What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) unofficially blamed on Jane, who is found three days later in a drunken stupor. In 1962, Blanche (Joan Crawford) and Jane (Bette Davis) are living together in a mansion purchased with Blanche's movie earnings. Blanche's mobility is limited by a wheelchair and the lack of an elevator or wheelchair ramp to her upstairs bedroom. Jane has become alcoholic and mentally ill, and she treats Blanche cruelly because she resents her success. When Blanche informs Jane she intends to sell the house, Jane rightly suspects Blanche will commit her to an asylum once the house is sold. She removes the telephone
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film) because she was angry at Jane for mocking her. Blanche's spine broke when her car struck the iron gates outside their mansion. Since then, Blanche has led Jane to believe she was to blame for the accident, forcing Jane to be her full-time caregiver and stoking bitter resentment. Grasping the situation, Jane asks, "You mean all this time we could have been friends?" With childlike joy, Jane dances before a crowd of startled onlookers, believing she is once again "Baby Jane" performing for her adoring fans. Two police officers who find the Hudsons' illegally parked car nearby and connect it