What blows my mind just watching this interview... the stars from long ago seem to be way more humble, relatable, and authentic compared to Hollywood today.
Ben: Good point. Hallmarks of prior generations were humility and modesty. Most of the true Golden Age stars didn't come from a pampered upbringing - they are endured and I think were appreciative of any good breaks that came their way: Bette, Joan Crawford, Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, etc.
@@AstralPixie I think it speaks volumes she wanted to raise her kids in the same modest environment she was raised in. You can tell she really appreciated hard work and putting in the effort for her kids to have a normal and rather strict upbringing. That generation was raised to believe you have to put in hard work, and if you do you will get rewarded. In the Golden Age of Hollywood you showed up, and if you put in the effort you would be a star. It was where dreams were made. That is not really as true anymore to the same extent. The celebrities in our culture increasingly come from more privileged and less modest backgrounds.
I love Bette Davis!! We will never have another actress this good . They can’t make two of the best!! She was absolutely amazing. I love everything about her.
Says a lot about you. She aborted two innocent lives. Have fun living in some fantasy world and I’ve had conversations with her daughter, B.D. You have no clue
I can't say ....or can't even put into words how much I admire this woman. She saw right threw that BS question about being a stubborn mule and got right to the heart of the answer wth sharp clarity. Fkn brains and brawn (tongued) and iron will. You can't help but be in awe of Bette.
Bette was a great actress , though not the greatest , if you compare her body of work to Katharine Hepburn's, you can see the difference ! It's very clear that Hepburn was much more versatile, she also could and did play the classics. Thank you
People will argue and what not, however you cannot deny that someone like Bette Davis had that "Something" that made her unique and interesting and memorable.
Aside from her phenomenal talent, I bet Bette was a hoot and a half to hang with. When l have been asked that question about who you’d invite to dinner party alive or dead, Ms. Davis always tops my list.
When she was working on a film with the Scottish actor, Gordon Jackson, she mentioned that she enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. He bought her a circular one and as she unwrapped it, she barked "Its a round jigsaw, what in the hell are you trying to do to me? I demand straight edges!" but finnished sweetly with "But Thank You kindly, all the same" He adored her ever after.
And she had a quick mind and a rapier wit. I've seen enough interviews with her, sometimes on evening talk shows, to be convinced that she could more than hold her own in a one-on-one even with such a a bon mot master as Groucho Marx and
I remember as a child being fixated when a Bette Davis film was on television. She was no great beauty but she had an undeniable screen presence that has never been matched. You simply could not take your eyes off her. Had Joan Crawford not been so jealous Bette would have won the Oscar for Baby Jane. She deserved it.
I had the opposite reaction when I found out she wanted her daughter to abort her baby because it was a son and not a daughter and she practices witchcraft. Disgusting old hag.
Bette was so very right about parents not being parents, parents who want to be best friends with their children, bid mistake! I miss Bette so very much, RIP
I think Bette respected Mike's toughness and that he didn't defer to her as most people, men and women, did and she generously and honestly answered every one of his questions. This is one of the most honest of her interviews that I've seen. She doesn't pull any punches nor sugar coat the facts of her life and her attitudes. Also, she reveals her softness and vulnerability along with her toughness here which makes her very relatable and even endearing. Great job!
After seeing this interview, I have grown more respect and pride for Ms. Bette Davis than I ever felt for her before. I adore her frankness and honesty. It is refreshing and inspiring. I love that she said she would “play anything”. That the physical appearance should not keep someone from choosing a part. What an example. Rest in Peace Beautiful Davis.
I saw this interview in Dallas Texas summer 80 in a bus station with twenty-five cent per so many minute tv on my way back to Michigan from Austin. Mezmorized, was I. My Heroine!
Sad that her daughter slandered her name so badly. No parent child relationship is perfect but she loved her children. BD is literally off her rocker, she saw the attention mommy dearest got and wanted some of that publicity for herself. Bette was a legend.
I agree. If it was so horrid then why be in her life until almost the end? Every kid I knew who’s parent was as horrid as she claimed her mother was left home as soon as they could. Her daughter was married at 16- how much of that ranch did Bette pay for?
