Ernest Harden Jr. fulfilled his promise to the late, great Bette Davis.
In an exclusive interview with EW last month, 'The Pitt' star said he wanted to honor his costar from the 1980 TV movie 'White Mama' in an Emmy acceptance speech: “I feel like 46 years later, I have some unfinished business to do, and she’s with me in spirit.”
He got the chance on Sunday when he earned the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his recurring role on the medical drama, ending his speech with, "Bette Davis, we didn’t make it then, but this one is for us.”
Davis, who became a mentor and close friend to her young costar at the time, scored an Emmy nomination for the role, but an actors’ strike prevented her from attending the ceremony that year.
“Her playing my mother, she got into it so much that she was actually like my mother,” Harden previously told EW. “She would come on holidays, maybe Thanksgiving, cook me Thanksgiving dinner and invite me over, all that, so we became really ...
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