@cadrolls ~Someone who was compelled to strut all over the talk show circuit in this condition does NOT deserve my respect. I mis-stated the above; she was actually an attention-whore who adored her celebrity status. Btw, she stopped acting in 1942, and everything she did after that was just self-caricature, simple variations on "Bette Davis," which is what audience members like you wanted.
@edwardjames50 No sense of reality or prospective? In relation to whom? One of your cheap, common, filthy mouthed sluts who are on our television sets nowadays?
What kind of parent brings up their child to demonize the good and glorify the trash?
We have no prospective or sense of reality?
Get a FUCKING BRAIN that has a sense of morals and decency!
Bette Davis will ALWAYS be a legend. YOU, on the other hand, will always be what you are: a cheap, classless, piece of human SHIT!
@YellowMangerCalling ~ Who on earth is your eye doctor????? You think she looks "absolutely terrific"? OMG, the Davis fan-atics have no sense of reality or perspective!
@cadrolls ~ Hardly, though even someone who's ten YEARS old knows not to put an apostrophe in a word that you're pluralizing, moron. "10 year's old," LMAO!!!!!
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 <3
@travis7310 ~ That is NOT her auobiography; it's just a collection of anecdotes. Her autobiography, "The Lonely Life," was published in 1962, and is full of lies, fibs, and half-truths.
@edwardjames50 I suppose you got that from the Enquirer too? It is obvious that you are not a Christian. I am not either BUT, I still have the capacity to show respect for someone's EXCELLENT ability to act without judging their PRIVATE lives.
Why is it that those who critisize others are ALWAYS worse than them?
@Tomcat28563 Agreed, I thought the same thing. This is a Hollywood legend in the midst of their presence & they did not give her respect by standing up. I would have killed to be in that audience. Legends like Bette are no more. This woman is a true icon.
So sad to see her as old?.... er, she is. I hope I have the same vim as she does at her age. What a Star, and I mean that in the way it should be given, a STAR and a Legend.
What a love Bette Davis was. The way she came out on stage, with a little obvious difficulty, was so sweet and endearing! She was all done up, dressed to the nine's, coiffed & made up, and oh-so-sharp. The fact that her body wouldn't quite keep up with her, yet she kept going regardless, I find really endearing and makes me want to just hug her!
I thought that there wasn't an actress on the planet that aged more terribly and looked more like death than Tallulah Bankhead did in the 1960s when she died, but jesus! Bette tops her!! It would take three of one of her legs to equal one of mine!!! That stroke/breast cancer wasted her away- so very sad :(
@DiabolicalAngel She was like 80-something! How is she supposed to look? Don't judge Bette like that. Mentally she was still sharp as a tack! That's all that should count. I think she looked great.
What a shallow person! Now that I am older and wiser. I see that Bette Davis was an obsessed BITCH! I take her daughter's side! I don't think she knew what a charity was or an underdog. She had it easy! That is the irony of her BULLSHIT saying, "I did it the hard way!" Fuck You Bette! YOU FOOL! You were WEAK! You don't fool me!
the audience is not an unanimous mass that just got together b4 the interview and said "hey lets not stand up for bette davis" a couple of people were probabbly going to and then saw the rest didnt and so they didnt either u know how it works
Bette looked painfully thin and unsteady on her legs though i know that she was getting on in years, and someone should have gotten another drink for them both as well as cloths to dry him off.
@Brighteyes1ful this clip was definitely from the 80's so it may have taken place after her stroke. In any case she holds up pretty well for someone in her 70s.
@colt45joe well, read up on her - watch old movies - those are the only real movies, you know - today the movie business doesnt exist anymore, the studios are all owned by corporations.
I´m only 24 years old, Brazilian guy, and I´m proud that I know Bette Davis through her performance in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and, of course, Kim Carne´s hit "Bette Davis´ Eyes". It doesn´t takes a genius to know that you have to stand-up to a legend!
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.
@NFitalianGuy It is one of the many reasons why I choose not to watch Letterman. If she were alive to have been on Jay Leno, no one in the audience would have sat or stopped clapping until she directed them to.
