Femme fatale in "The Killers" and Cora (Lana Turner) in "The Postman Always Rings Twice", based on novels by Ernest Hemingway and James M. Cain respectively, manipulate men into killing their husbands. In the Hitchcock film "The Paradine Case" (1947), Alida Valli's character causes the deaths of two men and the near destruction of another. Another frequently cited example is the character Jane played by Lizabeth Scott in "Too Late for Tears" (1949); during her quest to keep some dirty money from its rightful recipient and her husband, she uses poison, lies, sexual teasing and a gun to keep men wrapped around
Geraldine Smith (actress) Geraldine Smith (actress) Geraldine Smith (born February 11, 1949) is an American actress. Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was discovered by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey at Max's Kansas City, a New York nightclub, in the mid-1960s, and was one of the Warhol superstars. She co-starred with Joe Dallesandro in Morrissey's 1968 movie, "Flesh", but turned down his next film "Trash", reportedly because she did not approve of the title. She later starred in such Morrissey films as "Mixed Blood" (1985) and "Spike of Bensonhurst" (1988). In 1980, she played the minor role of Janet in Martin