Bette Davis Speaks Her Mind | Carson Tonight Show

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  • Original Airdate: May 22nd, 1986
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  • @lauralei6963
    @lauralei6963 Před 11 dny +109

    I could listen to Bette all day🌟

  • @johnperrigo6474
    @johnperrigo6474 Před 10 dny +101

    Johnny did a great job with this interview. It wasn't so much an interview but a listening session.

    • @frankcheers7529
      @frankcheers7529 Před dnem +1

      She was sharp as a tack in attire and wit here. The Joan Rivers quip was amazing.

  • @threeballedtomcat9380
    @threeballedtomcat9380 Před 10 dny +108

    The world lost a wonderful lady when Ms.Davis left us......And we lost the KING of Late Night when Carson passed, God knows we have lost a lot a great people.
    Thanks for the upload, this is really a great moment in time.

    • @absoluteacw
      @absoluteacw Před 6 dny +3

      Yes, wonderfully entertaining. An actress such as Bette who'd achieved and had earned the right to be revered.

  • @meijer78
    @meijer78 Před 10 dny +142

    The Queen of Hollywood and the King of Late Night. RIP to both.

  • @pmafterdark
    @pmafterdark Před 10 dny +66

    Miss these days of such great entertainment. Bette was a legend.

  • @StacyMoore241
    @StacyMoore241 Před 11 dny +67

    Oh man!! I love this interview on Johnny Carson! She’s a hoot!!

  • @ryanellis4474
    @ryanellis4474 Před 10 dny +49

    What a legendary lady
    What an amazing exchange
    Johnny is the best of all time

  • @StacyMoore241
    @StacyMoore241 Před 11 dny +47

    I love her!!! And she spoke her mind too!! 😁

  • @lornadryden5650
    @lornadryden5650 Před 4 dny +17

    To see Ed and Johnny give a standing ovation was beautiful

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr Před 10 dny +33

    Just watching her come out on stage makes me smile. She was an amazing pro - so smart, and classy through and through. She played every role as if heaven and earth depended on it. They do not make them like Bette Davis anymore.

  • @cashmeremonroe7715
    @cashmeremonroe7715 Před 10 dny +87

    She reminds me of my elders back in the day. Honest and brilliant all while being gracious.

  • @lucy0537
    @lucy0537 Před 10 dny +24

    Love these two soo much. RIP to both of them.

  • @rustynailmendlesohn8710
    @rustynailmendlesohn8710 Před 10 dny +54

    What a wonderful visit with an icon. TY for this trip back to a different time. 😊❤👍

    • @katiebernier4797
      @katiebernier4797 Před 10 dny +2

      Do you know the title of the music the band plays as she enters? It’s lovely.

  • @RyanHLee-nc7hg
    @RyanHLee-nc7hg Před 10 dny +41

    I am so glad to see that her cadence and intellect were still just as formidable as ever even after her stroke. She exemplified the term “formidable.”

    • @Garsons-oq4lh
      @Garsons-oq4lh Před 10 dny +3

      No intelligence here at 14:05. Joan did not hold on to the Oscar for 1 year. It was 1 month and it was because she had scheduled commitments to attend too. Joan traveled from the west coast all the way to the east to present the Oscar to Bancroft.

    • @danielroque8504
      @danielroque8504 Před 7 dny

      Hollywood dont exist as it once was~

  • @markbirchette8740
    @markbirchette8740 Před 11 dny +220

    There'll never be an actress of Bette Davis's caliber again. At the age of 59, I remember watching Carson till the day he retired, and when TV was actually entertaining.

    • @thebluedragon1532
      @thebluedragon1532 Před 11 dny +21

      0:00
      agreed!! Today's TV is terrible!

    • @donnapowers7815
      @donnapowers7815 Před 10 dny +12

      So true

    • @nibsvkh
      @nibsvkh Před 10 dny

      @@thebluedragon1532
      You need to look a bit harder than TLC…there is A LOT of excellent television!

