What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 135 min ★ 7.9 Drama, Horror, Thriller

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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Cast

Bette Davis

Baby Jane Hudson

Joan Crawford

Blanche Hudson

Victor Buono

Edwin Flagg

Wesley Addy

Marty McDonald

Julie Allred

Young Baby Jane Hudson

Anne Barton

Cora Hudson

Marjorie Bennett

Dehlia Flagg

Bert Freed

Ben Golden

Anna Lee

Mrs. Bates

Maidie Norman

Elvira Stitt

Details

Director

Robert Aldrich

Screenplay

Lukas Heller

Tagline

"Sister, sister, oh so fair, why is there blood all over your hair?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$980,000

Production

The Associates & Aldrich Company

Reviews

C

Cat Ellington

March 1, 2017

For this particular review, I have chosen to render my critique - in description of this timeless masterpiece - with a word from each letter of its title: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? An opus of epic proportions, the tour de force performances in this cinematic icon relay what is: Warped. Hellish. Atrocious. Tumultuous. Evil. Vile. Envious. Ruthless. Hostile. Abhorrent. Perverse....

C

CinemaSerf

September 3, 2022

★ 8/10

Now then, settle down - turn off the phone, grab some Malbec and be prepared for one of the finest examples of character-driven cinema you are ever likely to encounter. Bette Davis is the former, rather petulant, child star "Baby Jane" who rather grudgingly looks after her sister - the more critically acclaimed actress "Blanche" (Joan Crawford) as their dotage approaches in their Hollywood home. "...