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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
· Movie
· 134 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #195
- IMDb #363
- Google retired #229
- Rotten Tomatoes #444
- Metacritic #702
- Letterboxd #229
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #940
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #440
- Metacritic Critics #1060
- Metacritic Audience #364
- Kinopoisk #690
- AlloCiné #284
- Trakt #370
Every rating
75–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 75, highest is Google on 96.
See the most agreed on films →Two aging sisters, former actresses, live together in a decaying Hollywood mansion. One sister was a beloved child star, the other a successful movie actress; now they are bound by resentment and hatred. Their bitter rivalry descends into psychological terror as the dominant sister subjects the other to increasingly cruel and twisted torments, isolating her from the outside world.
Details
- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Writer
- Lukas Heller
- Based on
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? by Henry Farrell
- Released
- 31 October 1962
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Budget
- $980.0K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 14 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1963 | Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Norma Koch | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1963 | Best Actress | Bette Davis | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1963 | Best Supporting Actor | Victor Buono | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1963 | Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Ernest Haller | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1963 | Best Sound | Joseph D. Kelly | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 1963 | Palme d'Or | Robert Aldrich | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1963 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Robert Aldrich | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1963 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Bette Davis | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Costume Design – Black-and-White | Norma Koch | Winner |
| Best Actress | Bette Davis | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Ernest Haller | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Joseph D. Kelly | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Victor Buono | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Bette Davis | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Victor Buono | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | Robert Aldrich | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Robert Aldrich | Nominee |
Laurel Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Sleeper of the Year | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Winner |
| Top Female Dramatic Performance | Bette Davis | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame Award | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Foreign Actress | Bette Davis | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Actress | Joan Crawford | Nominee |