1935: Bette Davis

<b>SURE BETTE:</b> Bette Davis (shown with best actor winner Victor McLaglen, left, and D.W. Griffith) shocked audiences with her pithy performance in 1935’s "Dangerous," in which she played a chronic alcoholic whose binge drinking becomes lethal. It was the first of two best actress wins for Davis, who would also bring home the gold for "Jezebel."

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SURE BETTE: Bette Davis (shown with best actor winner Victor McLaglen, left, and D.W. Griffith) shocked audiences with her pithy performance in 1935’s "Dangerous," in which she played a chronic alcoholic whose binge drinking becomes lethal. It was the first of two best actress wins for Davis, who would also bring home the gold for "Jezebel."

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