BD and her husband got involved with that televangelist charlatan Pat Robertson. After defrauding the couple of much money, he decided BD should publish a book delineating all of her mother's alleged faults and sins. It was a piece of trash--a five-minute-to-read scandal sheet on a par with The Globe or the Enquirer. Who knew Jesus was so very money hungry?
It's strange hearing B. D. Hyman, Bette's daughter, talk about her mother so graciously knowing that 5 years later she'd write a book, My Mother's Keeper. A fairly damning book about Bette. They'd never speak to eachother again.
Sometimes your children turn against you completely, sometimes you know why, other times not so much. Dont ever assume the children you bare will be loyal, it just doesn't work that way anymore these days of 2022.
Of course she (Barbara) would speak highly of Bette; either she appears on the program, meaning she speaks well of her mother or not appear at all and offend Bette. I am certain that Barbara's back was against the wall.
B.D. Is a bit...odd. She posts videos to CZcams from her 'ministry' in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a few years ago, she posted a video about witchcraft and said her mother, Bette Davis, practiced witchcraft and that she witnessed her transform into a satantic figure with animal claws and claw at a door in their home. If anyone thought before then that B.D. Hyman might be a reliable source, it may be time to rethink that.
Bette Davis is my favorite actress and Meryl Streeps favorite actress. She was professional, amazing actress and didn’t suffer fools. She’s determined…not difficult. Actors have her to thank for the accolades they enjoy today.
Just found The Dick Cavett Show interviews after watching Susan Sarandon portray ger in fictionalized Feud: Bette and Joan. I loved her roles before that very much. Wish more could have been offered to her in her 70's! Our loss, but tells the time of mysogyny.
I love the old Hollywood actors of the past. Their personal lives weren't spewing 24/7 on Social Media distracting from their actual talent. Actors/studios controlled public perception and protected their brand. Made it more exciting to go to the movies to see the Stars.
Unfortunately Bette words might have revealed what happened. Possibly she gave BD everything and BD became spoiled rotten. One word describes BD...UNGRATEFUL!
This what's been lacking for about 30 years: a real actress and a STAR... for the past decades all we got are one day flies... with some exceptions. When watching the Oscars 25 - .30 years ago (and going back later) people could identify all actors and actresses, directors, etc ... K Douglas, J Wayne, L Taylor, V Leigh, R Hudson, Y Brynner, etc etc etc ...
After just reading "MISS D AND ME" I have become such a fan and I am enjoying finding interviews and seeking out movies that she has appeared in. She may have been tough but she was truthful.
That book was written by a caretaker that took advantage of her in her old age. No caretaker should ever be in their ward's will except as a small bequest of gratitude. This broad arranged to get most of the estate.
Not the same song, but in accord is Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Hard Way" in a rousing performance of women at a music awards show. Wonder if that songwriter had known the Bette Davis chosen epitaph!?
*A good percentage of our lives is spent doing things we loathe. Marvelous! It puts starch in your spine* I miss that we no longer have tough dames like Bette and Joan. DIscipline and manners -- not bad things to prioritize. "Parents are afraid of their children, they're so overzealous about being loved every minute". *Thanks for everything, Bette* P.S. Jeez, "Satan Met a Lady" wasn't that bad.
@@philomalley1510 Say what you like, but Bette Davis wasn't perfectly sane either, and probably abused her children too. Always Bette, always Crawford.
Miss Davis had more talent for life than most people dream of. Her acting was a gift and the extention of this multi talented , multi dimentional woman. She had it all 😅
I grew up with the wrong impression of her. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte was my first film. She was old and took different "crazy old lady" roles then. Good films for what they were. Saw her on talk shows and thought she was just a tough old actress who's time had passed. Well, I was dead wrong. Finally got around to watching her classic old films, like All About Eve and Old Acquaintance, and so many more. Incredible. Saw an interview where she said she fought Hollywood for scripts and roles that only she would approve...that respected her independence, and women in general, as smart and having a brain, contrary to the stereotypes of Hollywood back then. That shows in her films. She's right up there with Katharine Hepburn. Bottom line, has so many excellent films, and was such an amazing and powerful actress. One of the all time greats!
