Bette Davis has to be given great credit for appearing as a guest on talk shows such as Letterman and Carson after experiencing severe heath problems, including a stroke. She always appeared dressed to the nines and she was always entertaining. What an icon; she was a walking history of outstanding movies: All About Eve; Now Voyager; The Petrified Forest; Jezebel; The Little Foxes; Dark Victory. An extraordinary life and career.
@joeguzman93163 жыл бұрын
The letter !
@Lisa11112 жыл бұрын
Never again will we see a Miss Davis!
@MGTheCreator Жыл бұрын
YES!
@mov1ngforward3 ай бұрын
Her red Paris dress on Johnny Carson was the best! ❤
@TracyMorton-i1e2 ай бұрын
We will not see a person like her again but if I had met her I would be scared oh yes but she’s amazing so dedicated to acting ❤
@jlaw78426 жыл бұрын
I have never realized how incredibly funny Bette Davis is! She is spot on! I love when she's talking about the awards. And I laugh and laugh when she laughs. So beautiful she was even at that stage of her life!
@dennishartnett6846 жыл бұрын
Sharp like a tack until the very end - LOVE this great woman!
@1BSDjunkie2 жыл бұрын
One of the most adorable moments in TV history! Really enjoy David interviewing Bette. They get along so well.
@preciouspoirot16 жыл бұрын
Wow she is so fabulous- what a great sense of humor!! She should have gotten a standing ovation!
@depaola632 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY ✊⭐️
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
I said the SAME thing! She UNDOUBTEDLY DESERVED a STANDING OVATION...What a LAME audience!!!
@TheNepenther14 жыл бұрын
Nobody tops Bette Davis. She is HYSTERICAL and smart!
@deeway196313 жыл бұрын
Will never be another Bette Davis-ever! God broke the mold with her! A True-Blue Movie Star, in ever sense of the word! Rest In Much Peace Ms. Davis.
@47matazza13 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest legends ever. They don't have any stars today that could compare to her.
@gingiehughes95754 ай бұрын
It's amazing how you can see her spark. And see glimpses of her when she was starring in movies in her twenties. Those looks, that sparkle, her gestures. Just beautiful!
@denisespurlock11 жыл бұрын
Best David Letterman guest ever.
@danl9020 Жыл бұрын
So glad I found this interview with her wearing the Patrick Kelly dress! What a great designer gone too soon!
@natalya98212 жыл бұрын
This video really is the bee's knees. Thank you and best wishes from Moscow.
@ohthatpaul Жыл бұрын
The sweetest, most charming, and magnetic and accomplished actress, cinematic presence, and cultural icon. What a joy to watch this! And David Letterman is a very amusing foil to Bette Davis' unassailable glamor. Thank you. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@hairyscotman12 жыл бұрын
I remember when Bette Davis was quite ill and going around the talk-show circuit for what I look now realize was her VICTORY LAP....a wonderful way to go out! GOD BLESS HER.... She showed up with entertaining stories and always dressed to kill...so thankful that she chose to get out there and let everyone say goodbye...
@ultimatebigbreak12 жыл бұрын
Hear! Hear! 1st thought that came to my mind. Give the great lady a standing ovation. she has given you more entertainment and talent than the 5 minute talent show auditionees.
@depaola632 жыл бұрын
Absolutely ⭐️❤️✊
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
HORRIBLE AUDIENCE to NOT give her a STANDING OVATION! Where did they all come from? N Korea? China? Russia? Alabama???
@wisdaniel15 жыл бұрын
She is a treat. I love her little questions and then presenting David with plastic lips. And then her comment that he shouldn't bringing up the subject of his pants since he wasn't married. She is so cute!
@ElderPinkerton15 жыл бұрын
Yes. She truly is one of the greatest that ever lived.
@eleemoussa2910 жыл бұрын
What a legend! All these crappy actors today should take note from this fantastic actress!
@charli34919 жыл бұрын
👍
@artdeco649 жыл бұрын
Elee Moussa There are - as far as their craft is concerned - good actors today; however, there are no longer any "movie stars". Bette Davis was, in every sense of the word, a Star!
@robbiesmith138111 жыл бұрын
Notice the cigarette? Only Bette Davis could go into NBC Studio's and do that!!
