| #9028, aired 2024-01-31 | QUESTIONABLE MOVIES $600: In this 1962 film former child star Bette Davis lives in a crumbling Hollywood mansion with her invalid sister What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #9001, aired 2023-12-25 | '80s NO. 1 HITMAKERS $1200: While Kim Carnes sang about "Bette Davis Eyes", this pair's "Private Eyes" were watching you Hall & Oates |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $400: L.A. lore says when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis how a young actress could get into here, Bette said, "Take Fountain" Hollywood |
| #8725, aired 2022-10-21 | MOVIE & TV DIRECTORS $1200: Gary Merrill, who played a stage director in "All About Eve", married this star before the film came out Bette Davis |
| #8619, aired 2022-04-14 | MUSIC FROM THE NECK UP $1000: In a Kim Carnes tune the subject of the song has "Greta Garbo stand-off sighs" & this actress' eyes Bette Davis |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU $1600: The title actress in this Kim Carnes song title was still with us in 1981 when the song came out "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #8516, aired 2021-11-22 | YEAH, BABY, SHE'S GOT IT $800: She's got this; also the first name of the woman seen here grace |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | WORD PUZZLES $1000: Bette Davis said, "Fasten your seat belts; it's gonna be" this a bumpy night |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | MOVIES BASED ON SHORT STORIES $400: This 1950 Best Picture Oscar winner starring Bette Davis was based on "The Wisdom of Eve" All About Eve |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | BRITISH ACTRESSES $400: She beat the likes of Bette Davis & Katharine Hepburn for the coveted role of southern belle Scarlett O'Hara Vivien Leigh |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | ALL ABOUT EVE $2000: A 2019 London stage production of "All About Eve" starred Lily James as Eve & Gillian Anderson as her, the Bette Davis role Margo Channing |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | 25 TCM $600: (Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) On TCM, I get to talk about my great-uncle Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won Oscars for writing & directing this 1950 film, the ultimate backstage drama where Bette Davis memorably says, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" All About Eve |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | TV ROLE, MOVIE ROLE $1600: Bette Davis on "Feud"; one of "The Banger Sisters" Susan Sarandon |
| #7938, aired 2019-02-27 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES $1600: Maidie Norman, the maid who got offed by Bette Davis in this 1962 film, rewrote her lines so they wouldn't sound so stereotypical What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #7842, aired 2018-10-16 | ENDS IN AN F SOUND $200: The one over Bette Davis' remains says, "She did it the hard way" an epitaph |
| #7602, aired 2017-10-03 | TV $400: "Feud: Bette and Joan" examines the antipathy between these 2 screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | MISSING MOVIE NAMES $600: Applause for Bette Davis:
"All About ____" Eve |
| #7169, aired 2015-11-12 | "WHAT" MOVIE? $800: The campy one with Joan Crawford & Bette Davis What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | ROLE IN COMMON $400: Bette Davis,
Judi Dench,
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth I |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $2000: The title character of Joseph's "All About Eve" isn't played by Bette Davis but by her Anne Baxter |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | 31 DAYS OF OSCAR $1600: (Ben Mankiewicz reads.) Bette Davis had wanted the part of Martha in this film & Elizabeth Taylor does a little Davis impression when she says to Richard Burton's character George, "What a dump!" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | 1939 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES $1600: Her "Eyes" have been noted in song, but it was the brain of this actress that gave her big problems Bette Davis |
| #6648, aired 2013-07-10 | LADIES IN DIS-TRESS $800: In 1955's "The Virgin Queen", this actress didn't lose her head but lost a lot off the top in the title role Bette Davis |
| #6460, aired 2012-10-19 | ACTRESSES $400: In 1977, this legendary star was the first female honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award (Bette) Davis |
| #6382, aired 2012-05-22 | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $2000: The horror, the horror at seeing a Coppola war film turn into a 1942 film where Bette Davis overcomes her domineering ma Apocalypse Now, Voyager |
| #6263, aired 2011-12-07 | EYE TUNES $800: This Kim Carnes song begins, "Her hair is Harlow gold" "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | EYES WITHOUT A FACE $400: Kim Carnes would know
we've got this actress's eyes Bette Davis |
| #5702, aired 2009-05-26 | U.S. STAMPS $400: In 2008, a new stamp honored this Hollywood legend who would have turned 100 Bette Davis |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | TCM WITH ROBERT OSBORNE $1600: (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) Judy Holliday, reprising her stage role as ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, beat Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson for Best Actress in this 1950 George Cukor film Born Yesterday |
| #5475, aired 2008-05-30 | NAME THAT ACTOR $1200: "Fasten your seatbelts.