Betty Davis was a real gal because she was not afraid of the truth. It seems to me most people never really know themselves, but Betty did.....she faced reality which I admire.
She approached all that life threw at her in her later years like a trouper....that lady was made of iron...They say growing old is not for sissies..she met everything and fought right back and I would say that for the most part She Won. I can only hope for 1/2 of that kind of strength. I love all her interviews.
Yes there were times i hated my mother as a teenager but when I became a mother i understood my mother so much more now my mother is in heaven and I miss her so
Bette Davis was highly intelligent and articulate-far from the current set today. She was not in the least self-indulgent or entitled. She was my favorite of all time!! I still admire her in every way!
I wish I were born in the 30's & 40's when the world was a very different place, there's nothing like old Hollywood , today's Hollywood can't even compare with the old Bette Davis and Joan Crawford days..
that song at the end...this woman is the greatest of all time. what an amazing human being. shes a boss. she and Crawford, Garbo and Stanwyck changed the world.
Bette Davis is my favorite actress she had stage presence and she was flawless up on the movie screen🎉🎉 Bette Davis had those eyes that held you captivated and it made you know who she is🎉🎉Bette Davis had so many acting roles ,because she could play any type of role that they threw at her.That's old Hollywood and she will be reminded long after she's gone 🎉🎉
“Sharper than a tigers tooth is to have a thankless child!” Bette gave her so much, a beautiful wedding, even though she thought BD was to young at 17 years old. Bette Davis was an excellent, beautiful actress! RIP
An abvously good actress, but i dont understand what they meant way back by calling her un-sexy looking, i mean just look at the pictures of her on the Magazines at 15.24 !! She looked freaking adorable!😮
"Parents n children"....can either be a fairytale or nightmare.....No such thing as a perfect parent...ya make it up as you go along drawing on life experience & prayer.....I have a great/solid relationship with all my children today.....god knows it was one hell of a rollercoaster ride....U cry, U worry, U pray.....but I wld not change a thing...The never-ending saga of parenthood has been the greatest joy!!
I read the book, and relate to how she felt. Unfortunately, their relationship became strained over the following years, then estranged. Odd and sad how that plays out in many families. BD should have waited unti her mother's passing to write the book.
E N: If you can’t interpret her cynicism in stating that’s her favorite line of dialogue then you need to rewatch this again. She’s laughing at how empty and stupid the dialogue is.
@@jaykauffman4775: It was not a skiing accident but her role as POW where she injured her back which led the production, which waited for her to recover, to move on. Yes, it was fortunate that Davis did the role as she was excellent and she received the Oscar for she draws you in. However, she was freelancing at this point in her career, Anne Baxter was contracted to 20th Century-Fox and saw this legitimately as an opportunity to move into the leading lady category (she received a Best Supporting Actress award four years earlier for THE RAZOR’S EDGE. Then there was Gloria Swanson in SUMSET BOULEVARD and I think those three split the votes and Judy Holliday in BORN YESTERDAY got it because Eleanor Parker didn’t have enough support for her role in a prison movie (she goes from innocent lamb to tough b***h.
Thanks for uploading this. I've never seen it before. I've seen almost all her movies and as many of her interviews as I've been able to find. I found this when I was searching for one of her movies I haven't seen yet. 👍
What blows my mind just watching this interview... the stars from long ago seem to be way more humble, relatable, and authentic compared to Hollywood today.
Do more reading...they were not "normal"
@@kevinwilson3609 You're right. Bette Davis was an extraordinary person with a special talent. Authentic is a better word.
Ben: Good point. Hallmarks of prior generations were humility and modesty. Most of the true Golden Age stars didn't come from a pampered upbringing - they are endured and I think were appreciative of any good breaks that came their way: Bette, Joan Crawford, Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Jimmy Stewart, Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers, etc.
