MOMMIE DEAREST star dishes FAYE DUNAWAY/ "Carol Ann" RUTANYA ALDA bares all at SF's Castro Theatre

In the ultimate fan wetdream, Marc Huestis presented MOTHERS DAY WITH MOMMIE DEAREST with actress Rutanya Alda sharing wildly entertaining stories on the making of this camp classic. This gala event at SF's historic Castro Theatre, May 11, 2013 drew over 1000 rabid MOMMIE DEAREST fanatics- and they got their monies worth in dish. This is a 7 minute excerpt, shot by Mark Kliem/ LAVENDER LOUNGE. Enjoy!

[@tedwatson9929]

my mother was abusive and she behaved just like Faye in this movie... she scared the shit out of me... she should a got an oscar

[@bitterbeauty711]

My mother should have gotten an Oscar for her portrayal of a normal human being whenever non family members were around.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

This isn’t about you

[@fool4singing]

Wow, I can't believe how good she looks!

[@DCFunBud]

I think she had some plastic surgery. And, yes, she looks great.

[@djr6876]

Her character was a ‘plain Jane’. So seeing her glamorous is a treat!

[@kyliefan7]

@@DCFunBudShe does have that “pulled back face” of a facelift!

[@TheShizue777]

Rutanya Alda is always a welcome sight. Great speaker. Very entertaining.

[@Guitarzzzzzzz173]

I've recognized her in several movies. Nice to know she can appreciate campie humor.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

I liked Ms. Alda in "Amityville 2: The Possession"

[@ilovebeinagirl]

OMG the ending was the best! That must have been so much fun for them.

[@asa1973100]

She looks fantastic and what a funny eloquent speaker. Really enjoyed this upload

[@michaelbendall3652]

I love Rutanya, she's my friend and my favorite actress.

[@user-tt5li8hf2f]

I like her as an actress,too.

[@LB-xk6fk]

Is she here In Nyc?

[@jamesfox2579]

She's an absolutely lovely woman!❤️

[@sha11235]

God, she's funny here.

[@marclegarreta3359]

This was so great to see!!!

[@SenorZorrozzz]

It’s horrible when the executives think of the actor as the parts that they play. Faye did one of the best acting performances ever recorded on film.

[@janeydoe-nuts8663]

Ummmmm no. It was so over acted and over the top exaggerated. Lol

[@darreylhenderson702]

Well she was recently fired from the play 'Tea at 5' for some awful behavior and treatment of coworkers. Mommie Dearest wasn't much of a stretch for her to play

[@janetlieb2507]

Phenomenal!!!❤

[@maxfrax333]

@@janeydoe-nuts8663 That's what made it one of the best performances and most memorable ever,

[@bobloblaw9679]

@@janeydoe-nuts8663 you just haven't met enough of humanity to realize how realistic it actually was.

[@bingbong6768]

Faye should of been the first person that year on the Oscars list her performance was mesmerising. You cannot take your eyes of her she is/was Joan Crawford. Whether the story is true or not Faye delivered a performance like never before seen it was stunning and shocking and has to be in my top 5 movies of all time.

[@rolls-royceowner1108]

Indeed - Faye was so convincing being Joan Crawford, she was immediately typecast.

[@jonathanmcvay4499]

The Oscars have no award for camp.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"Should of"

[@Daisnap]

Should have.

[@plato12000]

In fairness to Faye Dunaway, I thought it was an exceptional performance - definitely not something to be ashamed of! Joan Crawford was a BIGGER than life screen legend and a bravura performance was required to do justice to the character. Well done Faye!

[@jamest927]

even the directors and producers in interviews that you can find on youtube have said that they laugh now at a few of the scenes. They agree they should have not let Dunaway have so much control and they should have toned down her performance.

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

On Inside the Actors Studio she called it a Kabuki performance.

[@JeffFreemanPresents]

GAY JESUS I love her performance, I'm just relating what she herself said about it.

[@windstorm1000]

it was a great performance--but for all the wrong reasons--pure camp

[@Joy-qw3wm]

Agree! The first time i watched the movie ,Faye had me captivated.How she`d captured Joans` mannerisms ,looks and just gave it all she had.It was obvious ,once the book was made into a movie ,they were going to over dramatise it for effect.I thought it was very well acted ,by all concerned.The little girl playing Christina was brilliant!

