was acknowledged for her achievements. John Springer, who had arranged her speaking tours of the early 1970s, wrote that despite the accomplishments of many of her contemporaries, Davis was "the star of the thirties and into the forties", achieving notability for the variety of her characterizations and her ability to assert herself, even when her material was mediocre.^[128] Individual performances continued to receive praise; in 1987, Bill Collins analyzed Xat (1940), and described her performance as "a brilliant, subtle achievement", and wrote: "Bette Davis makes Leslie Crosbie one of the most extraordinary females in movies."^[129] In a 2000 review for Momo Havo haqida (1950), Roger Ebert noted: "Davis was a character, an icon with a grand style; so, even her excesses are realistic."^[130] Yilda Mum uyi (2005), in her attempt to blend in with the other wax figures in the local movie house, the lead female character has to sit through a scene fromWhatever Happened to Baby Jane .^[131] 2006 yilda, Premer magazine ranked her portrayal of Margo Channing in the film as fifth on their list of 100 Greatest Performances of All Time, commenting: "There is something deliciously audacious about her gleeful willingness to play such unattractive emotions as jealousy, bitterness, and neediness."^[132] Ko'rib chiqish paytida Chaqaloq Jeynda nima bo'lgan? (1962) in 2008, Ebert asserted that, "No one who has seen the film will ever forget her."^[133]

A few months before her death in 1989, Davis was one of several actors featured on the cover of Hayot jurnal. In a film retrospective that celebrated the films and stars of 1939, Hayot concluded that Davis was the most significant actress of her era, and highlighted Qorong'u g'alaba (1939) as one of the more important films of the year.^[134] Her death made front-page news throughout the world as the "close of yet another chapter of the Golden Age of Hollywood". Angela Lansbury summarized the feeling of those of the Hollywood community who attended her memorial service, commenting, after a sample from Davis' films was screened, that they had witnessed "an extraordinary legacy of acting in the twentieth century by a real master of the craft" that should provide "encouragement and illustration to future generations of aspiring actors".^[135]

In 1977, Davis became the first woman to be honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award.^[136] 1999 yilda Amerika kino instituti published its list of the "AFI ning 100 yilligi ... 100 yulduz ", which was the result of a film-industry poll to determine the "50 Greatest American Screen Legends" in order to raise public awareness and appreciation of classic film. Of the 25 actresses listed, Davis was ranked at number two, behind Katharine Hepburn.^[137]

The United States Postal Service honored Davis with a commemorative postage stamp in 2008, marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.^[138] The stamp features an image of her in the role of Margo Channing in Momo Havo haqida. The First Day of Issue celebration took place September 18, 2008, at Boston University, which houses an extensive Davis archive. Featured speakers included her son Michael Merrill and Loren Bakall. In 1997, the executors of her estate, Merrill and Kathryn Sermak, her former assistant, established The Bette Davis Foundation, which awards college scholarships to promising actors and actresses.^[57]

"I was once the goat elected to inform her that she couldn’t smoke at a dinner honoring Frank Kapra, whose asthmatic wife, Lu, had stored her oxygen tank under the table. “Well, get her out of here!” Davis bellowed at me, by way of a suggested solution."
- Basinger, Jeanine (2007-11-12). "The Real Margo Channing's Fasten-Your-Seatbelts Life" The New York Times^[139]

Oskar mukofotlari

Davis in the trailer for Qorong'u g'alaba (1939), in which she gave one of her 10 Oscar-nominated performances

Davis established several Oskar milestones. Among them, she became the first person to earn five consecutive Academy Award nominations for acting, all in the Best Actress category (1938–1942).^[140] Her record has only been matched by one other performer, Greer Garson, who also earned five consecutive nominations in the Best Actress category (1941–1945), including three years when both these actresses were nominated.^[140]

In 1962, Bette Davis became the first person to secure 10 Academy Award nominations for acting. Since then only three people have surpassed this figure, Meril Strip (with 21 nominations and three wins), Katarin Xepbern (12 nominations and four wins), and Jek Nikolson (12 nominations and three wins) with Lorens Olivier matching the number (10 nominations, 1 award).^[141]

Stiven Spilberg purchased Davis' Oscars for Xavfli (1935) va Izebel (1938), when they were offered for auction for $207,500 and $578,000, respectively, and returned them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[142][143]

Davis' performance in Inson qulligi (1934) was widely acclaimed and, when she was not nominated for an Academy Award, several influential people mounted a campaign to have her name included. The Academy relaxed its rules for that year (and the following year also) to allow for the consideration of any performer nominated in a write-in vote; therefore, any performance of the year was technically eligible for consideration. For a period of time in the 1930s, the Academy revealed the second- and third-place vote getters in each category: Davis placed third for best actress above the officially nominated Greys Mur. The academy's nomination and winner database notes this under the 1934 best actress category and under the Bette Davis search.

Tanlangan filmografiya

Shuningdek qarang

• Kinofilm ishlab chiqarish kodi (Hays Code)
• Klassik Gollivud kinosi

Adabiyotlar

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