B. D. Hyman minor role as the next-door neighbor's daughter in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), in which her mother co-starred with Joan Crawford. These were her only acting appearances on film. B. D. met Jeremy Hyman, the British nephew of Seven Arts Productions owner Elliott Hyman, on a blind date for the film's showing at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963, and the couple wed when B. D. was age 16 and Jeremy was age 29. Her mother Bette Davis gave her consent and publicly supported this underage marriage. The couple remain wed after 50-plus years and have two sons,
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? "chilling". "The Guardian" said it was one of the author's best should be "read it one sitting". Film rights were bought by Robert Aldrich who had produced two successful horror films , "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) and "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964). Both films dealt with aged women who become scheming or demented, resorting to violence and murder. In September 1967 Aldrich announced he would make the film under the title "Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?" It would be made by his production company, The Associates and Aldrich. In October Aldrich announced the film would be part