Anne Baxter 1970s in "Applause", the musical version of "All About Eve", but this time as Margo Channing (succeeding Lauren Bacall). In the 1970s, Baxter was a frequent guest and guest host on "The Mike Douglas Show". She portrayed a murderous film star on an episode of "Columbo", called "Requiem for a Falling Star". In this episode, she portrayed a fading movie star called Nora Chandler, perhaps in homage to the fading star Margo Channing of "All About Eve". In 1971, she had a role in "Fools' Parade" as an aging prostitute who helps characters played by Jimmy Stewart, Strother Martin, and
Bette Davis after Honoré de Balzac's "La Cousine Bette". During their time in New York, Davis became a Girl Scout who proved so successful she later ranked as a Patrol Leader. Davis attended Cushing Academy, a boarding school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where she met her future husband, Harmon O. Nelson, known as "Ham". In 1926, a then 18-year-old Davis saw a production of Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" with Blanche Yurka and Peg Entwistle. Davis later recalled for Al Cohn of "Newsday", "The reason I wanted to go into theater was because of an actress named Peg Entwistle." She auditioned for admission