Bette Davis adopted a five-day-old baby girl they named Margot Mosher Merrill (born January 6, 1951), after the character Margo Channing. Davis and Merrill lived with their three children - in 1952, they adopted a baby boy, Michael (born January 5, 1952) - on an estate on the coast of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Davis, after semi-retirement in the mid-1950s, again starred in several movies during her time in Maine, including "The Virgin Queen" (1955), in which she played Queen Elizabeth I. The family traveled to England, where Davis and Merrill starred in a murder-mystery film, "Another Man's Poison" (1951). When it received
Bette Davis filmography an Academy Award. She retained a cult status throughout the remainder of her career, and appeared in several other thriller films, such as "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964) and "The Nanny" (1965). She also appeared on television later in her career. Davis agreed to star in the spoof film "Wicked Stepmother" (1989), although she felt the script was poor. The film was marked with production problems from the beginning, with Davis often quarreling with director Larry Cohen, and she withdrew from the film shortly after production began. After 58 years of acting, it became her final film appearance. Bette Davis filmography