    • @nibsvkh
      @nibsvkh Před 10 dny +3

      Really…it’s a reflection of your intellect and interests to say TV is not entertaining in 2024.

    • @markbirchette8740
      @markbirchette8740 Před 10 dny

      @@nibsvkh Exactly so, we are smat enough to know it's utterly 💩 today, unlike you.

  • @pAusten
    @pAusten Před 10 dny +27

    Two of my favorite people.
    I love Johnny's laugh and Bette's humor.

  • @AnnMargretFan
    @AnnMargretFan Před 8 dny +16

    Love, love, LOVE Bette Davis! In 1977, while going to college at UCSB, I had the amazing opportunity to attend "An Evening With Bette Davis" at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. It was such a thrill and she was on fire with stories, jokes, laughter and fun times. Many of the Montecito celebrities of the time were in the audience that night as well... Jane Russell, Tab Hunter, Fannie Flagg, Dame Judith Anderson, Burl Ives, etc. She called them out from the stage and chatted with them. Such a wonderful night!

  • @hypolyxa7207
    @hypolyxa7207 Před 10 dny +70

    A NEW Bette Davis interview??!?!?!?! Yes, please! Absolutely nothing but eternal love for Bette and the true stars of Golden Hollywood.

    • @calisongbird
      @calisongbird Před 5 dny +1

      This is from 1986… not exactly new. She died in 1989.

  • @deeliciousplum
    @deeliciousplum Před 10 dny +27

    She is wonderful! To be that playful and undeniably present while in the late Winter of my years would be a joy! 🌸🥰

  • @annemontanaro3795
    @annemontanaro3795 Před 10 dny +46

    Bette Davis, a true star.

  • @robertgastreich9846
    @robertgastreich9846 Před 10 dny +22

    A Hollywood Legend Actress Bette Davis. Obe of the greatest star in Hollywood. I loved this woman and her movies. She is funny, and the kindesss. I still miss her. I try to watch all of her movies when I can.

  • @MelissaNoble-dl2gb
    @MelissaNoble-dl2gb Před 10 dny +20

    ❤️ this woman!!! She was a great actress....all you newbies should study her work...n follow her form of dress! She is CLASS N TALENT

  • @user-tt2jk3yq4g
    @user-tt2jk3yq4g Před 9 dny +25

    Too bad kids of today will never know if her and the amazing actress she was!! I love you, Miss Bette Davis❤

  • @ctheflower7818
    @ctheflower7818 Před 11 dny +67

    ah... The Golden Actors & Actresses... wish we could bring them all back ♥️👍♥️ I would love to listen to them & all their priceless stories of their lives 😎👍😎

    • @StacyMoore241
      @StacyMoore241 Před 11 dny +16

      It’s not the same anymore is it. Not the same quality anymore.

    • @stephaniesometimess
      @stephaniesometimess Před 10 dny +7

      Me too! Miss them so much 😢

    • @sebastianmineo1313
      @sebastianmineo1313 Před 10 dny +7

      ​@StacyMoore241 there's zero humility in the entertainers of today.

    • @StacyMoore241
      @StacyMoore241 Před 10 dny +5

      @@sebastianmineo1313 How well have I noticed! And dignity or morals. I know that there was some back during the golden era that lacked it but you didn’t have it shoved in your face and they expect you to go along with it now. Not me

  • @laurafloyd6554
    @laurafloyd6554 Před 11 dny +31

    Thanks for bringing back old memories

  • @joancarucci8290
    @joancarucci8290 Před 10 dny +68

    She is still in 2024. The greatest actress of all time , I watch her movies over and over again.

  • @somejackball
    @somejackball Před 11 dny +55

    she's a gem! my parents actually used to hang out with her and Joan Crawford, and my mom and Joan used to send holiday cards back n forth. and sometimes postcards. so, how is this so? my parents used have a Pepsi franchise and they all met at one of the big Pepsi conventions, and dinner. lot of movie stars back then invested in companies like Pepsi Cola, and were actually board members. Joan and my mom really hit it off apparently. i remember my mom had a special drawer in her bedroom with all of Joan's Holiday cards and letters. wish i still had those! there was pictures too, but were sadly lost ☮

  • @dalilap4743
    @dalilap4743 Před 10 dny +21

    That was very sweet that she gave designer #NolanMiller his flowers.

