Blanche Hudson

...a young Cliff Robertson. By the early 1960s, however, Crawford's status in motion pictures had diminished. Crawford starred as Blanche Hudson, a physically disabled woman and former A-list movie star in conflict with her psychotic sister...

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...the responsible party. The two have become recluses in their decaying mansion, where Jane "cares" for Blanche. When Jane learns Blanche is planning to sell the house and move in with their maid Elvira Stitt (Maidie Norman)-and perhaps...

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...Fletcher began her writing career using an Underwood Typewriter. An Underwood typewriter is also used by Joan Crawford's character, Blanche Hudson, in the 1962 film ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? '' David James Duncan features a scene...

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''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? bolstered the flagging careers of its stars , Bette Davis as Baby Jane Hudson and Joan Crawford as Blanche Hudson. Baby Jane set many trends and more-or-less defined the genre: the theatrical performance,...

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...conversations with her doctor and attorney, realizes she is growing old in the shadow of her mentally ill sister. She decides to sell her mansion and move them to something nicer and easier to take care of. She then calls her lawyer and...

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1991 made-for-TV movie starring Lynn Redgrave as Baby Jane Hudson and Vanessa Redgrave as Blanche Hudson. It was directed by David Greene and adapted for the small screen by Brian Taggert, based on the...

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...film appearance, in the 1962 production of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Gillespie played the part of Joan Crawford's character "Blanche" as a young girl. This tale of insanely jealous actress sisters was a sharp contrast to Gina...

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...a sharp decline in Jane's stability. She murders their housekeeper and takes the weakened Blanche on the lam with her. With her dying breath, Blanche confesses that she was at fault in the incident that crippled her; she had been trying to...

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...and twin daughters Cathy and Cindy. As she slipped into middle age, good roles kept coming, including her classic portrayal of Blanche Hudson against Bette Davis' Jane Hudson in 1962's "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Meanwhile, her...

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