Bette Davis--1971 TV Interview, Arte Johnson, Birch Bayh

[@attyjosh]

I love the way she laughed. You can tell she was having a good time. Oh, the great Bette Davis.

[@jacksincere4002]

pro tip: watch movies on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies these days.

[@skylersalvatore2335]

@Jack Sincere Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :D

[@taiburnett9725]

There's no one like her💯

[@gulmerton2394]

I would listen to her for hours and hours.

[@Kimllg88]

Her great personality, intelligence and talent keep her young. Never boring.

[@steveprice2718]

I've often felt that the measure of a person's character was how genuine that individual laughed. A hearty laugh was the ultimate expression of a mighty spirit. This dame had it!!!

[@AstralPixie]

That's interesting.

[@rubywlee3831]

Hot pants wore them in my youth

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

You've hit the nail on the head!

[@bobtaylor170]

My cousin, a sociopath, has a hearty laugh, but it's TOO hardy. He's a phony, and a brutal, dangerous bastard.

[@naveensarawagi7442]

Among the greatest of all time .. Honest to goodness ,talented and with a wit unmatched

[@empb8615]

Betty Davis should have all her greatest movies shown on netflix. Just to show the younger generation how great an actress she was and how fabulous her films were. She was all class.

[@deb7518]

Yes, I DO wish Netflx offered some screen classics, too. Often the only channels offering them on TV get stuck on whole days of Westerns or Beach Movies and you have no other classic choices unless you sign up for another whole online channel.

[@carollund8251]

Yes there are so many classic films I saw as a child in the summer or Saturdays but now I live in Europe and never get to see them anymore. Classics nowadays seem to be considered from the 70s and 80's! Those are modern for my tastes! Just where can one find them now? Just a few are on KZbin. I have bought some DVDs ( I have six of Bette Davis's) but I can't buy that many and many can't be found. I always wonder, where do people find them? There are so many videos on KZbin that describe some old film or other and they say, make sure you watch it, don't miss it! Well, I' d love to, but how?

[@coydoy121]

Its 2018 and I'm 50 years old and I still love listening to Bette. She is my favourite actress from back in the day.

[@ukelelito]

I'm 47 and i have loved her since I was 27. I'm from Argentina.

[@darylsandlin5871]

I'm with ya. I'm 49 next month & lately I've become fascinated with the classic actresses from that golden era. Maybe it has something to do, for me, with getting older & appreciating the classics.

[@richardscott4318]

I'm 49 and i've loved her since childhood. There'll never be another like her. One of a kind. I love her and miss her so much.

[@proudsjw9162]

57 here, Bette Davis was an incredible actress and human being!

[@MrLetmein2011]

54 here and I saw Baby Jane when I was about 8 and have loved her ever since .

[@nickferrio1316]

I love her style during the 70s. In all her interviews she looks like an absolute star.

[@quincycampbell9828]

That's because she was one, Darling.

[@cjordan1207]

Bette Davis ...the most brilliant actress and the most talented woman. What a legend!

[@joyceb8407]

"Now that I'm older the evil has come out a little more". Bette Davis was a card! You never knew what she was going to say but she was the most honest when live and certainly a great actress.

[@rubywlee3831]

Love honor and remeber bette davis

[@LoyalOpposition]

What is a "card"?

[@mattdevaux7202]

@@LoyalOpposition A “card” in this sense is a very funny, fun, witty, and clever personality.

[@bobtaylor170]

@@LoyalOpposition , it's a term from the mid twentieth century in America.

[@Heyoudummy]

Nobody better than Bette Davis! Love how she always wore gloves and then slowly peeled them off each interview!

[@Salsero12]

Her laugh is the best. Love her

[@jessiem276]

Miss Betty Davis...THE BEST actress of all time!! She was very classy and had morals!

[@TG-rm8pj]

Bette Davis is pure class! Always has been and always will be.

[@JoanBette]

Well I love Bette Davis, period, but her laugh is just the best! What a great lady and a model to hard work and discipline.

[@rubywlee3831]

Will love bette davis forever

[@elichaitman3294]

Your name is hilarious

[@lynnemilazzo3904]

My favorite actress of all time. She actually sang to me once for a minute or two... I was in a crowd to see her light a Christmas tree, and I got to speak to her. I will never forget it as long as I live...

[@javiervalverde2374]

That's amazing!!! What a blessing!!! What year did this happen?

[@lynnemilazzo3904]

It was in 1980 , in Bridgeport Connecticut..

[@javiervalverde2374]

@@lynnemilazzo3904 Oh wow!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! That is amazing!!! I would've loved to have met her

[@bdiaz6081]

I love how she always came out with her pocketbook in hand.