@kentonclarkson14495 жыл бұрын
No one had the guts to tell her she couldn't smoke and they came to Dave about it and he said "Let her smoke, I'll pay the fine". So every time she came on Dave paid a $1000 fine to NYC
@charlesmiller900414 жыл бұрын
WHAT A CHARISMATIC AND WONDERFUL ACTRESS SHE WAS, WATCHING ANY VIDEO WITH HER , FEELS LIKE SHE'S STILL ALIVE .......................A POWERFULL WOMAN!!!
@giavannira11 жыл бұрын
Only one word needed"LEGEND"!
@reidb1815 жыл бұрын
She never left the limelight while she was alive, even 20 years after her death she still is in my mind.
@honestlyyours1069 Жыл бұрын
One thing that I loved about Bette Davis was that she often dressed up for television interviews. She never looked sloppy, even when she dressed down.
@minny10216 жыл бұрын
thankyou for putting this on, watched baby jane the other nite, not seen it in years and thougroughly enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!
@judiebeauty15 жыл бұрын
I totally agree! I was watching this thinking the same thing, they should have given her a standing ovation. She was the GREATEST actress ever to grace a movie screen, totally the best. The American Film Institute picked Katherine Hepburn as #1, and Bette Davis as #2 in the list of the greatest American actresses. In my book Bette Davis was #1, no one could beat her. A BRILLIANT actress all the way, in a class by herself!! Yes, definitely the greatest actress that ever lived!!
@cynthiacurrie5589 Жыл бұрын
I agree completely! Very well said!
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
The Audience was a damn disgrace to NOT STAND for a LEGEND!
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
Bette DESERVED the OSCAR for "ALL ABOUT EVE"...wld've bn her 3rd. But, due to Anne Baxter's SELFISH PLOY, it didn't happen. Will NEVER forgive Anne for that.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
Bette DESERVED the OSCAR for "ALL ABOUT EVE"...wld've bn her 3rd. But, due to Anne Baxter's SELFISH PLOY, it didn't happen. Will NEVER forgive Anne for that.
@ForeverJudyGarland12 жыл бұрын
This my friends is a REAL star.
@lancedukel34363 жыл бұрын
She looks great here. How charming and funny she is.
@ninelivecat15 жыл бұрын
She was such a brilliant actress
@suitevictor12 жыл бұрын
She was the best actress in the world! No one can replace her! Only maybe Isabelle Huppert from France. But even so, Bette Davis was daring and saucy in 30s and 40s. That was a tremendous risk and she did it. She is still remembered. Davis is not only a star, she is one of the great personalities of XXth century in American History. She paved the way to current actors and actresses. Thanks for uploading this interview.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
Isabelle WHO??? You most certainly jest.
@SaxonC13 жыл бұрын
Amazing how they give a standing ovation forthese hacks today that walk on stage and only one or two in the audience here began to stand up and no one else followed. She deserved an ovationespecially since she was a living legend.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
WHY? WHY didn't the audience STAND? And, to think she only died a few mos later.
@donaldbrown20764 жыл бұрын
I love Betty Davis it always make me think about the only person I love
@rc24643 жыл бұрын
What a great lady and mega-talent
@timm5512 жыл бұрын
Just AMAZING! What a remarkable lady.
@jdelanow16 жыл бұрын
i would pay a pretty penny to have seen her in person - David Letterman and every person in the studio should feel fortunate to have witnessed one of the last great actresess of all time
@BillyAlabama2 жыл бұрын
A tour de force! No one will ever replace her.
@BRITTANYALX13 жыл бұрын
i love everything about this..every single second
@shnooger14 жыл бұрын
I remember this! 1989. Thanks!!
@nancyhenrichs8589 Жыл бұрын
Love how she acknowledges her fans by head bows, wavea, and blowing kisses to the crowd. Will never be another like her. Thank you for your talent miss davis
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
She shldn't have blown kisses to that LAME audience. They didn't even STAND - UP for her when she entered!!!!!
@carlos25az16 жыл бұрын
she was so great, i wish i could had a chat with her
@MGTheCreator Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your uploads of this phenomenal character!
@turtlefromthenorth14 жыл бұрын
I never knew how great she was with people and very charming :-)
@williemitchell31344 жыл бұрын
The Great Miss Bette Davis chose a black fashion designer (The Talented Patrick Kelly) to design that pretty & whimsical dress!👏🏾
@veronicabhrams7104 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis had class & elegance !
@barilynn75902 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!!
@TribalSooz12 жыл бұрын
Making Letterman nervous and maybe blush!? Only Madame Bette! Love love love her!
