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) throwing a note pleading for help out her bedroom window. Jane returns in time to notice the note and prevent Mrs. Bates from seeing it. When the Hudsons' maid Elvira Stitt (Maidie Norman) comes to the house, Jane gives her a paid day off to keep her from seeing Blanche. Eccentric, overweight and cash-strapped Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono) sees Jane's newspaper advertisement and arrives at the mansion for an audition; Jane hires him as her accompanist. After cringing at her off-key warbling, Edwin insincerely flatters Jane and encourages her to revive her act. While Jane drives Edwin home, Blanche searches