<P> In 1977, Davis became the first woman to receive the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award . The televised event included comments from several of Davis' colleagues, including William Wyler, who joked that given the chance, Davis would still like to refilm a scene from The Letter to which Davis nodded . Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Natalie Wood, and Olivia de Havilland were among the performers who paid tribute, with de Havilland commenting that Davis "got the roles I always wanted". </P> <P> Following the telecast, she found herself in demand again, often having to choose between several offers . She accepted roles in the television miniseries The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) and the theatrical film Death on the Nile (1978), an Agatha Christie murder mystery . The bulk of her remaining work was for television . She won an Emmy Award for Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979) with Gena Rowlands, and was nominated for her performances in White Mama (1980) and Little Gloria...Happy at Last (1982). She also played supporting roles in two Disney films, Return from Witch Mountain (1978) and The Watcher in the Woods (1980). </P> <P> Davis' name became well - known to a younger audience when Kim Carnes' song "Bette Davis Eyes" (written by Jackie DeShannon) became a worldwide hit and the best - selling record of 1981 in the U.S., where it stayed at number one on the music charts for more than two months . Davis' grandson was impressed that she was the subject of a hit song and Davis considered it a compliment, writing to both Carnes and the songwriters, and accepting the gift of gold and platinum records from Carnes, and hanging them on her wall . </P> <P> She continued acting for television, appearing in Family Reunion (1981) opposite her grandson J. Ashley Hyman, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982) and Right of Way (1983) with James Stewart . In 1983, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award . </P>

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