@@AstralPixie I think it speaks volumes she wanted to raise her kids in the same modest environment she was raised in. You can tell she really appreciated hard work and putting in the effort for her kids to have a normal and rather strict upbringing. That generation was raised to believe you have to put in hard work, and if you do you will get rewarded. In the Golden Age of Hollywood you showed up, and if you put in the effort you would be a star. It was where dreams were made. That is not really as true anymore to the same extent. The celebrities in our culture increasingly come from more privileged and less modest backgrounds.
@@benkleschinsky True.
I love Bette Davis!! We will never have another actress this good . They can’t make two of the best!! She was absolutely amazing. I love everything about her.
Hulu brought me here 😁
I absolutely agree. She was FABULOUS! There seems to be a different quality in actors back then. Her movies are stellar! I adore her. ❤
@@angelarains378 right on!!
Says a lot about you. She aborted two innocent lives. Have fun living in some fantasy world and I’ve had conversations with her daughter, B.D. You have no clue
I loved her unique beauty. She wasn’t cookie cutter. She was charming and such presence. She’s a legend/icon!
Hello 👋 Sharon....
I can't say ....or can't even put into words how much I admire this woman. She saw right threw that BS question about being a stubborn mule and got right to the heart of the answer wth sharp clarity. Fkn brains and brawn (tongued) and iron will. You can't help but be in awe of Bette.
I also admire her courage and talent. An astonishing person.
Me, too.
Mike Wallace was a lousy interviewer
Well said. She didn't miss a beat when she said "about bad scripts and bad directors." There will never be another Bette Davis.
*through
Bette Davis is, and will always be the greatest actress of all time!
I totally agree! She was/ is the greatest ever imho
Yes, indeed.
Absolutely. No question whatsoever.
Bette was a great actress , though not the greatest , if you compare her body of work to Katharine Hepburn's, you can see the difference ! It's very clear that Hepburn was much more versatile, she also could and did play the classics.
Thank you
@@johnohara197 ... I like Hepburn -- but 'more versatile"??
One of the best actresses ever. She was absolutely incredible in Of Human Bondage.
People will argue and what not, however you cannot deny that someone like Bette Davis had that "Something" that made her unique and interesting and memorable.
Can you imagine getting "the mom look" from her ;)
It's called Star Quality 🌟
Have always loved Bette Davis! To me she was beautiful too!!
Aside from her phenomenal talent, I bet Bette was a hoot and a half to hang with. When l have been asked that question about who you’d invite to dinner party alive or dead, Ms. Davis always tops my list.
You could always count on honesty and frankness. Nothing false about her.
When she was working on a film with the Scottish actor, Gordon Jackson, she mentioned that she enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. He bought her a circular one and as she unwrapped it, she barked "Its a round jigsaw, what in the hell are you trying to do to me? I demand straight edges!" but finnished sweetly with "But Thank You kindly, all the same"
He adored her ever after.
I 💯 agree with you...!!!
And she had a quick mind and a rapier wit. I've seen enough interviews with her, sometimes on evening talk shows, to be convinced that she could more than hold her own in a one-on-one even
with such a a bon mot master as Groucho Marx and
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Bette Davis had a great sense of humor too ... not many people captured that :)
I remember as a child being fixated when a Bette Davis film was on television. She was no great beauty but she had an undeniable screen presence that has never been matched. You simply could not take your eyes off her. Had Joan Crawford not been so jealous Bette would have won the Oscar for Baby Jane. She deserved it.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think she was beautiful. Madonna and Bette, I thought always favored..
Partly true, Bette had a long fall out with Hollywood and the academy and wouldn't have won anyway, the academy was petty like that then.
I've been wanting to see this ENTIRE profile of Ms. Davis from 60 Minutes for years! I don't where you found it, but thank you so much for posting it.
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I enjoyed the interview. I felt somehow Enchanted???
James Woods said there was Betty Davis and then there was everybody else. She is my favorite actress of all time.❤
I adore Bette Davis so much, she was real, no pretending with her. What you saw is what you got, and the best actress ever.💗💗
Hello 👋 Linda...
The more I see of her.. the more I Really, Really like her.
