Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006)

Incomparable. Uncompromising. The Great Bette Davis.

Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.

Cast (50)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Susan Sarandon

Narrator (voice)

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Gena Rowlands

Self

Ellen Burstyn

Self

Jane Fonda

Self

M

Michael Merrill

Self

Vivien Leigh

Self (archive footage)

Olivia de Havilland

Self (archive footage)

James Cagney

Self (archive footage) (voice)

William Wyler

Self (archive footage)

Spencer Tracy

Self (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

Self (archive footage)

Linda Darnell

Self (archive footage)

R

Ruthie Davis

Self (archive footage)

B

Barbara 'Bobby' Davis

Self

James Woods

Self

M

Marion Sherry

Self (as Marion Richards)

J

James McCourt

Self

Vincent Sherman

Self

C

Cecil Clovelly

Self (archive footage)

Conrad Nagel

Self (archive footage) (voice)

Casey Robinson

Self (archive footage) (voice)

L

Leo Rosten

Self (archive footage) (voice)

Jack L. Warner

Self (archive footage) (voice)

Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

H

Harmon Nelson

Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace

Self (archive footage)

A

Anne Nelson

Self

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Self

J

James A. Peterson

Self (archive footage) (as Dr. James A. Peterson)

I

Irene Lee Diamond

Self (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

Self (archive footage)

L

Louis B. Mayer

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage) (voice)

Barbara Merrill

Self (archive footage) (as B.D. Hyman)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Self (archive footage)

Charles Busch

Self

Celeste Holm

Self (archive footage)

Anne Baxter

Self (archive footage)

Gary Merrill

Self (archive footage)

Robert Osborne

Self

F

Frank Corsaro

Self

Frank Sinatra

Self (archive footage) (voice)

Charles Pierce

Self as Bette Davis (archive footage)

Jack Paar

Self (archive footage)

Jonathan Winters

Self (archive footage)

G

Gisele MacKenzie

Self (archive footage)

Phyllis George

Self (archive footage)

Phil Donahue

Self (archive footage)

Lindsay Anderson

Self (archive footage) (voice)

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