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title: 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Aldrich'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 134
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056687/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

1962 · 134 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and featuring Victor Buono in his major film debut. The screenplay, adapted by Lukas Heller from the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell, follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, also a former film star, in a dilapidated Hollywood mansion.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Aldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-aldrich)
- **Producer:** [Robert Aldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-aldrich)
- **Screenplay:** [Lukas Heller](https://cinepixo.com/people/lukas-heller), [Henry Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-farrell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank De Vol](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-de-vol)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-haller)
- **Editor:** [Michael Luciano](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-luciano)

## Cast

- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Maidie Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/maidie-norman)
- [Bert Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-freed)
- [Wesley Addy](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-addy)
- [Murray Alper](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-alper)
- [Robert Cornthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-cornthwaite)
- [Joan Crawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-crawford)
- [Victor Buono](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-buono)
- [Anna Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-lee)
- [Marjorie Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-bennett)

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