Actress ____ Davis (5)

There are a few possibilities for this:

viola

bette geena

'actress davis' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for viola that I've seen before include "Stringed instrument tuned lower than a violin" , "one used to bowing?" , "that provides music" , "Bowed string instrument" , "big fiddle!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The New York Times and the Universal.

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