@dumbasaboxofhair She beat the cancer when she had her Mastectomy and recovered from her stroke and even after both those illnesses, she suffered a broken hip and she passed away from a heart attack. I think she deserved a standing Ovation here which shows the mentality for Letterman's audiences . Johnny Carson's Tonight Show with always be the pennultimate Talk show. Even greater than Oprah's talk show. Bette Davis was a class act.
WHAT A CHARISMATIC AND WONDERFUL ACTRESS SHE WAS, WATCHING ANY VIDEO WITH HER , FEELS LIKE SHE'S STILL ALIVE .......................A POWERFULL WOMAN!!!
A cpl years earlier she was promoting her book This n' That and wasn't used to Letterman's humor. He didn't hod up her book so she reached over & snatched it out of his hands and held it up herself. He was surprised and said, "You think you're pretty tough, don't you?" But this 2nd interview was great. He was on much better behavior and she was trying to have a little fun.
I just love the way she takes charge of things! "You look firightened" LOL. ONly Bette Davis could steel the show like that, and do so so charminlgy. Quelle treasure:)
@Aquaria nah, almost the only, but Crispin Glover also did, do a search... he fooled Letterman into believing he was on drugs when he wasn't... it wasn't as honest at Davis's but he still got the best of Letterman
She was a true legend, classy, and outspoken. That's why I love her. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind about anything. By the way...when Dave mentioned Bette Midler...she was named after Bette Davis.
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...
I'm watching a movie from 1935 on Turner.....she plays an alcoholic actress bad girl......her real life persona portrays an elitist strange primate attitude...gloves to not get the germs of the filthy classes....however workers who are steel tough are taught to love their neighbors.....the messiah comes from tuff stuff....she feels she is better than most....I bet....
Yes fiesty to the end! I love her- She was never afraid to say what she thought. Her on screen characters are mostly memorable-Jezzabell, Jane, Dark Victory, so many others. I'm sure in Hollywood you didn't want to become an enemy! The audience indeed is appalling- Anyone know what year this is from?
@tomcat28563 I couldn't agree with you more. If Bette Davis ever walked out onto a stage before me, I'd start bowing and saying "I'm not worthy!". This crowd was debating whether to give her a standing ovation, are you kidding???? It's Bette fuck*ng Davis! Stand up, clap loudly and be thankful for the opportunity!
@bg11215, her hands do look a bit big, but that's b/c of the contrast in color (black gloves/red dress), and her physical proportions had changed b/c of her illness and age. and sweetie, take from an old gal, you have to be very careful when speaking of the dead, as you have found. ppl will get offended, especially with someone as beloved as Bette Davis.
lettermans audience probably had never seen four bette davis movies between them. of course they wouldn't stand up - they save that for the two bit tv "stars"
asoberprep: Yes, they should have stood up for Bette, but that's Letterman's audience in a nutshell--they are trained seals that literally do as they are told. I'm from NYC and I've been to many Letterman shows. It's a cult. Those people didn't know whether to stand up or sit down because nobody was telling them what to do. Look at them, they're confused. There is nothing freakier than being at a Letterman show.Watch Zach Galifinakis in the audience at Ellen(it's on youtube) It's the same thing
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!!
No one worth being with, have easy going personalities. The goody goodies are the boors. Bette Davis was a living Legend then and still is a Lengendary ICON even after her death
I think she has a quality that makes people love her. In fact there's a Rhett Butler quote that goes "You've got more charm than the law allows," and I think it fits Bette very well. When she spilled that water on him I had to laugh. Oh Bette, Bette, Bette! And lol, "And I said, ME!" She's just too much. But that's why we love her :)
That was great to see again. Sick or well, she had the most disarming and engaging personality. She really understood people very well, especially men, which was obvious in her earliest pictures. Streep has the same on-screen magic, but she's very subdued and simple in real life. Davis carried that magic into her roles as well as her personal life.
Thanks for uploading this clip. I am an ardent fan of Bette Davis. Most people regard her as somewhat hard to be with, difficult to handle... But I love the way she lived and disciplined herself. If only she had not been a smoker, though. Two decades have passed since she passed away. She has symbolized the world of Hollywood and always will.
