Bette is a short form of Elizabeth. **Bette Davis (1908-1989)** was the **American actress widely considered one of the greatest film actresses in Hollywood history** — **two-time Best Actress Oscar winner** (*Dangerous* 1935, *Jezebel* 1938), with a record-setting **10 Best Actress nominations**. **First woman to receive the AFI Life Achievement Award** (1977). **Her eyes — 'Bette Davis Eyes' — became a 1981 Kim Carnes hit song that won the Grammy for Record of the Year.**
Subject of Ed Sikov's *Dark Victory* (2007).
Bette reduces to six — the number of Bette Davis Eyes.