Me, too!! I never cared for her before. But the more I see of her, the more I like her both as an actress and a person.
Same here
I had the opposite reaction when I found out she wanted her daughter to abort her baby because it was a son and not a daughter and she practices witchcraft. Disgusting old hag.
A formidable, unforgettable talented woman!
She was an amazing actress and person! A legend we do not see these days in film! She and her kind are a lost kind in our movie industry
She was my favorite movie star❤❤❤. I loved her attitude and she was an amazing actress.
Hi 👋 how are you doing?
What a legend!! Both as an actress and a human.
Yea so much of a legend it’s like she transcends being a human! Absolutely extraordinary.
Bette Davis had such an relatable honesty and blunt veracity,
It truly made her an irreplaceable cultural icon.
Bette was so very right about parents not being parents, parents who want to be best friends with their children, bid mistake! I miss Bette so very much, RIP
Bette Davis, my favorite actress, so gifted and so talented yet so humble. ❤
humble no way 😂
Agree very humble ❤
I think Bette respected Mike's toughness and that he didn't defer to her as most people, men and women, did and she generously and honestly answered every one of his questions. This is one of the most honest of her interviews that I've seen. She doesn't pull any punches nor sugar coat the facts of her life and her attitudes. Also, she reveals her softness and vulnerability along with her toughness here which makes her very relatable and even endearing. Great job!
Yeah one thing we can gave to him is that he made her speachless about Margo and the abortions
Bette Davis was great!!! I spoke to her daughter B.D. on the phone, and has a Christian Ministry. I wasn't impressed with her.
I agree! Very well said! 👏
The first genuine Hollywood character actress, and one of the great stars of all time.
So many many levels, Miss Davis was so prophetic. She seemed truly ahead of her time.
Hello 👋 Angie...
This woman was ALIVE and memory never failed her.
After seeing this interview, I have grown more respect and pride for Ms. Bette Davis than I ever felt for her before. I adore her frankness and honesty. It is refreshing and inspiring. I love that she said she would “play anything”. That the physical appearance should not keep someone from choosing a part. What an example. Rest in Peace Beautiful Davis.
I saw this interview in Dallas Texas summer 80 in a bus station with twenty-five cent per so many minute tv on my way back to Michigan from Austin. Mezmorized, was I. My Heroine!
And the trip to visit my Sister on my own at the tender age of sixteen for a month was wonderful too. I thought I was really something. And I was!
Favorite Bette movie? Difficult choice. I've never seen Cabin in the Cotton, unbelievably, but Now Voyager rates quite high with me.
What a great story! Memories
I’m on my 60’s…My God I’m Blessed to see Such Talent…Love Her
Sad that her daughter slandered her name so badly. No parent child relationship is perfect but she loved her children. BD is literally off her rocker, she saw the attention mommy dearest got and wanted some of that publicity for herself. Bette was a legend.
I agree. If it was so horrid then why be in her life until almost the end? Every kid I knew who’s parent was as horrid as she claimed her mother was left home as soon as they could. Her daughter was married at 16- how much of that ranch did Bette pay for?
BD and her husband got involved with that televangelist charlatan Pat Robertson. After defrauding the couple of much money, he decided BD should publish a book delineating all of her mother's alleged faults and sins. It was a piece of trash--a five-minute-to-read scandal sheet on a par with The Globe or the Enquirer. Who knew Jesus was so very money hungry?
I understood it a bit differently.
They both said such similar things....but, in there own way.
✌🏻
And, Betty spoke briefly but like B.D. about her own mom.
Absolutely
It's strange hearing B. D. Hyman, Bette's daughter, talk about her mother so graciously knowing that 5 years later she'd write a book, My Mother's Keeper. A fairly damning book about Bette. They'd never speak to eachother again.
Sad
Sometimes your children turn against you completely, sometimes you know why, other times not so much. Dont ever assume the children you bare will be loyal, it just doesn't work that way anymore these days of 2022.
Of course she (Barbara) would speak highly of Bette; either she appears on the program, meaning she speaks well of her mother or not appear at all and offend Bette. I am certain that Barbara's back was against the wall.