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!...One of the most amazing creatures in the movie industry...Thank you for having existed Miss BETTE DAVIS...You were amazing...Rest in Peace my dear.
I've got to say that Bette Davis is the most amazing actress I've ever seen! She is always hilarious and so very classy at the same time. Her voice is very unique and everytime I hear it I don't want her to stop talking. She's very frail here (look how skinny her legs are!) but she looks dazzling in that outfit! And if there's one thing she never lost, it was her charm, wit, and delightful sense of humor! :)
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!
Yes, I know she was petite, but someone can be petite and and not be so frail. What I mean was look how skinny her legs were here. I know she was sick, but I couldn't help to point it out. She looks very cute though. And I absolutely adore her and the way she acted! Fabulous woman! :)
Most actresses of her age either select their premature death dates or leave the eye of the camera--especially, "actresses", early on. Davis is the best. She could give a __, what anyone thinks--she thinks and speaks--no falsehoods. We have been trained by the media to prefer those who are "PR actors"( AKA PC) --say what promotes your career.. NON- PR actors are the 0nly true actors left.
I am definitely not a letterman fan, generally finding that he has was way too many laughs at the expense of his guests - in this instance, i am in the rare (for me) situation of not finding him at all offensive.
The 80's really did happen...I remember them like a fog... I dont know enough abt Letterman to like or dis-like him (maybe that says something right there) But he was 42 there...And she, always a treasure to watch and remember
I think this is my favorite Bette Davis interview that I've seen. She's so cute here!!! And full of personality. I could watch it over and over again. Oh wait, I do watch it over and over.
Making Letterman nervous and maybe blush!? Only Madame Bette! Love love love her!
TribalSooz 1 month ago
She should have had the good sense to stay away from cameras at this point. What a celebrity-whore she was!
edwardjames50 1 month ago
@edwardjames50 She is one of the Greatest actresses who has EVER graced the silver screen. SHOW SOME RESPECT!
cadrolls 1 month ago
@cadrolls ~Someone who was compelled to strut all over the talk show circuit in this condition does NOT deserve my respect. I mis-stated the above; she was actually an attention-whore who adored her celebrity status. Btw, she stopped acting in 1942, and everything she did after that was just self-caricature, simple variations on "Bette Davis," which is what audience members like you wanted.
edwardjames50 3 weeks ago
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@edwardjames50 No sense of reality or prospective? In relation to whom? One of your cheap, common, filthy mouthed sluts who are on our television sets nowadays?
What kind of parent brings up their child to demonize the good and glorify the trash?
We have no prospective or sense of reality?
Get a FUCKING BRAIN that has a sense of morals and decency!
Bette Davis will ALWAYS be a legend. YOU, on the other hand, will always be what you are: a cheap, classless, piece of human SHIT!
cadrolls 3 weeks ago
Awww
itsomgbarbiexo 1 month ago
One of the greatest legends ever. They don't have any stars today that could compare to her.
47matazza 1 month ago
Lighting up a cigarette like a boss. You don't see that anymore. R.I.P.
Rebphoenix 2 months ago 2
Wonder why they can't do great plastic surgery today like they did even 30 or so years ago? She looks absolutely terrific.
YellowMangerCalling 2 months ago in playlist Bette Davis
@YellowMangerCalling ~ Who on earth is your eye doctor????? You think she looks "absolutely terrific"? OMG, the Davis fan-atics have no sense of reality or perspective!
edwardjames50 1 month ago
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cadrolls 1 month ago
@cadrolls ~ Hardly, though even someone who's ten YEARS old knows not to put an apostrophe in a word that you're pluralizing, moron. "10 year's old," LMAO!!!!!
edwardjames50 3 weeks ago
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cadrolls 3 weeks ago
R.I.P to a TRUE Legend.
MarcussLine 2 months ago
smoking like a boss, only Bette Davis
76special 2 months ago
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 <3
travis7310 3 months ago
@travis7310 ~ That is NOT her auobiography; it's just a collection of anecdotes. Her autobiography, "The Lonely Life," was published in 1962, and is full of lies, fibs, and half-truths.
edwardjames50 3 weeks ago
@edwardjames50 You wouldn't know the truth if it hit you in your thick skull! Care to share the source for your intimate knowledge on Bette Davis?
