

The intensely bitter Hollywood rivalry between the film's two stars, Davis and Crawford, was pivotal to the film's initial success.

It was nominated for five Academy Awards and won one for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, with Davis receiving her tenth and final nomination for Best Actress. The film was met with critical acclaim and was a box office success. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? was theatrically released in the United States on October 31, 1962, by Warner Bros. It follows an aging former child star tormenting her paraplegic sister, a former movie star, in an old Hollywood mansion. The film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and features the major film debut of Victor Buono. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological horror thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, from a screenplay by Lukas Heller, based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Henry Farrell.