@@lee-annebarrett366 this was way back in the 1980s, it has nothing to do with 2022, or any other time. It is, however, entirely circumstantial.
B.D. Is a bit...odd. She posts videos to CZcams from her 'ministry' in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a few years ago, she posted a video about witchcraft and said her mother, Bette Davis, practiced witchcraft and that she witnessed her transform into a satantic figure with animal claws and claw at a door in their home. If anyone thought before then that B.D. Hyman might be a reliable source, it may be time to rethink that.
My all time favorite actress, always. I have a ton of her movies.
Hello how are you doing?
Bette Davis is my favorite actress and Meryl Streeps favorite actress. She was professional, amazing actress and didn’t suffer fools. She’s determined…not difficult. Actors have her to thank for the accolades they enjoy today.
I see so many Davis mannerisms in Streep’s acting
Amazing woman! Maybe her most honest interview, or maybe she was always like that. And I LOVE her eyes! God bless your soul Bette!
Just found The Dick Cavett Show interviews after watching Susan Sarandon portray ger in fictionalized Feud: Bette and Joan. I loved her roles before that very much. Wish more could have been offered to her in her 70's! Our loss, but tells the time of mysogyny.
She had “Bette Davis Eyes.”
One of the very best actresses of all time and certainly one of my favorites. ♥♥♥
One of the Greats! She did it her way!
One of the best actresses of all time an icon
I love the old Hollywood actors of the past. Their personal lives weren't spewing 24/7 on Social Media distracting from their actual talent. Actors/studios controlled public perception and protected their brand. Made it more exciting to go to the movies to see the Stars.
There was no social media.
@@Michelle-pn9xt 😁That is the point
Best actress ever. I love her honesty.
Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland,, amongst others,real STARS Of the Golden Age of Hollywood ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐♥️♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐
And Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck ;)
Yep!
How could this daughter betray her superb Mother Miss Davis The One And Only 😍👏🙏🏻
Unfortunately Bette words might have revealed what happened. Possibly she gave BD everything and BD became spoiled rotten. One word describes BD...UNGRATEFUL!
I have a grandparent who stole money from me, yet other people think he's the greatest person alive. Stop judging things from one lens.
Rest in peace Betty,AMEN,you may be gone but your not forgotten,God bless you amen,💖💖💖🌹🌹🌹😘🌈
She was quite a lady. Much respect. Rest in peace, dear Bette.
What a surprise to wake up to this treasure!! Ty Alan!!
Legend....there is no other word for this amazing lady ❤
Bette Davis AND Joan Blondell!!! Many thanks for posting this, really great.
This what's been lacking for about 30 years: a real actress and a STAR... for the past decades all we got are one day flies... with some exceptions. When watching the Oscars 25 - .30 years ago (and going back later) people could identify all actors and actresses, directors, etc ... K Douglas, J Wayne, L Taylor, V Leigh, R Hudson, Y Brynner, etc etc etc ...
Bette understood herself and what she could bring to the screen. She was right. This was a great interview.
She was a great actress!! Still love watching her, too
After just reading "MISS D AND ME" I have become such a fan and I am enjoying finding interviews and seeking out movies that she has appeared in. She may have been tough but she was truthful.
That book was written by a caretaker that took advantage of her in her old age. No caretaker should ever be in their ward's will except as a small bequest of gratitude. This broad arranged to get most of the estate.
The best was her interview on Dick Cavett. Such fun and such intelligence. Its on YT
What a lovely song and so true growing older but feeling younger
Very wise and sincere woman and I wonder all the time, “why doesn’t time stand still?”
Thank you for uploading this. The song she sang was a pure gold. I love it. This is my first time hearing it. Thank you dear ☺️
Not the same song, but in accord is Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Hard Way" in a rousing performance of women at a music awards show. Wonder if that songwriter had known the Bette Davis chosen epitaph!?
It was... a Baby Jane song.
A woman ahead of her time. She always mesmerised me on the screen.