[@girliboi]

i've noticed quite a few of the...*ahem*... more "established" stars did back in the day, also would frequently make their entrance in outerwear (heavy coats, etc).. looks odd today, as pretty much nobody walks onto a talk show in a cape, or fur coat, or carrying a purse, etc.. but then this was also a time when it wasn't uncommon to chainsmoke and/or sip a stiff cocktail throughout a television interview, so i guess she had to have somewhere to carry her cigarettes..

[@mae8861]

BDiaz pocket book LOL you’re from the east coast. We in the west call it a purse.

[@ethannielson942]

BDiaz Like the Queen of England.

[@chocloditelensman]

She always does.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

@@mae8861 GB Handbag.

[@Mspike456]

Her vocabulary. What a smart girl.

[@SGCSW]

Such a hearty voracious laugh! Love it!

[@michaelraymond5048]

She cackled like a Witch

[@petertorrey236]

Everything about her is interesting.

[@ninalee8705]

Yes it is

[@mfloyd1556]

Thank you Bette. You've taught me so much. She is such a beacon for the free spirit.

[@shirleysavitts9647]

This conversation was illuminating and perhaps foretelling of Americans apathy.... Loved Bette Davis remark toward the end. Thank you for posting.

[@Apollo_Blaze]

This was soooo good....loved watching them all talk about their lives...and Dick is the perfect interviewer...his show was so relaxed and fun to watch.

[@rogerwinters9856]

My favorite actress of all times, one and only number one, there will never be another.

[@bluecollarguy67]

Oh, this is just so wonderful to watch! Bette Davis is beyond compare and categorization as she was just magical. I easily rank her up there with Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead and Katherine Hepburn for being the best guests to appear on any talk program and the ease with which they all had to converse about anything at all. They truly enjoyed life and people.

[@lauriewinek2453]

I like her personality better than Hepburn's. Hepburn appeared too snooty and uptight.

[@MarthaMansbridge]

@@lauriewinek2453 I agree - Hepburn was not fun to watch in an interview at all. Always felt she would at any moment jump up and tear off the hosts head and storm off. Snooty is the word. Great actress in her own way but snooty - her Cavett interview is a good example, there are clips of her 'off air' and she was clearly difficult and pretty characterless - I bet the crew were petrified of her. Then on air, she sat there with her feet on the table, almost in a 'defiant teenager' sort of way as if to prove a point through the whole interview that 'she could and therefore she would'. Davis was far too well mannered for that sort of behaviour, I've no doubt she could be a beast when making a picture if things were not being done right, why would she not be - as she always said, what goes up there on the screen stays there forever! Hepburn is very guarded, filtering everything she says in order to maintain the pretence. Davis visibly relaxes the more she can just be open, direct and herself. They are of course two very different women, they don't need to be compared but on the basis they are probably the only two of their kind from that era it's inevitable I guess. Doesn't;t detract from their very different, but equally worthy talents.

[@stmichl9433]

I agree that Agnes Moorhead was in that league. And yet she never reached the stardom of a Davis or Hepburn but she was a powerful actress.

[@Vejur9000]

Her interviews with Cavett are among her most comfortable and happy ones. She liked him, it also didn’t hurt that he was cute

[@direfranchement]

Are there any actors like this now? Bette was a cut above the rest even in her day when there were real stars...she was witty and yet still real and honest. These interviews from the 70s and 80s showed that she had no illusions about her place as a star.

[@brkitdwn]

So fascinating to watch and listen too. Bette

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

Bette was so sassy 4:25 :) When I was little I remember my great-grandmother used to watch all the old Bette Davis movies and she would always say 'They don't make em like her anymore' at the time being just a kid I never understood what my grandmother meant by that or why she was always watching those old black and white movies but now I'm older I totally get it. You don't see that type of elegance, charisma, style, talent or wit anymore. I'm 32 and I watch more of those old movies now than I do modern movies. Bette Davis was a class act and she was part of a golden generation of superstars we will never see again ✨

[@jrbon4619]

Brilliant, talented, and intelligent, person, Ms. Davis was.

[@wally1452]

All I can say this moment is, I love Bette Davis. I believe what you see here with her is the same thing off camera...so honest, so funny, so beautiful. Oh, that we who loved her forever could have met her. Blessed are those who were her friends.

[@candyveneer2428]

Betty Davis coughing and smoking and coughing! Priceless!

[@Kimllg88]

Greatest actress of the 20th century. And intelligent.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

You confused her with Vivien Leigh.

[@jessiem276]

I agree...Betty Davis was the Very Best!!