I mean besides the Enquirer!
cadrolls 3 weeks ago
Small lady. HUGE personality. A classic star. :)
theblazingangel 3 months ago 3
DITO
yaceyta 3 months ago
she always has that silver cup
npdmd 3 months ago
@npdmd ~ Full of scotch, the old drunk. In the hospital after her mastectomy, she had a bad case of dt's because of the sudden withdrawal from booze.
edwardjames50 3 weeks ago
@edwardjames50 I suppose you got that from the Enquirer too? It is obvious that you are not a Christian. I am not either BUT, I still have the capacity to show respect for someone's EXCELLENT ability to act without judging their PRIVATE lives.
Why is it that those who critisize others are ALWAYS worse than them?
Crawl back under the rock from where you came..
cadrolls 3 weeks ago
SHE WAS A FUCKING TANK!
BarnabasFrid 3 months ago 2
This was about 1984, right? When Dave was in the 12:35am timeslot on NBC after Johnny Carson.
ragemanchoo82 4 months ago
"I will let you have the show in a minute" lol sounds in a cute way like the kanye west comment lol
Dravenswraith 5 months ago
@Dravenswraith
'way like the kanye west comment lol'
Who the f. is that , never heard of him.
045781 4 months ago
omg such a fash outfit on ms D!!
Dravenswraith 5 months ago
@Tomcat28563 Agreed, I thought the same thing. This is a Hollywood legend in the midst of their presence & they did not give her respect by standing up. I would have killed to be in that audience. Legends like Bette are no more. This woman is a true icon.
caligirl3000 5 months ago
@caligirl3000 totally agree with you. None of the stars nowadays has that kind of regalness and depth of character.
stevensjobs 5 months ago
STAND in the presence of a legend! What a stupid audience.
Bijoushow 5 months ago 17
@Bijoushow I absolutely agree with you!! Stand up, fools!
72randee 3 months ago
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!!
FranklyMyDearTV 6 months ago
@FranklyMyDearTV
So sad to see her as old?.... er, she is. I hope I have the same vim as she does at her age. What a Star, and I mean that in the way it should be given, a STAR and a Legend.
stiglaa 5 months ago
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
cheeriosinabowl 6 months ago
Susan Saradon should've played her in a movie. She looks like her and has her kickass attitude.
rockinrex 7 months ago 3
What a love Bette Davis was. The way she came out on stage, with a little obvious difficulty, was so sweet and endearing! She was all done up, dressed to the nine's, coiffed & made up, and oh-so-sharp. The fact that her body wouldn't quite keep up with her, yet she kept going regardless, I find really endearing and makes me want to just hug her!
bg11215 7 months ago
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Old battle axe!
Snotra 7 months ago
I thought that there wasn't an actress on the planet that aged more terribly and looked more like death than Tallulah Bankhead did in the 1960s when she died, but jesus! Bette tops her!! It would take three of one of her legs to equal one of mine!!! That stroke/breast cancer wasted her away- so very sad :(
DiabolicalAngel 7 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel She was like 80-something! How is she supposed to look? Don't judge Bette like that. Mentally she was still sharp as a tack! That's all that should count. I think she looked great.
bg11215 7 months ago
Was she a female riddler?
gombis666 7 months ago
So rude not to get up!
MrThesheenster 8 months ago
@MrThesheenster Shes wonderful i adore her, but shes not God lol
DiabolicalAngel 7 months ago
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What a shallow person! Now that I am older and wiser. I see that Bette Davis was an obsessed BITCH! I take her daughter's side! I don't think she knew what a charity was or an underdog. She had it easy! That is the irony of her BULLSHIT saying, "I did it the hard way!" Fuck You Bette! YOU FOOL! You were WEAK! You don't fool me!
marinello6 8 months ago
Bette Davis IS STILL the greatest actress of all time... a true master of performances. no one can beat her.
anabrans 8 months ago 3
i love everything about this..every single second
BRITTANYALX 8 months ago
the audience is not an unanimous mass that just got together b4 the interview and said "hey lets not stand up for bette davis" a couple of people were probabbly going to and then saw the rest didnt and so they didnt either u know how it works
inrwizards 9 months ago
gos she was beautiful in the 30s
hottyloxie 10 months ago
I only really discovered her yesterday. I feel really sad now watching this and knowing she has left us.
