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
Bette Davis filmography Bette Davis filmography This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. Davis began acting in films in 1931, initially as a contract player with Universal Studios, where she made her film debut in "Bad Sister" (1931). Davis was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career. Davis made a transition to Warner Brothers in 1932, and made her breakthrough performance in "The Man Who Played God" (1932), opposite George Arliss. She continued in a succession of films, but did not gain further recognition until she agreed to star in