BETTE DAVIS 1981 Interview (3/4)

Interviewed by David Hartman on April 7th, 1981, just as "Bette Davis Eyes" was making its way to the #1 position on the Billboard chart, where it would spend nine weeks before winning Grammys for "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year" and become the biggest hit of 1981.
Thank you to the eBay seller/Bette Davis fan who ten years ago provided my father with rare Bette Davis interviews that became my best Christmas gift of 1999.
In commemoration of twenty years since the passing of America's finest screen actor and one of our greatest stars and human beings.
WE LOVE YOU MISS DAVIS!!!!!!!!!

[@zxingzxing]

I love everything about Bette Davis.

[@TheNepenther]

She has to be given credit for all of the pearls of wisdom that she always added to an interview.

[@Aquaria]

I love her so much--such an incredible woman.

[@meboneme1]

EVERY INCH, EVERY POUND, A STAR! LEGEND!!

[@roby72s]

We do not get actresses of this class and intelligent no longer.

[@ptrck99]

'Claude Rains had a marvelous description of acting and what his method was. He said: ''I learn the lines and pray to God''. Ha,

[@Jayla60]

Smart, courageous, feisty, hard-working and so talented.

[@xtinaandravenfan]

Awww thanks so much for these interviews! I adore Bette!

[@ptrck99]

Thanks a lot for uploading it. This is priceless. I`ll download these files.

[@SaxonC]

Sheer CLASS!

[@bluewingtip]

It is so sad that she wanted to be respected and missed by her children and she assumed she wouldn't be around to know if that came to pass. BUT, she did live long enough to see this concerning her daughter BD. Of all her children she adored BD the most. She called her the love of her life. I cannot imagine her anguish when BD published that nasty book. So sad. So very sad.

[@Etheline]

Thank you ver much for these info, I couldn't find any info about her kids. I'm sorry for Margot, right that at ight I've read about a brain damage, so sad for Bette. I'm sooooo glad that at Michael was the devoted son. Thank you,xoxo

[@c.rutherford]

Its funny that this interview happened when "Betty Davis Eyes" topped the billboard charts. Somehow the hat and the way she is dressed sets off her eyes they look just huge here

[@comfeefort]

5:00 are You listening? How prophetic what She is saying, alot of Movie Stars should keep there mouths shut about politics

[@et4751]

X100 but can’t press like button enough to raise the comment up :)

[@jhecht424]

@truvelocity Yep, she felt that she needed to make herself look "as horrible as possible" as Jane because she believed that's what the script called for. Again I'm in so much awe of her for really studying a script and finding out just what sort of a character she was portaying. Who does that these days?

[@itsjustme2919]

Her oldest daughter wrote a nasty book about her when she had a massive stroke. Thinking all hope was gone, she published the nasty book-but Bette didn't die and came out of the coma to find out! They never spoke again. It was called "My Mother's Keeper" by BD Hyman

[@Mr17051963]

A lousy oportunist!

[@Etheline]

Oh gosh, it is so sad. I don't wanna say because I admire Bette that she had to be a great mother, but these things should be held,definitely not publish it as a book. How were the two other kids with her?

[@truvelocity]

@jhecht424 She did the makeup herself? She was creative in that way, too? I'm so impressed.

[@truvelocity]

Yes, this is difficult for a working mother back in her time. Kids really didn't respect their mother's for their work, because there was an emotional disconnect. Women deserved the same respect that men got for working constantly, but they never really got that. I sure hope times will change when my daughters work.

[@Jantonov1]

That lady had brains to spare!

[@jhecht424]

Regarding the bit on Baby Jane, Bette did the makeup herself, because she wanted to look as horrible as possible, as she put it "like Mary Pickford in ruin". THAT my friends is an actor/actress...Someone who can read a script and really dig deep to discover what kind of a person their character is.

[@mrhyde2484]

They don't make em like her anymore.

[@Etheline]

Which one? I'm glad to see that they put the sentence on her grave! What a lady, I'm fascinated how compared she has everything in her head.

[@ana65905]

WHY DID HER DAUGHTER BETRAY HER?????????

[@misticjoe]

0:20 OH lord, i'm just thinking in her ungratefull daughter.

[@garyamli7676]

misticjoe I was thinking the same thing. What a terrible thing to do to anyone who adores you-let alone your daughter.

[@user-wt1jd4rc9n]

She was a wonderful woman, a great artist but... she must have made her daughter suffer a lot with such a sharp character.

[@itsjustme2919]

no prob

[@blinkzone1]

The female host is pretty hot.

[@brendawoods4750]

That's what you got from this?

[@blinkzone1]

@@brendawoods4750 yes brenda

[@brendawoods4750]

Alrighty then. Cool. 😎

[@fliplinefungus]

@blinkzone1 Your comment actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks. :)

[@itsjustme2919]

haha funny about what she said bout her children. Her daughter did pretty much just that.