What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 | 2h 14m | Drama, Horror | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

An accident leaves acting legend Blanche Hudson handicapped and in the care of her jealously insane sister Jane, a former child star. Jane concocts a crazy plan to reclaim her stardom while making Blanche the target of a series of dreadful torments.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Aldrich

CAST

Bette Davis

Joan Crawford

Victor Buono

Wesley Addy

Bert Freed

Anne Barton

Marjorie Bennett

PRODUCERS

Robert Aldrich

WRITERS

Lukas Heller

Henry Farrell

Host Intros

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Alicia Malone Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
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Alicia Malone Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
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TCM's Alicia Malone introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
Alicia Malone Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
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Guest host Alicia Malone introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
01:47
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane (1962)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane, 1962.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane (1962)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane, 1962.
02:16
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962)
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Ben Mankiewicz introduces What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.

Related Videos

What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Clean The Cage
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Un-balanced former child star Jane (Bette Davis) receives neighbor Mrs. Bates (Anna Lee), then upstairs with sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), whose movie career she ended in a deliberate accident, in Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Put Her On
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Ex-child star Jane (Bette Davis), in one take, shrewdly thwarting her sister's plan to cut off supplies from the liquor store, then staring down Elvira (Maidie Norman), in Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.
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What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) -- (Movie Clip) It Shouldn't Frighten You
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Director Robert Aldrichs twisted opening, Julie Allred as young Jane (who will become Bette Davis), Gina Gillespie young Blanche (later Joan Crawford), Dave Willock and Anne Barton their witless vaudeville parents, in What Ever Happened To Baby Jane, 1962, from Henry Farrells novel.
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Miss Big Fat Movie Star!
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Jane (Bette Davis), downstairs secretly contemplating a comeback, as ex-film-star sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), whom she made an invalid, goes bonkers on the buzzer upstairs, in Robert Aldrich's What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, 1962.

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