It's going to be a bumpy night" Bette Davis |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | CRESCENT CITY ROLES $1600: In this movie, Bette Davis plays a southern belle who loses Henry Fonda when she wears a red dress to a ball Jezebel |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $800: In 1941 this
"Jezebel" actress became the first woman to serve as head of the
Motion Picture Academy Bette Davis |
| #5077, aired 2006-10-10 | SONG NAMES $800: Kim Carnes:
"____ ____ Eyes" Bette Davis |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | MOVIE TWINS $2000: An Oscar nominee 10 times, she played twin sisters in 1946's "A Stolen Life" & 1964's "Dead Ringer" Bette Davis |
| #4979, aired 2006-04-13 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Classic Bette Davis movie chronicling the life of the TV star who played Jan Brady All About Eve Plumb |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | FILMOGRAPHIES $800: "Dark Victory",
"Of Human Bondage",
"The Petrified Forest" Bette Davis |
| #4909, aired 2006-01-05 | STAR WARS $800: A famous Hollywood feud was between Bette Davis and this "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" co-star Joan Crawford |
| #4907, aired 2006-01-03 | PLAYWRIGHTS & ACTRESSES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Edward Albee reads the clue.) I once hoped that this woman would star in the film version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"; her famous line "What a dump!" is quoted in my play Bette Davis |
| #4769, aired 2005-05-05 | RONALD REAGAN WAS AN ACTOR $2000: Reagan played Bette Davis' boozing high society pal in this 1939 film about a socialite dying of a brain tumor Dark Victory |
| #4634, aired 2004-10-28 | EVEs $800: In this 1950 film, Bette Davis told partygoers, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night" All About Eve |
| #4518, aired 2004-04-07 | FILMS OF THE '50s $400: Bette Davis starred in this 1950 movie about theatrical backstabbing All About Eve |
| #4459, aired 2004-01-15 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: 1939 film in which Bette Davis said, "That's our victory -- our victory over the dark" Dark Victory |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $400: This superstar who was raised in Hawaii was named for the star of "Now, Voyager" & "All About Eve" Bette Midler |
| #4384, aired 2003-10-02 | FILM SHORTS $2000: She played Julie in "Jezebel" Bette Davis |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | FROM MOVIE TO MUSICAL $1600: It had to happen: this 1962 classic in which Bette Davis tormented Joan Crawford became a musical in 2002 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #4265, aired 2003-02-28 | "POCKET" CHANGE $2000: Ann-Margret made her movie debut in this 1961 film starring Bette Davis as Damon Runyon's Apple Annie Pocketful of Miracles |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | OSCAR $2000: This actress was not an official nominee for 1934's "Of Human Bondage", but she finished third in a write-in campaign Bette Davis |
| #4128, aired 2002-07-10 | QUESTION MARK $1600: Bette Davis was a real rat to Joan Crawford in this creepy 1962 flick Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #4004, aired 2002-01-17 | THE ROLE PLAYED $1,000 (Daily Double): Bette Davis,
Glenda Jackson,
Dame Judi Dench Queen Elizabeth (I) |
| #4002, aired 2002-01-15 | OSCAR ODDITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): She won Best Actress Oscars in the 1930s, 1960s & 1980s Katharine Hepburn |
| #3905, aired 2001-07-20 | THE DAVIS CUP $100: Kim Carnes sang about her eyes Bette Davis |
| #3803, aired 2001-02-28 | BIG SCREEN ROYALTY $200: 1939 & 1955:
Bette Davis Queen Elizabeth I |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | OLD MOVIES $1000: "Corny" 1945 film with Bette Davis as a devoted Welsh schoolteacher The Corn Is Green |
| #3508, aired 1999-12-01 | IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 1 $400: This "Divine" singer-actress was born Dec. 1, 1945 & named for actress Davis Bette Midler |
| #3453, aired 1999-09-15 | CUPS $300: (Actress Bette) Davis Cup |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | BETTER KNOWN AS... $600: The silver screen's Ruth Elizabeth Davis Bette Davis |
| #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME $600: In 1960, after her Oscar for "The Three Faces of Eve", she got the first star on the walk Joanne Woodward |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $200: Wheelchair-bound Joan Crawford squares off with screen sister Bette in this 1962 camp classic "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $400: 1936's "The Petrified Forest" reteamed Bette with this "Of Human Bondage" co-star Leslie Howard |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $600: This 1987 film set in Maine featured Lillian Gish as Bette's sister "The Whales of August" |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $800: 1 of the 2 films in which Bette played Elizabeth I "The Virgin Queen" & "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" |
| #3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $1,100 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jeri Ryan.) In a March 1998 episode of my TV series, I sang "It Can't Be Wrong", a song from this 1942 Bette Davis film Now, Voyager |
