In her early interest was in dancing, but after she found out the stage and received encouragement from her mother, she decided to gave up dancing for acting.
She performed in a wild range of film genres, crime, historical even comedies, but her greatest success was in romantic dramas.
In her early acting career, the first performance for Davis was being apart in "The Earth Between" (1923) after she graduated. However, the her real broadway performance was actually in "Broken Dishes" (1929). Late in 1930, she was invited to Hollywood for a screen test and hired by Universal. Unfortunately, The official at Universal did't impressed by her performance in "The Bad Sister" (1931). So in 1932, she was singed with Warner Brothers Pictures and being the lead female role in "The Man Who Played God" (1932)
Davis had received lots of good reviews in the play of "Dangerous" (1935) and won her first Oscar, Academy Award for Best Actress, for the role as Joyce Heath. The New York Times had hailed her as "BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING OF OUR SCREEN ACTRESSES". She also won the second time in the file "Jezebel" (1938).
FUN FACT: In many films, she was often filmed in close-up shot, that was to emphasize her distinctive eyes.
