A radio play of Mary Orr's original story The Wisdom of Eve was performed on NBC's Radio Guild Playhouse on January 21, 1949.

When Bette Davis married her All About Eve co-star Gary Merrill, they adopted a daughter and named her Margot (with a "t") in reference to the film that had brought them together.

All About Eve was turned into a Broadway musical in 1970 called Applause starring Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing. The musical was a triumph, winning four Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actress for Bacall.

Bette Davis herself attended a performance of Applause, which made star Lauren Bacall a nervous wreck, though she was thrilled to meet one of her idols. Following the performance Davis said to Bacall backstage, "Funny-I never thought of this as a musical...No one but you could have played this part-and you know I mean that."

When Lauren Bacall stepped down from her role as Margo Channing in Applause, it was none other than original All About Eve co-star Anne Baxter who took over the role and won rave reviews.

All About Eve was released the same year as another famous film about an aging actress: Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard, so comparisons between the two films and star performances were inevitable.

Though the distinguished actress Sarah Siddons was a real person, Joe Mankiewicz made up the fictitious Sarah Siddons Society and Sarah Siddons Award for All About Eve. However, in 1952 a real Sarah Siddons Society was formed in Chicago. Fashioning a statuette that was virtually identical to the one seen in the film, the Sarah Siddons Society gave its first real-life award to actress Helen Hayes.

Bette Davis herself was the recipient of the Sarah Siddons Society Award in 1973 for her years of outstanding achievement.

Another All About Eve co-star, Celeste Holm, received the Sarah Siddons Society Award in 1968. Applause star Lauren Bacall received the Sarah Siddons Society Award both in 1972 and 1984.

Following the film's release, there were at least four radio play adaptations of All About Eve: a production on March 8, 1951 for the Screen Guild Players for which Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders all reprised their roles; a production for the Lux Radio Theater on October 1, 1951 for which Davis, Baxter and Gary Merrill all reprised their roles; and another Lux production on November 23, 1954 with Claire Trevor in the role of Margo Channing. In 1952 Tallulah Bankhead played Margo in a radio adaptation for NBC's The Big Show.

In 1982 a television movie called Country Gold updated the All About Eve story to the world of Nashville and country music. Loni Anderson played the established Margo Channing-inspired star and Linda Hamilton played her younger Eve Harrington-inspired rival.

by Andrea Passafiume