A page from an autograph album with a lovely bold signature in black pen by Bette Davis (1908 - 1989), the Oscar-winning American actress of film, television and theatre. Davis was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. and won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theatre roles to her credit. In 1999, Davis was placed second, after Katharine Hepburn, on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female stars of all time. Her movie credits include Of Human Bondage (1934), Dangerous (1935), for which she won an Oscar, Marked Woman (1937) and Jezebel (1938) which brought her second Oscar. That was the first of five consecutive years in which she received a Best Actress nomination; the others for Dark Victory (1939), The Letter (1940), The Little Foxes (1941) and Now, Voyager (1942). A period of decline followed, but was redeemed with her role as a fading Broadway star in All About Eve (1950), which has often been cited as her best performance. She received Best Actress nominations for this film and for The Star (1952), but her career struggled over the rest of the decade. Her last nomination came for her role in the psychological horror film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962). In the latter stage of her career, Davis played character parts in films like Death on the Nile (1978) and shifted her focus to roles in television.

A mark on the page has been 'Tip-ex'd out, but it does not affect the signature, which is ideal for mounting with a portrait. The page comes from the collection of a man who was a commissionaire at the BBC studios for many years.