@margaritaperla14 жыл бұрын
True definition of timeless
@pablo33316 жыл бұрын
wow she's the greatest of them all
@chino192214 жыл бұрын
Hollywood Legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@travis731013 жыл бұрын
I just finished reading her autobiography, "This 'n That", released just two short years before her death. It's a great book! If you get the chance, check it out! :D
@IanWood9113 жыл бұрын
I only really discovered her yesterday. I feel really sad now watching this and knowing she has left us.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
You must've bn living under a rock or have a very bad case of Dumb Ass.
@MrJoel45015 жыл бұрын
A LEGEND
@FranklyMyDearTV13 жыл бұрын
Why does the audience not stand up for her??? I see one man does, but sits down when he realizes no one else is... Come on, this is a LEGEND here! ;) Anyway, I love her in this.. Yeah, sad to see her as so old but all of her wit and charm are still there and as sharp as ever. RIP Bette!!
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
PITIFUL AUDIENCE...JUST PITIFUL.
@TheBlazingAngel13 жыл бұрын
Small lady. HUGE personality. A classic star. :)
@pho3nix-13 жыл бұрын
Lighting up a cigarette like a boss. You don't see that anymore. R.I.P.
@felixcantillef16054 жыл бұрын
What a Legend Betty Davis lady's and gentlemen...
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
Ladies
@christina51926 жыл бұрын
I wish we can still write her and Joan fan mail
@nandagrey16 жыл бұрын
I would've stood up to applaud regardless of anyone else :)
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
ME, TOO!!!!!
@classilyette15 жыл бұрын
om she ROCKS!!a legend..just a legend. She's the only STAR!!
@josephlloyd96362 жыл бұрын
She was so lovely. I miss her honesty and her Talent greatly. They don't make him like that anymore. All hail Miss Bette Davis.💕🏆🥰🚬
@michaeljames325711 жыл бұрын
Thank you for down loading this clip what a funny one thank you so very much...
@tmariepi1472 Жыл бұрын
She is amazing! What a great sense of humor. I love her!
@OS25315 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis was a petite woman. I heard she stands 5'2 tall. Women in those days were smaller than today's women. Marilyn Monroe was short too! I love small women! They're so sweet!
@MsReffinej13 жыл бұрын
I love Bette's "Pimp Cup"!!!!
@jennifer100316 жыл бұрын
Well it looks like one guy stood up & then looked around & saw no one else was & looked like he said oh, ok, no one else, I'll sit down. A legend & ppl just sit there! Well I stand up for you too & Im with you on that one thesethingz!!! Bravo! A truly great actress- Miss D!!
@asoberprep15 жыл бұрын
My grandmother just passed @ 95 she always dressed to the nines' this interview makes me think of her.
@JermaineTBell Жыл бұрын
Ms. D. & Patrick Kelly. Two legends!
@carrotjuse11 жыл бұрын
The brightest star in the Hollywood firmament.
@mircea8215 жыл бұрын
This was one of her last TV apperances in April 89. She was 81.
@tizianoscott14 жыл бұрын
So long since I've seen Miss Davis in this last chapter of her life. So frail and yet so feisty! Has it been that long since she passed away!?!?!
@justmeinidaho777 Жыл бұрын
She died in Oct of 1989
@liquidbabydoll210 жыл бұрын
Davis always had a goblet on later year interviews. Here she knocks it over.
@cadrolls12 жыл бұрын
@edwardjames50 She is one of the Greatest actresses who has EVER graced the silver screen. SHOW SOME RESPECT!
@stevefaure415 Жыл бұрын
I bet you Dave looks back on this one fondly. Even as a frail old lady all eyes were on Bette. A Star like no other. Smart and funny and quick-witted to the very end.
@asteverino85692 жыл бұрын
Her charm, manner, eyes and life are so apparent. 🤩🤩🤩 She died the same day as the 1989 San Francisco area earthquake. Oct 17, 1989. It figures. Love you Bette.
@bkynbiker19 Жыл бұрын
She died on Oct. 6
@hankochai Жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Letterman’s a perfect foil for Bette D.
@mike3004066 жыл бұрын
She should of got a standing O the 1 guy tried she was the best
@vondamorphew35054 жыл бұрын
She was amazing! She didn’t take a role so she could look beautiful, she took it for the privilege of bringing that character to life. My favorite line of hers is, “I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.” What is your favorite Bette movie line?
@karolinesmail4893 жыл бұрын
Fasten your seatbelt it's gonna be a bumpy night
@akrenwinkle3 жыл бұрын
"But ya ARE, Blanche! Ya ARE in that chair!"