IanWood91 10 months ago
I have always enjoyed her sense of humor...I miss her.
Gem5771 10 months ago 2
Bette looked painfully thin and unsteady on her legs though i know that she was getting on in years, and someone should have gotten another drink for them both as well as cloths to dry him off.
Brighteyes1ful 10 months ago 2
@Brighteyes1ful this clip was definitely from the 80's so it may have taken place after her stroke. In any case she holds up pretty well for someone in her 70s.
biganimefan84 10 months ago
For a minute I thought she was going to climb up on the desk like Drew Barrymore!
Bette Davis, such a cool person.
amjPeace 10 months ago 2
How beautiful she is. My favorite actress of all time. Spilling the water is charming.
Bettedavislover1005 10 months ago
I love Bette's "Pimp Cup"!!!!
MsReffinej 11 months ago
i have no idea who bette davis is. sorry.
colt45joe 11 months ago
@colt45joe well, read up on her - watch old movies - those are the only real movies, you know - today the movie business doesnt exist anymore, the studios are all owned by corporations.
hcvang 11 months ago
She's awesome...funny and self-deprecating too...and she can afford to be, being such an amazing actress.
Delphi333 1 year ago
Right on tomcat.
ladywharton 1 year ago
Bette Davis Eyes.....Kim Carne!
snilloc72 1 year ago
one thing about betty davis she didn't give a f-k what she said to whoever lol lo
bluegrassman776 1 year ago
God, I love Bette.
free2drm 1 year ago
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.
deeway1963 1 year ago
I´m only 24 years old, Brazilian guy, and I´m proud that I know Bette Davis through her performance in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and, of course, Kim Carne´s hit "Bette Davis´ Eyes". It doesn´t takes a genius to know that you have to stand-up to a legend!
nigelguliver22 1 year ago
@nigelguliver22 you really should rent " Now Voyager" and many others she did.
MegaPatriot123 1 year ago
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.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago 24
@NFitalianGuy she was one of the most amazing talents ever and almost all of the idiot audience stays set down! Makes me sad.
72randee 3 months ago
@NFitalianGuy It is one of the many reasons why I choose not to watch Letterman. If she were alive to have been on Jay Leno, no one in the audience would have sat or stopped clapping until she directed them to.
cadrolls 1 month ago
Boy....what a firecracker she was!! Good for her!
GayUOPXBoy10 1 year ago
I remember this! 1989. Thanks!!
shnooger 1 year ago
Even at that age, she could hold her own with David. Had she been in her prime, she would have eaten him alive.
brinpol 1 year ago 2
how did she fight the cancer? because she fought long and hard didn't she?
dumbasaboxofhair 1 year ago
@dumbasaboxofhair
Bette beat cancer, but died of a heart attack in Paris.
burgon83 1 year ago
@dumbasaboxofhair She beat the cancer when she had her Mastectomy and recovered from her stroke and even after both those illnesses, she suffered a broken hip and she passed away from a heart attack. I think she deserved a standing Ovation here which shows the mentality for Letterman's audiences . Johnny Carson's Tonight Show with always be the pennultimate Talk show. Even greater than Oprah's talk show. Bette Davis was a class act.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
amazing woman.
jeanemail7 1 year ago
WHAT A CHARISMATIC AND WONDERFUL ACTRESS SHE WAS, WATCHING ANY VIDEO WITH HER , FEELS LIKE SHE'S STILL ALIVE .......................A POWERFULL WOMAN!!!
carlosmiller 1 year ago
LOL, they'd never let people smoke on set nowadays. LOL, but, then again, I suppose if you're Bette Davis, you can do whatever you want, even now.
:-P
contemplativegirl21 1 year ago
This was about 6 mos before her death.
