Blue eyes and a sharp wit,
Eternally the great dame of the silver screen,
The day she entered Hollywood she stunned many,
On appearance, she was the unlikeliest movie star ever seen.
Enchanting women and intimidating men,
Defiant and determined she played Hollywood at its own game,
A movie CV of unforgettable performances,
Victorious Bette was memorable, never one dimensional and the same.
In Jezebel, she drove two men to a duel,
She schemed in ‘The Little Foxes,’ and ‘The Letter,’
She rode the bumpy ride of life in ‘All about Eve.’
Her ‘Margo Channing,’ a remarkable performance no one could better.
There were endless affairs and numerous failed marriages,
Indiscreetly she was betrayed in an intimate biography by her daughter,
Her career still excelled into middle age,
As she led her victims in ‘The Anniversary,’ to the slaughter.
With old age her career endured,
Glorious Bette survived the movie goddesses of a by- gone era,
Years of smoking ruined her health,
Death and cancer beckoned her nearer.
In 1984, she sadly died,
The legend of Bette Davis lives on and has survived.