*A good percentage of our lives is spent doing things we loathe. Marvelous! It puts starch in your spine* I miss that we no longer have tough dames like Bette and Joan. DIscipline and manners -- not bad things to prioritize. "Parents are afraid of their children, they're so overzealous about being loved every minute". *Thanks for everything, Bette* P.S. Jeez, "Satan Met a Lady" wasn't that bad.
Not Joan. She was unbalanced and she tortured her children. Bette, yes. Never Crawford
@@philomalley1510 Crawford was one of the Greats despite her problematic situation with her children. That woman could act her ass off.
Crawford didn’t have a Ruthie. That made a huge difference. And it’s not her fault.
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Say what you like, but Bette Davis wasn't perfectly sane either, and probably abused her children too. Always Bette, always Crawford.
@@philomalley1510 I don't know. Seems not all of her children would agree with that. She had four of them. (Referring to Crawford).
Miss Davis had more talent for life than most people dream of.
Her acting was a gift and the extention of this multi talented , multi dimentional
woman.
She had it all 😅
She was amazing!!! 💟💟💟💟💟💟
Could listen to her stories for hours, a true movie star.
I grew up with the wrong impression of her. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte was my first film. She was old and took different "crazy old lady" roles then. Good films for what they were. Saw her on talk shows and thought she was just a tough old actress who's time had passed. Well, I was dead wrong. Finally got around to watching her classic old films, like All About Eve and Old Acquaintance, and so many more. Incredible. Saw an interview where she said she fought Hollywood for scripts and roles that only she would approve...that respected her independence, and women in general, as smart and having a brain, contrary to the stereotypes of Hollywood back then. That shows in her films. She's right up there with Katharine Hepburn. Bottom line, has so many excellent films, and was such an amazing and powerful actress. One of the all time greats!
Betty Davis was a real gal because she was not afraid of the truth. It seems to me most people never really know themselves, but Betty did.....she faced reality which I admire.
I used that statement on my 2 husbands “I’d like to kiss you but I just washed my hair” . : )
Alan Eichler's channel is a treasure trove of terrific videos.
Im so happy to be a new subscriber.
Rest In Peace Bette. You’ve been a role model to me and you’re right. Old age is not for the weak.
Please age ain't t for sissies
Back in the 80s, Bette and Richard Pryor did the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, and she was so... 'charming!'
She approached all that life threw at her in her later years like a trouper....that lady was made of iron...They say growing old is not for sissies..she met everything and fought right back and I would say that for the most part She Won. I can only hope for 1/2 of that kind of strength. I love all her interviews.
I think Bette was incredible as Baby Jane..my favorite is Dark Victory, shows her range from tough to so vulnerable..many learned from her..
Yes there were times i hated my mother as a teenager but when I became a mother i understood my mother so much more now my mother is in heaven and I miss her so
Bette Davis was highly intelligent and articulate-far from the current set today. She was not in the least self-indulgent or entitled. She was my favorite of all time!! I still admire her in every way!
Another great post, Alan.
She left many of her personal possessions to Boston University and I was fortunately able to view them in 1990.
Awesome.
That song that she sang at the end sounded straight out of a Rankin Bass special. Loved it and love her!!!
Thank you so much for posting. I love Bette Davis.
This was a nice interview 💞
I wish I were born in the 30's & 40's when the world was a very different place, there's nothing like old Hollywood , today's Hollywood can't even compare with the old Bette Davis and Joan Crawford days..
That was awesome!! Thanks for posting!! I love love Bette Davis ❣️
I haven't seen this interview since it originally aired! Thank you, Alan Eichler!
Love Joan!!😇💖
❤ Those Bette Davis Eyes! ❤
that song at the end...this woman is the greatest of all time. what an amazing human being. shes a boss. she and Crawford, Garbo and Stanwyck changed the world.
Bette Davis is my favorite actress she had stage presence and she was flawless up on the movie screen🎉🎉 Bette Davis had those eyes that held you captivated and it made you know who she is🎉🎉Bette Davis had so many acting roles ,because she could play any type of role that they threw at her.That's old Hollywood and she will be reminded long after she's gone 🎉🎉
Mike was a tad disrespectful here. Betty stood her ground, and picked up on him right away. She’s had men like Wallace for lunch in hollywood
True film star ❤️
Love Betty so talented.