And this was her 2nd appearance on Letterman.
1st one didn't go so well.
A cpl years earlier she was promoting her book This n' That and wasn't used to Letterman's humor. He didn't hod up her book so she reached over & snatched it out of his hands and held it up herself. He was surprised and said, "You think you're pretty tough, don't you?" But this 2nd interview was great. He was on much better behavior and she was trying to have a little fun.
lakevubud 1 year ago
I love the way she's both the host of the show and the guest. LOL
bg11215 1 year ago 2
"You look frightened" LOL She's hilarious!
bg11215 1 year ago
I just love the way she takes charge of things! "You look firightened" LOL. ONly Bette Davis could steel the show like that, and do so so charminlgy. Quelle treasure:)
bg11215 1 year ago
No standing ovation??? Wow.
bigjbsmooth 1 year ago 3
@bigjbsmooth i know how rude, did u see the guy who did and was shut down by the rest of the crowd? he was a true fan.
dumbasaboxofhair 1 year ago
I didn't know Bette Davis had blue eyes. At least, it looks like they are blue...
blyan85 1 year ago
1:01: Mr. Burns in drag
septip123 1 year ago
0:26 - fail
septip123 1 year ago
Only guest who ever got the better of Lettterman
Aquaria 1 year ago
@Aquaria nah, almost the only, but Crispin Glover also did, do a search... he fooled Letterman into believing he was on drugs when he wasn't... it wasn't as honest at Davis's but he still got the best of Letterman
bphutchins 1 year ago
She is fantastic.
ohxxbangxbang 1 year ago
I miss the real entertainers.
cockercane 1 year ago
@cockercane - Just open your eyes.
BayviewFinch 1 year ago
@BayviewFinch I'll do that as soon as I'm finished walking onto walls. Thanks for the advice.
cockercane 1 year ago
@cockercane - Fuckin' retard.
BayviewFinch 1 year ago
@BayviewFinch Indeed.
cockercane 1 year ago
Hollywood Legend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chino1922 1 year ago
Could you tell us what year this took place?
xander7ful 1 year ago
@xander7ful I'd estimate sometime in the early to mid 80's. 1985?
baward 1 year ago
Good god! She's a walking corpse!
Xcorgi 1 year ago
@Xcorgi All those years of chain-smoking cigarettes.
100Meadows 1 year ago
Now here we got a true legend of cinema !!
c15art 1 year ago 3
thumbs up on the water spill
ZeCroft 1 year ago
@ZeCroft Good thing she was an amazing actress instead of the head of BP
freedomnow29 1 year ago
She was a true legend, classy, and outspoken. That's why I love her. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind about anything. By the way...when Dave mentioned Bette Midler...she was named after Bette Davis.
bonnierocks67 1 year ago 4
What style and class Bette Davis had. God bless her.
MrRedFredSaid 1 year ago 3
True definition of timeless
getgueti 1 year ago 4
What year was this?
toothbrush55 1 year ago
was this before or after the joan rivers interview?.... how lon after did this special magical woman pass on?
dumbasaboxofhair 1 year ago
Bette Davis=Queen of Hollywood for EVER!!!!
mcqueen12345667 1 year ago 2
She inspired. Lady gaga Lol!!
coloraturabell 1 year ago
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...
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
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!?!?!
tizianoscott 1 year ago
Why didn't she get a standing O right at the start?
TheJedgeworth 1 year ago 5
I'm watching a movie from 1935 on Turner.....she plays an alcoholic actress bad girl......her real life persona portrays an elitist strange primate attitude...gloves to not get the germs of the filthy classes....however workers who are steel tough are taught to love their neighbors.....the messiah comes from tuff stuff....she feels she is better than most....I bet....
johnsmdm 1 year ago
Yes fiesty to the end! I love her- She was never afraid to say what she thought. Her on screen characters are mostly memorable-Jezzabell, Jane, Dark Victory, so many others. I'm sure in Hollywood you didn't want to become an enemy! The audience indeed is appalling- Anyone know what year this is from?
sfmarklh 1 year ago
LOVE YOU BETTE!
nurwhkify 1 year ago
Gotta Love Bette ;)
FlaxenHairedBeauty 1 year ago
I'n agree with some of you.