| #3200, aired 1998-06-26 | SONGS ABOUT THE MOVIES $800: 1981 Kim Carnes hit whose lyrics mentioned a then 73-year-old movie star "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #3147, aired 1998-04-14 | THE MOVIES $1000: With 14 Oscar nominations, "Titanic" tied the record of this 1950 Bette Davis film All About Eve |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | FILE UNDER "J" $300: Bette Davis picked up her second Oscar for this film Jezebel |
| #3047, aired 1997-11-25 | HE WAS IN THAT? $800: Bruce Dern played Bette Davis' decapitated young lover in this 1964 film, but keep it quiet Hush....Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| #3027, aired 1997-10-28 | "BUT" OF COURSE $1000: It completes Bette Davis' line to a suitor in "Cabin in the Cotton", "I'd love to kiss you...." "but I just washed my hair" |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | SINGERS WHO ACT $600: Eddie Fisher had a bit role as a stage manager in this Bette Davis film about a Broadway star & her young rival "All About Eve" |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $500: "If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent", said this "Now, Voyager" star Bette Davis |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $400: Bette Davis wanted to play Martha in this 1966 film, but Elizabeth Taylor got the part and an Oscar Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #2674, aired 1996-03-28 | THE MOVIES $800: Bette Davis gave a memorable performance as a socialite dying of a brain tumor in this 1939 film Dark Victory |
| #2640, aired 1996-02-09 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $500: This 1st woman to head the Motion Picture Academy won Oscars for "Dangerous" & "Jezebel" out of 10 nominations Bette Davis |
| #2581, aired 1995-11-20 | POP MUSIC $500: This performer won a 1981 Grammy for Record of the Year for "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | THEY ALMOST STARRED IN... $500: After Bette Davis turned down the role of Mildred Pierce, this rival grabbed it & won an Oscar Joan Crawford |
| #2485, aired 1995-05-26 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $300: In 1977 this "Jezebel" star became the first woman to receive the AFI's Life Achievement Award Bette Davis |
| #2330, aired 1994-10-21 | MOVIE CHARACTERS $600: Bette Davis played aging actress Margo Channing in this 1950 film All About Eve |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | CLASSIC CINEMA $300: Bette Davis played a deranged ex-child star in this 1962 film that co-starred Joan Crawford What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #2104, aired 1993-10-28 | ACT ONE, SCENE ONE $600: Martha imitates Bette Davis saying, "What a dump!" in scene one of this Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $100: Ruth Elizabeth Davis & Lucille Le Sueur in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Bette Davis & Joan Crawford |
| #2058, aired 1993-07-14 | MOVIE STARS $100: Bette Davis co-founded the Hollywood Canteen, where stars mingled with servicemen, during this war World War II |
| #2039, aired 1993-06-17 | MOVIE QUOTES $300: While preparing for a party in "All About Eve", she said, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night" Bette Davis |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | CHARLOTTES $400: Hollis was the last name of the Bette Davis character in this 1965 film Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| #1987, aired 1993-04-06 | THE OSCARS $300: Bette Davis presented him with a "Best Actor" award for "On The Waterfront", & he accepted it Marlon Brando |
| #1792, aired 1992-05-19 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: B.D. Hyman told what it was like living with this movie star mother in 1985's "My Mother's Keeper" Bette Davis |
| #1750, aired 1992-03-20 | POP MUSIC $500: Songwriters Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon won 1981 Grammys for writing this Kim Carnes hit "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | POP MUSIC $400: She topped the pop charts for 9 weeks in 1981 with "Bette Davis Eyes" Kim Carnes |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | ACTRESSES $500: James Woods took the photo on the cover of this late "Jezebel" star's book "This 'n That" Bette Davis |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | SONGS OF THE '80s $500 (Daily Double): Singer who topped the pop charts with the following:
"Her hair is Harlow gold / Her lips a sweet surprise / Her hands are never cold / She's got Bette Davis eyes / She'll turn her music on you..." Kim Carnes |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | THE HALLMARK HALL OF FAME $100: Bette Davis played the mother of this evangelist in "The Disappearance of Aimee" in 1976 Aimee Semple McPherson |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | AWARDS $600: The first woman to receive the AFI's Life Achievement Award was this actress known for her eyes Bette Davis |
| #1408, aired 1990-10-17 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $500: This leading lady said George Brent fell in love with her while they were filming "Dark Victory" Bette Davis |