  • @cashmeremonroe7715
    @cashmeremonroe7715 Před 10 dny +33

    Gone are these days, cigarettes and all😂
    Love love love it!

  • @jacquelinecassidy8682
    @jacquelinecassidy8682 Před 10 dny +51

    No “work” and stunningly beautiful even to the end; intelligent, sharp, witty. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. God bless your little soul sweet girl.

  • @sk8rboy5434
    @sk8rboy5434 Před 11 dny +81

    She’s got Bette Davis eyes. And she is sharp as a tack.

    • @Garsons-oq4lh
      @Garsons-oq4lh Před 10 dny

      She's an idiot and sore loser. She states Joan Crawford told people not to vote for her (who were these people?) and that she held on to the Oscar for one year. Neither is true.

  • @AndreinaGarban
    @AndreinaGarban Před 7 dny +11

    OMG!!!!! She really defines what a STAR IS!!!!! What a wonderful interview. I could listen to her for hours: Wit, funny, regal, wise, brutally honest, entertaining, and AWESOME!

  • @Liz-re3ek
    @Liz-re3ek Před 8 dny +9

    It’s so wonderful to hear her laugh!! My idol from childhood, Queen Bette!! 💜💜💜

  • @michaelreece2966
    @michaelreece2966 Před 10 dny +12

    I’ve never seen his interview. It’s truly the best interview I’ve ever seen her do. She’s marvelous. My mother actually DID swing a cat through the neighbors window.

  • @JazTrance
    @JazTrance Před 10 dny +23

    She was so charming. I just love these interviews with the very best of Hollywood. I'm so glad I lived in the same epoch as so many of these true stars.

  • @rrbbb1180
    @rrbbb1180 Před 7 dny +5

    Having watched this interview back in 1986, and having watched it again now, almost 40 years later, it's still as entertaining as it was then. You never get tired of watching the greats.

  • @jacksak
    @jacksak Před 10 dny +20

    I'm glad I saw this, because before hearing her I thought she was a stuck-up Hollywood snob. I was so wrong and now see her as a great, personable and fun lady.

  • @vec875
    @vec875 Před 10 dny +12

    I love her. Terrific interview.

  • @Nevernowaynope
    @Nevernowaynope Před 8 dny +10

    She was such a wee bitty thing, bless her heart. What a badass

  • @mollyquinn1823
    @mollyquinn1823 Před 4 dny +9

    RIP Johnny & Bette you were the real stars of entertainment. Miss you so much.

  • @ocean1233
    @ocean1233 Před 7 dny +3

    THIS INTERVIEW...Is the BEST I've seen of Betty Davis 🎉 what a pleasure.

  • @StephanieMT
    @StephanieMT Před 9 dny +9

    beautiful dress and that she called out the designer awesome

  • @PsulOrtiz
    @PsulOrtiz Před 4 dny +3

    A 5 foot tall, 98 pound powerhouse of guts, determination and sheer perseverance!
    With a huge dose of prepartion and hardwork, plus some luck, and grace, for added, good measure!

  • @Les445
    @Les445 Před 10 dny +15

    My favorite actress and Jimmy Cagney is my favorite actor.

  • @user-pj1zj6eu2f
    @user-pj1zj6eu2f Před 2 dny +1

    Absolutely priceless! I watch the Johnny Carson reruns on "antennae tv" . No one could ever match him! He was the greatest.

  • @justmyopinion2
    @justmyopinion2 Před 7 dny +4

    Love them both! Gone are the days of being authentic.

  • @StacyMoore241
    @StacyMoore241 Před 11 dny +12

    She had a great sense of humor ❤

  • @suzannemostafavifar1686
    @suzannemostafavifar1686 Před 8 dny +8

    Amazing actress, she changed the movie business, I,proved it greatly. Wonderful actress.