@fliplinefungus3 жыл бұрын
"With all my heart, I still love the man I killed!"
@amjPeace13 жыл бұрын
For a minute I thought she was going to climb up on the desk like Drew Barrymore! Bette Davis, such a cool person.
@Elvisfan73112 жыл бұрын
I like it when the guy stands up 0:25, Oh well no one else stood up..i might as well sit! LOL
@cheeriosinabowl13 жыл бұрын
I would have thought more people in the audience would have stood up for Ms. Davis when she came out onto the set. Class and manners are a dying if not dead art. RIP Bette
@pamm86082 жыл бұрын
One guy tried but sat down after nobody else did. :(
@akrenwinkle Жыл бұрын
@@pamm8608 I noticed that 00:23. He shrugged and gave up. The audience didn't calculate or didn't care about all the many hours of wonderful entertainment Bette Davis gave them
@zeldasmith6154 Жыл бұрын
They may not have known who she was.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
That audience was LAME & ON CRACK. MS DAVIS DESERVED A STANDING OVATION! They shld ALL be ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!!!
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
@@pamm8608TRYING ain't DOING!
@renan.csmaia3 жыл бұрын
Bette reminds me of my late grandma who died in 2017 at 87.
@gatoperezoso15 жыл бұрын
he really was...as much as i love bette davis it hit me how cute he was and couldn't stop looking...
@felicitybrach57703 жыл бұрын
Who is “he”? David?
@jchow5966 Жыл бұрын
I love this. He is very nervous. She was delightful.
@santanakushner25363 жыл бұрын
Everybodie must stood up and not only one, for godsake!!!!!! was bette davis!!!
@lfroglfrog49625 ай бұрын
How amazing she is❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@rockinrex13 жыл бұрын
Susan Saradon should've played her in a movie. She looks like her and has her kickass attitude.
@brexitannia97032 жыл бұрын
She was a fabulous actress. She was a very truthful person and her own biological daughter treated her disgracefully. BD Hyman is a Born Again Christian who now claims her mother was a Witch 🙄
@aliray18685 жыл бұрын
She was adorable.
@JohnMichaelGunnerАй бұрын
The audience should have STOOD when she entered. She DESERVED a STANDING OVATION!
@SaxonC14 жыл бұрын
All her Characters were Powerful and aloways surprised everyone at her size. She had an indominable spirit. The Lighting they used during the Golden age of Hollywood's Black and White years led us to believe these Incredible actresses were 9 feet tall. Joan Crawford was 4' 11'' as with Judy Garland. but they were all larger than life.. It's a shame today's actresses dont have the talent these women do...
@gidgitvonlarue9972 Жыл бұрын
God I love her! Lived to 81 - smoked up to two/three packets of cigarettes a day her WHOLE life - heavy drinker too - and full of beans. Strong woman who fought the system way back when many even men did not! Amazing actress - was never typically 'beautiful' like Grace Kelly - but she owned who she was - lived her life the way SHE wanted. And even in this video all her wits about her. My uncle is just 71 and he's a goner. LIFE LIFE! Don't follow rules.
@CrimsonThorns12 жыл бұрын
indeed, she was a true movie star, at true actress...movie star royalty.
@GetToDaChoppa-k5r7 жыл бұрын
She was obsessed with awards and status but she was brilliant.
@williemitchell31344 жыл бұрын
Some Aries people are like that.
@sagarsaxena63184 жыл бұрын
lol no she wasn't. Joan Crawford literally screwed her that one time and Bette probably never forgave her for it. The media folks knew it & would leave no opportunity to bring Joan up. That's all.
@fliplinefungus3 жыл бұрын
She wasn't obsessed with awards- more obsessed with people who she thought were beneath her (i.e. Joan Crawford)
@helloandgoodmorning35964 жыл бұрын
Love me some BETTY DAVIS❤️🌹
@MarcussLine13 жыл бұрын
R.I.P to a TRUE Legend.
@Carpenterdane Жыл бұрын
Love her to pieces ❤
@bellosardo8412 жыл бұрын
legend
@tonynegron19275 жыл бұрын
😉 Love the outfit. (???) By Patrick Kelly
@Kasbahkabaret12 жыл бұрын
I love the dress and Ms. Bette/
@stevensjobs13 жыл бұрын
@caligirl3000 totally agree with you. None of the stars nowadays has that kind of regalness and depth of character.