[@terryhefty]

I LOVE her humor lol 😂 she’s so funny and down to earth ❤️❤️❤️

[@petuser1]

When you think about great performances then Davis playing Margo Channing in 'all about eve' has to be the defining role. she played a 40 year old ageing star in a time when ageism was ten times worse than it is now. Now many women dont have children until they are 40 but then it was considered over the hill. She brought her whole life to that role and a gravitas to the character that is palpable in its intensity. BD you are a Star.

[@theresamedve5897]

In my opinion, the best actress of all times. No one is equal to her and her wonderful laugh is contagious!

[@johndalton3180]

Bette is at her most charming here. Made me smile. Thanks to the poster for sharing this.

[@junegiovanni6475]

The world's greatest actress, the Queen of the silver screen Miss Bette Davis. RIP Ruth Elizabeth Davis, commonly known as Bette Davis 1908-1989)🎥🎬🎬🎬🍸👡💄👚👒

[@zxingzxing]

I love Bette Davis, she was truly inspirational and unique.

[@EphemeralProductions]

her laugh was great indeed!

[@wadecatt9543]

Bette called Dick by his real name (Richard) when he said he liked her look then and now.

[@pablobanados6552]

There's something about her, that makes her absolutely fascinating.

[@Pdjohnners]

Miss Davis is such good value.

[@geraldinemacullin1029]

Love bette

[@rc2464]

The greatest American actress of all time. What a classy woman.

[@rubywlee3831]

Bette davis all this and heaven too lovely movie fine cast

[@VinnyDrysdale]

Bette Davis and Charles Laughton would have been something to see.

[@KeithDec25]

Totally agree Read somwhere there was supposed ro be a movie about Henry VIII and daughter Elizabeth?...

[@VinnyDrysdale]

@@alfysmith2171 I agree with your response to your hallucination of my comment. I was referring to them being in a movie together. If you watched the clip, that should have been clear.

[@cestmoi1796]

What a liberated laugh. Wonderful !

[@robertosoto1370]

There is a segment where miss Davis is talking about jack warner when he told her to hang in there about the scripts she was offered & then warner tells her i found the most terrific story & script just for you i already bought it! , then she says ; "i bet it's a pip" then she went on talking about Olivia de Havilland going through a similar situation &so on ,i have cds & cassetes of Bette Davis movies &in this particular interview her voice sounds just exactly as she sounded when she was young in the 1930s what a terrific Actress she was &although she & Joan Crawford didn't like each other they were the greatest movie legends &icons of the silver screen& thanks to the magic of film they wiil live forever...

[@dandykema1216]

God, she was good clean fun

[@thegingerunicorn178]

Bettie was such an amazing, interesting, charismatic person. I would have adored to have been alive in her time and to have met her.

[@diankreczmer6595]

Betty Davis always dressed classically . A true lady

[@theredbutterfly-]

God I love her...

[@lala-gj4oo]

the one and only bette

[@melissaguerra1518]

The moment she walked off coughing LMAO! "I've got to get out of here!" Bette was so hilarious!

[@Tidybitz]

I remember watching Whatever Happened to Baby Jane when I was quite young, it was on TV once on a Friday night when they showed horror films for a while. I was allowed to stay up late on Fridays as there was no school the next day. Baby Jane was my first Davis film I remember seeing, and after that I was hooked and I've been a fan ever since.

[@elizabethfaraone]

Wonderful person and actress. She was 63 years old here. Looks so healthy, despite being a smoker. Much healthier than I am at 58. Died at 81

[@ThePerimeters]

She was (pun intended) a quick study. Very witty and deliciously bawlsy. Comfortable in her own skin. Great conversationalist.

[@sharoninglima1217]

Bette was extraordinary and one of a kind! ❤❤❤

[@hollyhatcher489]

she's sassy and tells it like it is!

[@rhymeandreasoning]

SO AWESOME !!! Thank you for posting this.

[@flipczech]

Hell ya, love this woman. Bette Davis XX

[@Red_Rebel]

I love it when she’s laughing it’s like she’s having you as a guest on her living room

[@JohnPaul-qs2qf]

She was sure on form that night. Rarely seen her better. And she looked so happy to be there as well.

[@jimmyl324]

She played all ages. Was fearless .

[@nanaterri392]

Such a lady, all class. RIP, Miss Davis.

[@KeithDec25]

I wish ABC had saved ALL of the Cavett shows...

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Bette was a force to be reckoned with.

[@ukelelito]

A QUEEN !

[@MrQbenDanny]

"The bride came C.O.D" is one of the funniest comedies ever made!!!!!

[@marjoriemargel1567]

MrQbenDanny So odd you think so. Both Jimmy Cagney and Miss Davis HATED each other after that film and both blamed each other for its failure at the box office. They never worked together again.