Wow......BD really broke Bette's heart! So sad to see BD & Bette together in this interview. 😪
“Sharper than a tigers tooth is to have a thankless child!” Bette gave her so much, a beautiful wedding, even though she thought BD was to young at 17 years old. Bette Davis was an excellent, beautiful actress! RIP
@@susanmulvey6311 This surprises me so much that a stubborn and strong Bette would cave to the whim of a 16 year old marrying a dirty old man!
An abvously good actress, but i dont understand what they meant way back by calling her un-sexy looking, i mean just look at the pictures of her on the Magazines at 15.24 !! She looked freaking adorable!😮
James Baldwin said she walked like a n---.
She was a talent with acceptable looks, but she wasn't sexy.
What a truly sweet interview. This just made my week ❤️
The greatest dramatic actress ever
One of my favorite actress of all time.
LOVE Bette Davis - what a strong spirit of a lady! And this was back when we had real journalism. Gone are THOSE days!
Bede reveals just how much she "changed her mind" about her mother for that vile book she published just as Bette was at her most vulnerable.
"Parents n children"....can either be a fairytale or nightmare.....No such thing as a perfect parent...ya make it up as you go along drawing on life experience & prayer.....I have a great/solid relationship with all my children today.....god knows it was one hell of a rollercoaster ride....U cry, U worry, U pray.....but I wld not change a thing...The never-ending saga of parenthood has been the greatest joy!!
Ms. Davis will always be remembered as one of the great actresses of the 20th century. BD will be remembered as a wacko.
I read the book, and relate to how she felt. Unfortunately, their relationship became strained over the following years, then estranged. Odd and sad how that plays out in many families. BD should have waited unti her mother's passing to write the book.
both her & christina are greedy backstabbing brats. Id be horrified to know I raised kids like that who would throw you under the bus for a paycheck.
What a rotten daughter Davis had; like many parents do. So glad I never had kids.
Thats her fave line about washing her hair when All about Eve had tons of great lines. The whole script was delicious.
She was lucky she got that role. It was supposed to go to Claudette Colbert who had s skiing accident
@@jaykauffman4775 correction: THEY were lucky they got Bette. nobody cares about the other actress.
TCM just aired it, it’s on my watch list.
E N: If you can’t interpret her cynicism in stating that’s her favorite line of dialogue then you need to rewatch this again. She’s laughing at how empty and stupid the dialogue is.
@@jaykauffman4775: It was not a skiing accident but her role as POW where she injured her back which led the production, which waited for her to recover, to move on. Yes, it was fortunate that Davis did the role as she was excellent and she received the Oscar for she draws you in. However, she was freelancing at this point in her career, Anne Baxter was contracted to 20th Century-Fox and saw this legitimately as an opportunity to move into the leading lady category (she received a Best Supporting Actress award four years earlier for THE RAZOR’S EDGE. Then there was Gloria Swanson in SUMSET BOULEVARD and I think those three split the votes and Judy Holliday in BORN YESTERDAY got it because Eleanor Parker didn’t have enough support for her role in a prison movie (she goes from innocent lamb to tough b***h.
Love her to pieces ❤
The abuse from her 3rd husband. Jesus. I know the pain of that. Love you Ms. Davis. 🌹
If it weren’t for her stroke, I have ZERO doubt in my mind Bette would’ve gotten another Oscar nomination and would’ve won. Not a doubt in my mind.
Thanks for uploading this. I've never seen it before. I've seen almost all her movies and as many of her interviews as I've been able to find. I found this when I was searching for one of her movies I haven't seen yet. 👍
Oh man, the epitaph of the century: "She did it the hard way."
I had no idea about her having an abortion. She was quite a character. True Hollywood legend and royalty.
Bette Davis was and still is brilliant
Thank you for posting this! I haven't seen it since it first aired.
Thanks for posting. Amazing.
I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!