    • @UncleDuTheWatchman
      @UncleDuTheWatchman Před 5 hodinami

      Agreed! (I think your autocorrect changed "improved" to "I.proved" ✊🏾)

  • @404goldie7
    @404goldie7 Před 10 dny +18

    You can tell she's an Aries.....confident, high-standards, tremendous energy, charismatic, honest, unapologetic.

    • @BLTKellys
      @BLTKellys Před 8 dny

      You forgot narcissistic and competitive.

    • @TheMomseloc
      @TheMomseloc Před dnem

      My best friend of 45+ years passed away. Watching this video, Ms Davis reminded me so much for my dear friend. And then I saw your comment!
      My friend was also an Aries.
      Thank you.
      P.S. Ignore the sad, little trollski.

    • @404goldie7
      @404goldie7 Před dnem +2

      @@TheMomseloc Wishing you comfort, certain people we are very lucky to have as friends, and we miss them so.

  • @sharonpayne8912
    @sharonpayne8912 Před 10 dny +8

    What a character she was! Loved her ❤❤❤

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci Před 10 dny +10

    The dress is beautiful! And, it has pockets!!!

  • @holdyourhats
    @holdyourhats Před 7 dny +3

    She was quite simply...marvelous!!!

  • @Rob_Kates
    @Rob_Kates Před 10 dny +9

    Johnny's show was the last program where you could see the giants of the golden age of Hollywood, such as Bette Davis, Jimmy Stewart, Liz Taylor, etc.

  • @maggieb369
    @maggieb369 Před 3 dny +3

    She was always so gracious about crediting her designers.

  • @jaybanks1947
    @jaybanks1947 Před 11 dny +9

    Best actress ever

  • @cleroyster2610
    @cleroyster2610 Před 10 dny +8

    That was great. Changed my whole attitude about Bette. Loved it.

  • @snowman9977
    @snowman9977 Před 9 dny +13

    She was a spitfire that night. Love her always.

  • @maryreynolds5310
    @maryreynolds5310 Před 11 dny +10

    Miss you all!

  • @ChillSensesASMR
    @ChillSensesASMR Před 4 dny +2

    Wow what a great interview, I could listen to her all day. 22 minutes too, you don't get that anymore. Cuz there's no one interesting enough now.

  • @nickmunoz7523
    @nickmunoz7523 Před 10 hodinami

    In 2024,
    Ten days after uploading this show, 380K people have watched it already, it is absolutely amazing.
    Bette Davis we love you!

  • @matthewtheriaque4413
    @matthewtheriaque4413 Před 6 dny +2

    She was in a class all her own ❤

  • @jillkjv3816
    @jillkjv3816 Před 10 dny +13

    When did she ever not speak her mind? 😂

  • @timothymeehan181
    @timothymeehan181 Před 7 dny +2

    “Old Pro”….”Grand Dame”……mesmerizing diva…..they broke the mold with Bette…❤️🎭

  • @therealnancycarol
    @therealnancycarol Před 10 dny +4

    Like no other, one of the greats. No one else need apply. 💕💕💕

  • @juliahelland6488
    @juliahelland6488 Před dnem

    Love all the iconic actresses and actors! Lived Bette Davis! 💯❣️

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps Před 9 dny +13

    Davis had several strokes in 1983 and worked hard to come back to where she was in this 1986 interview.

  • @lisaboswell7696
    @lisaboswell7696 Před 10 dny +5

    Loved every second of this,l am a huge Betty fan

  • @markrichards6863
    @markrichards6863 Před 7 dny +3

    Bette was very sharp. She was so smart to take control of her brand. I can not imagine anyone else in any roll she ever played. She claimed her rightful place at the top of the heap. You know she had to be tough to stay at the top. She was box office gold.