[@philiphalpenny9761]

@@marjoriemargel1567 Davis said she & Cagney longed to work in something substantial, Bride Came C.O.D. was a dud, to be sure, but where is the evidence that they hated each other?

[@TotzkeMike]

I love her more than I can say.

[@michaelledger3048]

I love this woman. I never get tired of seeing her.

[@Patrick3183]

came for Bette Davis , stayed for the still-relevant conversation with the Senator

[@RaymondHng]

Birch Bayh was the U.S. Senator for Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was succeeded by Dan Quayle.

[@jchow5966]

I temember seeing this episode when it aired - i was a kid. I was mezmerized!!! 💟

[@mark-j-adderley]

I love the Mid-Atlantic accent, the way she looks whimsically into the middle distance and shouts like an irate sergeant major on parade, the one who has just been served with divorce papers and can’t abide the impudence of his soon to be ex-wife, as it were ...

[@sharonwood8775]

Irene Dunne was a great actress of the golden era but I think Bette Davis is the greatest of all.

[@ginacable5376]

She was marvellous always.

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

I Agree with what Ms.Bette Davis stated regarding AMERICANS living in another country for 6 months and then they would realize "what they have in the USA that they take for granted."

[@mattcall7467]

Bette has a real fun personality lol she seemed warm too.. such a shame what her daughter done too her as in Bette’s own words she ‘her daughter’ was the love of her life.. shame on her.. rest in peace Bette xx

[@hypolyxa7207]

Apparently she made 7 appearances total on the show... SOMEBODY GET THEM!

[@chucksellers8422]

I liked how he framed that because Bette Davis is the very best actress of all times and my second favorite star behind Marlene Dietrich.

[@leemclaury6251]

Bette was a proud Yankee

[@uploadingjoy9120]

Wow, go to 37:00 -- solid statement from the Senator and Ms. Davis about our freedoms and how easily they can slip away. Unfortunately, it's happening now.

[@ronrendon]

Her laughter is contagious!

[@RaymondHng]

Birch Bayh was the U.S. Senator for Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was succeeded by Dan Quayle.

[@RaymondHng]

Still hearing Bette Davis coughing off camera throughout Arte Johnson's interview.

[@Hili24pur]

They were all so clever and smart. And Bette what a gem ,brilliant wit , one of the best actresses ever

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

I loved it when the studio orchestra played There's More Than Corn In Indiana, as the senator entered the stage.🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

[@jimmyl324]

Greatest actress of all

[@TrangPakbaby]

jimmyl324 u better believe it :-)

[@lonestar6709]

By a mile. Bette is untouchable.

[@patr70]

Katherine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Jane Fonda, and Cate Blanchette ALL belong in the Top Actress category.

[@BLTKellys]

@@patr70 Glenda Jackson.

[@patr70]

@@BLTKellys who?

[@zeldasmith6154]

Bette reminds me of Orson Welles when she answers and how she she answers.

[@anastasiahromanova6529]

This is the first time I’ve seen this. I’ve always thought she only had one interview with Dick Cavett.

[@gabrieladerre2862]

What a woman! 😍😍😍

[@brexitannia9703]

She was an absolute fabulous actress, made of strong stuff unlike the ones today. I loved her as an actress she really believed having children was part of life and her own biological child shot her in the back by writing that vile book about her but Betty being Betty she fired by with her reply book to BD calling the book This N That its a fabulous read folks 👌 They don't make actors like her anymore.

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

I love this woman been interviewed,she's so funny,Rest in peace Betty amen🌹🌈👍😘💖

[@Sbaxter1989]

I've never seen this thank you !

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

I think I'm obsessed with Bette Davis ❤️

[@hungryflyinghawk]

Betty has the best laugh 🤣

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Bette Davis and kitty litter on the same show. Sacrilege! But she found it hilarious 😂

[@nicrich9]

A fantastic woman and star. ❤❤❤

[@teeniebeenie8774]

yay mr bayh, a true patriot

[@saugusguy]

You would think that somebody in the production or behind the scenes of that show would have had the common sense to cut off Betty's Mike as she started hacking up a lung.. she was very courteous to walk off stage so not to bother Artie while he was speaking with her cigarette cough but nobody thought to turn off your mic so we were treated to the sounds of her coughing behind the scenes

[@mashanomalbrough62]

Bette Davis was right, in 2018 the men are wearing dresses. Clairvoyant Bette Davis?

[@LaDivinaLover]

Mashano Malbrough dresses are more comfy... 😋

[@jchow5966]

We still love and miss her 💟

[@sharoninglima1217]

Bette had gumption…totally brilliant woman…my favorite actress always!!! ❤❤❤