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 Baby Jane? (1962 film) "cult classic". In 2003 the character of Baby Jane Hudson was ranked No. 44 on the American Film Institute's list of the "50 Best Villains of American Cinema". In 1917, "Baby Jane" Hudson is a well-known vaudevillian child star while her older sister Blanche lives in her shadow. By 1935, their fortunes have reversed: Blanche is a successful film actress and Jane lives in obscurity, her films having failed. One night, Jane, able to imitate Blanche's voice perfectly, mocks her at a party. That same night, Blanche is paralyzed from the waist down in a mysterious car accident that is