Bette

American  

[bet-ee, bet] / ˈbɛt i, bɛt /

noun

1. a first name, form of Elizabeth.

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Example Sentences

“I like to say it’s like if Bette Davis and Joan Crawford had decided to be friends rather than enemies,” Jinkx jokes.

From Los Angeles Times

“We could have had the Joan Crawford and Bette Davis holiday happy hour, but we had to wait until Jinkx and DeLa took it on.”

From Los Angeles Times

The film cast Crawford and her fellow diva Bette Davis as elderly sisters in a Grand Guignol horror hit.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m so at peace with the world,” she said, “that I’m even thinking good thoughts about Bette Davis.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Smith precedes all this with a quote from Bette Davis in All About Eve: “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night!”

From Slate