Super11980 1 year ago
That is Bette Davis people. They should stand up and bow for her.
zaklamp24 1 year ago
Was this audience a hold-over from a Jerry Spring taping?
For Christ sakes people, STAND UP for a living legend !! The opportunity rarely presents itself.
tomcat28563 2 years ago 45
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You want people to honor Betty Davis but then you disrespect Jesus Christ.
catholicpriest1 1 year ago
@tomcat28563 I couldn't agree with you more. If Bette Davis ever walked out onto a stage before me, I'd start bowing and saying "I'm not worthy!". This crowd was debating whether to give her a standing ovation, are you kidding???? It's Bette fuck*ng Davis! Stand up, clap loudly and be thankful for the opportunity!
surscrib91 1 year ago 2
I never knew how great she was with people and very charming :-)
turtlefromthenorth 2 years ago
Nobody tops Bette Davis. She is HYSTERICAL and smart!
TheNepenther 2 years ago 4
Is it me or did her hands look gigantic in those gloves?
bg11215 2 years ago
@bg11215 got anything sensible to say? is it me or are you an idiot?.
marcuslaughton 2 years ago
@bg11215, her hands do look a bit big, but that's b/c of the contrast in color (black gloves/red dress), and her physical proportions had changed b/c of her illness and age. and sweetie, take from an old gal, you have to be very careful when speaking of the dead, as you have found. ppl will get offended, especially with someone as beloved as Bette Davis.
PuttyPauline 2 years ago
lettermans audience probably had never seen four bette davis movies between them. of course they wouldn't stand up - they save that for the two bit tv "stars"
uofjim 2 years ago 23
when was this interview?
enigmaticnewboi 2 years ago
Year? Come on, people, when you post videos give all the info.
dearyogini 2 years ago
My grandmother just passed @ 95 she always dressed to the nines' this interview makes me think of her.
asoberprep 2 years ago 3
Just for her age they should have stood up
asoberprep 2 years ago 4
asoberprep: Yes, they should have stood up for Bette, but that's Letterman's audience in a nutshell--they are trained seals that literally do as they are told. I'm from NYC and I've been to many Letterman shows. It's a cult. Those people didn't know whether to stand up or sit down because nobody was telling them what to do. Look at them, they're confused. There is nothing freakier than being at a Letterman show.Watch Zach Galifinakis in the audience at Ellen(it's on youtube) It's the same thing
tomthefunky 2 years ago 4
A pity the audience wasn't a little more classy that night, she deserved a standing ovation from everyone.
Her likes will not be seen again, too bad for the rest of us. It is our loss.
R.I.P. Miss Davis
DAVIDINTEL 2 years ago 3
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!!
judiebeauty 2 years ago
No one worth being with, have easy going personalities. The goody goodies are the boors. Bette Davis was a living Legend then and still is a Lengendary ICON even after her death
NFitalianGuy 2 years ago 3
Yes. She truly is one of the greatest that ever lived.
ElderPinkerton 2 years ago 5
the greatest actress that ever lived
nandesneto 2 years ago 6
I think she has a quality that makes people love her. In fact there's a Rhett Butler quote that goes "You've got more charm than the law allows," and I think it fits Bette very well. When she spilled that water on him I had to laugh. Oh Bette, Bette, Bette! And lol, "And I said, ME!" She's just too much. But that's why we love her :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 4
om she ROCKS!!a legend..just a legend. She's the only STAR!!
classilyette 2 years ago 4
That was great to see again. Sick or well, she had the most disarming and engaging personality. She really understood people very well, especially men, which was obvious in her earliest pictures. Streep has the same on-screen magic, but she's very subdued and simple in real life. Davis carried that magic into her roles as well as her personal life.
sillyboydeux 2 years ago 4
How many people left on this earth can truthfully say "Bette Davis hit on me"???
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
flugel76 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading this clip. I am an ardent fan of Bette Davis. Most people regard her as somewhat hard to be with, difficult to handle... But I love the way she lived and disciplined herself. If only she had not been a smoker, though. Two decades have passed since she passed away. She has symbolized the world of Hollywood and always will.