| #1378, aired 1990-09-05 | MOVIEMAKERS $400: Joseph L. Mankiewicz won back-to-back director Oscars for "A Letter to 3 Wives" & this '50 Bette Davis film All About Eve |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BETTE DAVIS $200: She was the first woman president of this organization which gives out the Oscars AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BETTE DAVIS $400: In "Jezebel", Davis shocked New Orleans society by wearing a dress of this color to a ball Red |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BETTE DAVIS $600: "All About Eve" was the film in which Davis warned, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be" one of these "A Bumpy Night" |
| #1333, aired 1990-05-23 | BETTE DAVIS $800: The scary 1962 film in which Davis sang, "I've written a letter to Daddy" Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #1267, aired 1990-02-20 | MOVIE QUOTES $800: In "Now, Voyager", this actress says, "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." Bette Davis |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | FILMS OF THE '60s $600: Joan Crawford & Bette Davis played scary sisters Blanche & Jane Hudson in this 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $200: This "Jezebel" said she named the statue Oscar after her 1st husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson Jr. Bette Davis |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Bette Davis has played this monarch in 2 films; 1st in 1939 & again in 1955 Queen Elizabeth I |
| #1142, aired 1989-07-18 | SMOKING $500: In a famous scene in "Now, Voyager", Paul Henreid lights 2 cigarettes & hands 1 to her, his co-star Bette Davis |
| #1102, aired 1989-05-23 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $400: Her book "Survivor" begins where "Mommie Dearest" left off Christina Crawford |
| #1101, aired 1989-05-22 | MUSICALS $1000: "Applause" was the Broadway musical version of this Oscar-winning Bette Davis film All About Eve |
| #1037, aired 1989-02-21 | HITS OF THE '80s $400: 1 of 2 No. 1 songs of 1981 with "Eyes" in the title "Bette Davis Eyes" (or "Private Eyes") |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bette Davis went mad as this famous empress in the 1939 film "Juarez" Carlotta |
| #943, aired 1988-10-12 | ACTORS & ROLES $1000: Bruce Dern played Bette Davis' murdered lover in this 1965 Southern Gothic horror film Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: She played Eve in "All About Eve" Anne Baxter |
| #878, aired 1988-06-01 | CELEBRITY AUTHORS $1000: "If your children have never hated you, you've failed as a parent", she said in "This 'N That" Bette Davis |
| #859, aired 1988-05-05 | MOVIE CLASSICS $200: At the end of "Now, Voyager", Bette Davis says, "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have" these the stars |
| #848, aired 1988-04-20 | "LITTLE" MOVIES $600: This 1941 film of Lillian Hellman's southern saga boasted Bette Davis as a vicious Vixen The Little Foxes |
| #744, aired 1987-11-26 | TV TRIVIA $400: When "Hotel" debuted in 1983, she played the owner of the St. Gregory Bette Davis |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | FORESTS $400: 1 of 2 Bette Davis movies with the word "Forest" in the title (1 of) The Petrified Forest or (Beyond the Forest) |
| #647, aired 1987-06-02 | #1 HITS $500: Only #1 hit for Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes" |
| #605, aired 1987-04-03 | SCARLET WOMEN $200: In "Jezebel", Bette Davis shocked New Orleans society by wearing this color to a ball red |
| #567, aired 1987-02-10 | PEOPLE $200: "Baby Jane" star who told Bette Davis' daughter not to "corrupt" her children by talking to them Joan Crawford |
| #563, aired 1987-02-04 | MACBETH $400: Peter O'Toole's Macbeth was called a cross between Vincent Price & this "Baby Jane" star Bette Davis |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | HOLLYWOOD QUEENS $400: This Oscar-winner had had 4 husbands by the time she starred in "The Virgin Queen" Bette Davis |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | "GREEN" $800: Emlyn Williams play filmed in 1945 with Bette Davis & in 1979 with Katharine Hepburn The Corn Is Green |
| #485, aired 1986-10-17 | MOVIE TRIVIA $100: She played Bette Davis' twin sister in "Dead Ringer" & "A Stolen Life" Bette Davis |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | MUSICAL ANATOMY $200: For Hall & Oates they were "Private", for Kim Carnes, they were Bette Davis' eyes |
| #328, aired 1985-12-11 | BEST SELLERS $800: As author of "My Mother's Keeper", B.D. Hyman seems not to have kept this mother's secrets Bette Davis |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | MOVIE QUOTES $800: Carries the Bette Davis warning: "Fasten your seat belts; it's going to be a bumpy night" All About Eve |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | "DEAD" LINES $500: "The spittin' image" of Bette Davis Dead Ringer |
| #146, aired 1985-04-01 | THE BIBLE $600: Evil queen of Israel, or any wicked woman, like Bette Davis in '38 film Jezebel |
| #30, aired 1984-10-19 | POP MUSIC $200: Actress whose "eyes" are focused on in Kim Carnes' hit Bette Davis |
| #8, aired 1984-09-19 | TELEVISION $400: Bette Davis checked into & out of this series Hotel |
