"Gary was a macho man, but none of my husbands was ever man enough to become Mr. Bette Davis," said Bette, who divorced Gary in 1960 due to his drinking. She never married again. "Love is a big ...

Classic Hollywood star Bette Davis’ fourth and final husband Gary Merrill was frequently violent after heavy drinking, according to James Spada, a biographer of Davis’ who authored Bette Davis ...

Forty summers ago, a song called Bette Davis Eyes entered the UK Top Ten ... chain-smoking, hard-drinking harridan, with claws to match those of the MGM lion. Indeed, she luxuriated in her ...