Operalover12002 2 years ago 2
i love her
KURISUCHRIS99 2 years ago
What year is this?
reidb18 2 years ago
Well she was on Carson in 82 and was a little more ambulatory than this. So if I had to guess, and I AM guessing, I'd say around 1986.
flugel76 2 years ago
The best actress of all time. Even with her illnesses it did not stop her, she faced it with guts, true to her form.
empressoffrance 2 years ago 6
She was such a brilliant actress
ninelivecat 2 years ago 4
the women of that generation had such class
guys4guys66 2 years ago
what they call a hot ticket!
ra86226 2 years ago
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!...One of the most amazing creatures in the movie industry...Thank you for having existed Miss BETTE DAVIS...You were amazing...Rest in Peace my dear.
Luv ya
AnimAkasha 2 years ago 2
A LEGEND
MrJoel450 2 years ago
oh, i saw this last night, & i just adored this interview!!!
it's the greatest person i believe, he has ever interviewed!
what a girl!
Bette Davis, continues to be a true lady, even with cancer, GOD BLESS HER!
joan crawford, could never be as ''REAL & GENUINE"" as bette davis, THANKYOU FOR PUTTING THIS UP!!!
1962islander 2 years ago 2
I've got to say that Bette Davis is the most amazing actress I've ever seen! She is always hilarious and so very classy at the same time. Her voice is very unique and everytime I hear it I don't want her to stop talking. She's very frail here (look how skinny her legs are!) but she looks dazzling in that outfit! And if there's one thing she never lost, it was her charm, wit, and delightful sense of humor! :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago 2
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!
OS253 2 years ago
Yes, I know she was petite, but someone can be petite and and not be so frail. What I mean was look how skinny her legs were here. I know she was sick, but I couldn't help to point it out. She looks very cute though. And I absolutely adore her and the way she acted! Fabulous woman! :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
David Letterman was so cute here.
sgtdroxie 2 years ago
he really was...as much as i love bette davis it hit me how cute he was and couldn't stop looking...
gatoperezoso 2 years ago
what a legend1!
koolbrez56 2 years ago 3
I love her, she is so dear to my heart and remaind me of my childhood when I was watching her movies with my Mom!
kbezibcs 2 years ago 4
its kinda weird that joan rivers is dam near her age and doesnt look like her but she mighta been giong threw cancer or something she so frail
sexytrannienj 2 years ago
My God she's tiny! She'l lovely x
Papiprah 2 years ago 5
She never left the limelight while she was alive, even 20 years after her death she still is in my mind.
reidb18 2 years ago 27
Most actresses of her age either select their premature death dates or leave the eye of the camera--especially, "actresses", early on. Davis is the best. She could give a __, what anyone thinks--she thinks and speaks--no falsehoods. We have been trained by the media to prefer those who are "PR actors"( AKA PC) --say what promotes your career.. NON- PR actors are the 0nly true actors left.
bear1989s 2 years ago 7
I am definitely not a letterman fan, generally finding that he has was way too many laughs at the expense of his guests - in this instance, i am in the rare (for me) situation of not finding him at all offensive.
brentglg 2 years ago
The 80's really did happen...I remember them like a fog... I dont know enough abt Letterman to like or dis-like him (maybe that says something right there) But he was 42 there...And she, always a treasure to watch and remember
honestant 2 years ago
My God, she was SO tiny!
I hate that sob Letterman. I laughed the night the dog bit him on the nose.
cyberella 2 years ago
I think this is my favorite Bette Davis interview that I've seen. She's so cute here!!! And full of personality. I could watch it over and over again. Oh wait, I do watch it over and over.
bg11215 2 years ago
This was one of her last TV apperances in April 89. She was 81.
mircea82 2 years ago
what a bastard, is that a fucking way to treat the queen of hollywood, i hate this letterman guy...
rewardless 2 years ago
why? what did he do that was offensive? Bette didn't look offended at anything.
bg11215 2 years ago
She showed that she was firmly in control with that pants com