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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
(1962)
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| | Plot: | In a tale that almost redefines sibling rivalry, faded actresses Blanche and 'Baby' Jane Hudson live together. Jane was by far the most famous when she performed with their father in vaudeville but as they got older, it was Blanche who became the finer actress, which Jane still resents. Blanche is now confined to a wheelchair - Jane ran her over with the car while drunk, even though she has no memory of it - and Jane is firmly in control. As time goes by, Jane exercises greater and greater control over her sister, intercepting her letters and ensuring that few if anyone from the outside has any contact with her. As Jane slowly loses her mind, she torments her sister going to ever greater extremes.
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.
| | Cast: | | Bette Davis | Baby Jane Hudson |
| Joan Crawford | Blanche Hudson |
| Victor Buono | Edwin Flagg |
| Wesley Addy | Marty Mc Donald |
| Julie Allred | Baby Jane Hudson, in 1917 |
| Anne Barton | Cora Hudson (as Ann Barton) |
| Marjorie Bennett | Dehlia Flagg |
| Bert Freed | Ben Golden (as Robert Freed) |
| Anna Lee | Mrs. Bates |
| Maidie Norman | Elvira Stitt |
| Dave Willock | Ray Hudson |
| William Aldrich | Lunch counter assistant at beach |
| Russ Conway | Police Officer |
| Maxine Cooper | Bank teller |
| Robert Cornthwaite | Dr. Shelby |
| Michael Fox | Motorcycle cop at beach |
| Gina Gillespie | Blanche Hudson, in 1917 |
| Barbara Merrill | Liza Bates (as B.D. Merrill) |
| Don Ross | |
| James Seay | Police Officer |
| John Shay | |
| Jon Shepodd | |
| Peter Virgo | |
| Bobs Watson | Clerk in Newspaper Classified Ad Department |
| Debbie Burton | Singing Voice (voice) |
| Ernest Anderson | Ernie, Ice Cream Vendor at Beach |
| Robert Aldrich | Himself - Director - in Trailer (uncredited) |
| Steve Condit | Boy in Audience (uncredited) |
| Andrew Duggan | Trailer Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Writing By:
| | Henry Farrell | (from the novel by) |
| Lukas Heller | (screenplay) |
| Produced By:
| | Robert Aldrich | producer |
| Kenneth Hyman | executive producer |
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