In Curtis Bernhardt's wonderful 1946 potboiler A Stolen Life, Bette plays two sisters, soulful artist Kate and cold, scheming Patricia.

A good woman pines for a man who falls in love with her identical sister, who is the black sheep of the family. Bette Davis plays the sisters. It was only six years earlier that Elizabeth Bergner ...

HOLLYWOOD - Bette Davis is back before the cameras again - and this time is playing twins. In fact, Miss Davis is practically triplets in her new picture, Warner Bros.’ “A Stolen Life.” She ...

Stacker honors legendary actress Bette Davis with a list of 25 incredible facts from her life that you may not know.

During her life, Bette Davis had few peers, and almost 20 years after her death, no actress has even attempted to follow in her footsteps.

Although Davis died nearly 30 years ago, her legacy lives on in part thanks to Kathryn Sermak, who served as Davis’ live-in assistant during the last decade of her life, co-founded the Bette ...

Bette also reportedly had an affair with Humphrey Bogart, her costar in Dark Victory, and Glenn Ford, whom she shared the screen with for the first time in A Stolen Life.

Decades after her career, Davis’ life and legacy have been captured in Sherr’s one-woman production “ Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies,” which will come to Bell Theater on Oct. 19.

LIFE.com presents portraits of screen icon Bette Davis when she was poised to become Hollywood royalty.

Bette Davis's Life in Photos This visual journey through Davis's iconic career spans her early days at Warner Bros. through to All About Eve and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?