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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ‘Certainly Didn’t Feud on the Set’ of ‘Baby Jane,’ Author Says
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ‘didn’t like each other’ but they ‘didn’t feud’ during ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane,’ Robert Dance exclusively tells Closer.
Texas-born Joan became a dancer as a teenager to escape her hardscrabble life, while Bette — though not immensely wealthy — attended private schools and began drama training early. “Bette was constantly criticizing Joan for trying to be too glam and saying, ‘You know, you’re playing an old sick woman who’s a prisoner in a house — knock it off with hairdressers and makeup,’” Dance says. “This is the root of the ‘feud,’” says Dance, who explains that “furious Joan” contacted the other nominated actresses to ask if she could accept their Oscar for them if they won.
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