This American actress was renowned for her willingness to portray complex, often unsympathetic characters across a range of genres, from gripping melodramas to period films. Her intense and uncompromising style, combined with a distinctive vocal delivery and signature gestures, became legendary. A vocal advocate for artistic freedom, her career, defined by relentless professionalism and a courage to push the boundaries of Hollywood, established her as an enduring icon.
Sparing nothing and no-one from her whiplash tongue, Bette Davis provides a running commentary to Stine's portrayal of her long and illustrious career. Her comments demonstrate the same bold approach that made her one of the screen's most successful stars.
Like her famous characters, she's tough, confident, and never minces words. This frank, no-nonsense account features Bette Davis in her best role: her own remarkable life - on-screen and off...The glory days of Hollywood... the ups and downs with her husbands and children... behind the scenes with Joan Crawford in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?... a few choice words about Ronald Reagan... and her inspiring struggle to survive first a mastectomy, and then, nine days later, a crippling stroke. PLUS-- A candid letter to her daughter - whose stinging memoir has caused so much controversy.