Today, August 9, in 1962, former vaudeville star Jane serves her faded starlet sister Blanche a rat for lunch. When Jane leaves the house to pick up costumes for a new act she hopes will revive her career, Blanche tries to call for help (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, 1962)

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For Robert Aldrich, unforgettably, she was Milly in #AutumnLeaves (1956) and Blanche in #WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane? (1962). To the world, she was the legendary, Oscar-winning #JoanCrawford
(1906-77), born in San Antonio #OnThisDay.

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