  • @edithpiwowarski4704
    @edithpiwowarski4704 Před 9 dny +4

    One of my favorite actresses,, love all of her movers.. you can tell she lives alone because she is a talker…😀

  • @aprillesantola8057
    @aprillesantola8057 Před 10 dny +15

    Who remembers when you could smoke on TV?

    • @jamesmaass8929
      @jamesmaass8929 Před 10 dny +5

      Not to mention the grocery store and hospital.

    • @karenfryberger4260
      @karenfryberger4260 Před 9 dny +4

      @@jamesmaass8929 And airplanes. In 1946, Good Housekeeping launched the slogan "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette" - which ran until 1952. And I remember seeing "9 out of 10 doctors recommend Camel cigarettes" as well. My mother used to joke that the reason ashtrays had sand in them was to "make the Camels feel at home."

    • @jamesmaass8929
      @jamesmaass8929 Před 9 dny

      @@karenfryberger4260 All 100% true

    • @richardkronberg4925
      @richardkronberg4925 Před 6 dny

      I have my ashtray on my tv.

  • @loisjohnson7272
    @loisjohnson7272 Před 8 dny +2

    Absolutely a wonderful lady to just sit down and listen to her talk about her life experiences ❤, wish I could have met her in person ❤

  • @shaneencalade4988
    @shaneencalade4988 Před 7 dny +2

    So sharp and so damn funny. She truly was one of a kind.

  • @Bippy55
    @Bippy55 Před 10 dny +5

    What an amazing interview. Inspirational really. Thanks for this video!

  • @AllAmericanJock
    @AllAmericanJock Před 8 dny +5

    The Yankee Diva in a stupendously glamorous red gown! Wow. Superb actress, untouchable avant garde artistry. Carson (like Cavett, who Davis mentions here) knew how to interview a legend; today's hyper, interruptuve interviewers should take notes. I could listen to Carson and Davis chat all day. Wonder why this was hidden in the vaults till now. What a treat.
    Few signs of that debilitating early-80s stroke in this interview. Bette was so energetic, commanding and gregarious here that I almost wondered if she'd had a B12 shot just before coming onstage 😂
    Davis says at the 12:17 mark that Dark Victory (1939), All About Eve (1950), and Baby Jane (1962) are the three films she shouse won Oscars for. I'd vote for Of Human Bondage (1934), The Little Foxes (1941), and Jane. Vivien Leigh deserved her 1939 win for GWTW. 1950 was a tough competition with five classic performances, but Gloria Swanson deserved it that year, for Sunset Blvd.
    Carson is a gracious pro in this clip, as always. The Queen of Hollywood, the King of Late Night. This was 1986; she left us just three years later. We still miss her so. Johnny and Ed too. Class and talent unmatched. May they all R.I.P.

  • @robbryant52
    @robbryant52 Před 2 dny +2

    Now this is a legend

  • @GoldenCelebs
    @GoldenCelebs Před 8 dny +3

    If Johnny Carson loves you, then Americans will love you too !!!

  • @waynejohnson1304
    @waynejohnson1304 Před 6 dny +4

    Bette Davis is my 6th cousin. My grandparents knew her when they lived in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire where Bette had a Summer home.

  • @RicardoM-nc7qu
    @RicardoM-nc7qu Před 10 dny +2

    What a wonderful segment/interview? Bette a treasure indeed.

  • @sharonnelson4806
    @sharonnelson4806 Před 5 dny +1

    One word: awesome❤

  • @dineenhilliard8378
    @dineenhilliard8378 Před 10 dny +5

    When I was 13 years old, I started smoking cigarettes because I saw Bette Davis smoke her cigarette, take a drink of her cocktail and then exhale the smoke. I couldn't believe that was possible.
    I watched all her movies. ❤❤

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 Před 10 dny +6

    I love Bette very much.

  • @RS-km4rm
    @RS-km4rm Před 5 dny +2

    That subtle mention of Joan and Johnny’s face and the “almost” reaction, I wonder what Ms Davis’s angle was! She’s a treasure!

