In 1977, #BetteDavis became the first woman recipient of the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. #InternationalWomensDay | Bette Davis

Actress Meryl Streep shares how Warner Bros. legend Bette Davis inspired her career from growing up with her films to winning the first annual Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award. See Davis in NOW VOYAGER (’42) tonight at 8pm ET. #WB100 | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

The Unsinkable Bette Davis - Documentary 1963 1937–1941: Success with Warner Bros. The same year, she starred with Humphrey Bogart in Marked Woman (1937), a contemporary gangster drama inspired by the case of Lucky Luciano, a film regarded as one of the most important in her early career. She was awarded the Volpi Cup at the 1937 Venice Film Festival for her performance. Davis's portrayal of a strong-willed 1850s Southern belle in Jezebel (1938) won her a second Academy Award for Best Actress, a