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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

- Bette Davis

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This quote by Bette Davis is an amusing reference to her experience working with Joan Crawford on the 1962 film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. Davis and Crawford had a notoriously turbulent relationship, and this quote is a tongue-in-cheek method of expressing that. It implies that the very best time they had together was when Davis had the ability to push Crawford down the stairs in the movie. This quote is an amusing method of revealing the tension between the 2 actresses, and it likewise acts as a pointer of the iconic scene in the film. It is a testimony to the strength of their performances that they had the ability to put aside their distinctions and create such a remarkable scene.

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Bette Davis This quote is written / told by Bette Davis between April 5, 1908 and October 6, 1989. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 45 other quotes.

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