  • @user-br3ou2cs9o
    @user-br3ou2cs9o Před 10 dny +8

    She worked hard to get it right for whatever character role she was to play.
    She wouldn't do a half-a** job.
    It was show up on time, because time was money for the Studios, Corporations, Investors and projected budgets etc., know your lines, get it in as few takes as possible and have the best product to release.
    And she did finish the book titled:
    THIS 'N THAT.
    I don't know if she appeared on Johnny's Show or any other for the book.

    • @Les445
      @Les445 Před 10 dny +1

      I would love to read that book.

  • @doylejodi7502
    @doylejodi7502 Před 3 dny +1

    An original Diva. Lovely!

  • @Steve-vf7se
    @Steve-vf7se Před 7 dny +2

    There's a song of her. Bettie Davis eyes, very good. I think it's great

  • @RoomscapeLondon
    @RoomscapeLondon Před 7 dny +2

    Amazing Bette Davis, so witty, sharp & talented…so different from most today starlest who are full of themselves and VERY boring. She had real class.

  • @eezyclsmooth9035
    @eezyclsmooth9035 Před 10 dny +6

    In her "Golden Years". Ms. Davis was thought of as being a bit kooky. The wonderful late Jane Hooks played her
    a number of times on SNL. in this way. She may be a bit Mature but she is as sharp as a tack. Just like the wonderful
    Ms. Betty White was!

  • @rma3_3_3
    @rma3_3_3 Před 2 dny +1

    ❤Those Bette Davis Eyes!❤

  • @anonymous203020
    @anonymous203020 Před 10 dny +6

    What a woman. They don’t make em like that anymore!

  • @oevilone
    @oevilone Před 10 dny +4

    Thank you for this upload! 2 class acts!!

  • @paceflchick
    @paceflchick Před dnem

    I have a new love for Bette Davis.
    Love her ❤

  • @JazTrance
    @JazTrance Před 10 dny +12

    Look how dressed up they all are! So classy. Not like today where they show up in jeans and sneakers.

    • @KayBarsotti
      @KayBarsotti Před 10 dny +2

      Real actors and actresses in the day...wish we still hadem🙂

    • @neilmcdonald9164
      @neilmcdonald9164 Před 9 dny +3

      Watch the original "what's my line?" for even more dressing like that...🎩

  • @eddiek6660
    @eddiek6660 Před 4 dny +1

    Wow she was the QUEEN and so much fun and so open. Hilarious. I love her. ❤(TV was so intellectual and real back then!)

  • @user-ng6fd8vs4g
    @user-ng6fd8vs4g Před 10 dny +3

    Lovely to see her relaxed and enjoying herself. I think it was the dress. 💃🏼

  • @billysolhurok5542
    @billysolhurok5542 Před 10 dny +4

    "Of Human Bondage",her greatest film

    • @Les445
      @Les445 Před 10 dny +4

      Now Voyager also

  • @michellevargas3734
    @michellevargas3734 Před 6 dny +1

    🤩🤩🤩THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN STILL TO THIS DAY 👑👑👑

  • @PsulOrtiz
    @PsulOrtiz Před 4 dny +1

    She has such a tiny laugh!
    Wasn't expecting that!
    But what a gorgeous gown she had on!!!

  • @mcoulson9
    @mcoulson9 Před 7 dny +1

    Love this. Her strong personality and humor.
    I think her acting was incredible. One of a kind.
    Was blown away with All about Eve
    A Must see film. 1950

  • @Mcwriter1Serrano-kj1so
    @Mcwriter1Serrano-kj1so Před 2 dny +2

    I think this will be my favorite Bette Davis video. She was great to watch and she made me laugh, I had no idea she was such a fun person. I love her delicate laugh and smile.
    She was beautiful, she looked so elegant in her red dress n shoes.
    Thank you Bette Davis for sharing with us your beauty n talent. 🎀
    You will never be forgotten
    💝💐⭐️🥂🏆🎬🕯️👠🚬🚬

  • @CasaLobo77
    @CasaLobo77 Před 11 hodinami

    Bette Davis controlled the whole show..what a Legend!