35th Academy Awards 35th Academy Awards The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra. The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of the long-running feud between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. They had starred together for the first time in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?", a surprise hit the previous summer. Davis was nominated for her role as the title character, a faded child star who humiliates the wheelchair-bound sister who eclipsed her fame in adulthood, while Crawford
Joan Crawford filmography Crawford starred in the musical "Torch Song", her final film role for MGM. Her next film "Johnny Guitar" (1954), although not a major hit, is one of Crawford's most popular films among her fans. During the latter half of the 1950s, Crawford starred in a series of B-movies, including romantic dramas "Female on the Beach" (1955) and "Autumn Leaves" (1956). In 1962, Crawford was teamed with Bette Davis in a film adaptation of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" The thriller film was a box office hit, and briefly revived Crawford's career. Her final film performance was in the British