[@thetommyknockerman7193]

I'd love to meet Rutanya. I loved her in Mommie Dearest and Amityville 2.

[@josephduffy2331]

I'm reading the book! Loving it. Fay was brilliant in this too

[@oldhollywoodfan8009]

Oh my gosh Amityville II is so scary. That scene where she’s killed and then the teen daughter runs and steps over her to try to get away, Absolutely horrifying.

[@fob1xxl]

I remember when the dailies were being shown at the studio, everyone was talking Oscar nomination for Dunaway !

[@OasisJones]

That’s hilarious

[@rocketmahn1]

Absolutely entertaining!

[@MrRJMGREEN]

This was great!

[@vistaestrada]

Miss Alda looks amazing!

[@user-ho8br1cw8c]

Mommie Dearest is an entertaining movie. It obviously is a gay favorite. I love the sets in the movie, the fashion, Faye's performance, the friction between Joan and christina, the board room scene, and the wire hanger scene is quite memorable. It's a very quotable movie. It's just good camp. Faye should not be embarrassed by this movie. She should just embrace it.

[@reglook1]

Too bad everyone hates Ole Faye, Her performance was not all bad, but people in the theater howled and threw popcorn at the screen when she was on.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@reglook1 Well, of course, to butter her up. Okay... dad joke.

[@TimeIdle]

It was unintentional camp. That's why she couldn't really "own" it. But she should have a sense of humor about it, like Rutanya said.

[@bhols52]

Bette Davis, very publicly on the Johnny Carson show, also trashed Faye Dunaway for being impossible, difficult and unprofessional. Rutanya is in excellent company.

[@kauanamaral1654]

?

[@clarissamoll666]

What does that even mean? 😂

[@FMoran1966]

@@clarissamoll666 Right. What was she thinking? Difficult bitch is just code for brilliant and soak up every fabulous second. Hogwash with that notion Faye Dunaway wrecked her own career for being an insufferable megalomaniac and a narcissist of the first order. Pay the scoffers no mind. Any questions?

[@maxfrax333]

@@clarissamoll666 Do you understand English?

[@maxfrax333]

@@kauanamaral1654 What don't you understand?

[@user-qd9cp9tw2x]

Who could forget FD in Bonnie&Clyde?

[@slickwillie9526]

I don't like difficult people, but no one can argue Faye Dunaway channeled Joan Crawford perfectly in the movie. I don't believe anyone else could have pulled that off.

[@teeniebeenie8774]

love her great fun and brilliant.

[@Marchant2]

i agree with some here that it's wrong to dish Faye, but it was cool to hear Carol Ann's voice again. It hasn't changed since the movie.

[@MichaelSorbello-yo4nl]

I loved her in an episode she appeared in Law and Order - Criminal Intent. I assumed from that appearance that she had been an established, successful actress.

[@richarddeleon8601]

Love Rutanya's book!

[@Joy-qw3wm]

Was Rutanya in "when a stranger calls" does anyone know? I`d not seen her act before ,but something clicked and i knew i had watched her at some point.Just wondering..:)

[@ClarenceFisher]

I love the voice-over - CAROL AAAANNN!

[@8rr725]

That reminds me of Poltergeist more than Mommie Dearest.

[@LeeInSF]

Thank the Goddess for Marc Heustis!

[@michaeldelia9048]

She looked fabulous!

[@Rhedd30]

Can she blame Mara for being terrified? lol

[@tenebrefanify]

"Keep the children out of the garden!!"

[@BradyQuartermaine]

This actress is great! She was in a horror movie from the 80s called "Girls nite out". It's got a great twist ending.

[@garypallaria9036]

I knew the queen who bought that house went there for a party in the 80's , it was great

[@Zva26]

It's been an accepted fact that Faye Dunaway was a very difficult lady to work with. However, she does NOT deserve THIS! If anything, I think her performance as Joan Crawford was TOO good in that it made Hollywood very uneasy. Miss Crawford had only been dead for three years at the time and still had a lot of friends in Hollywood who probably knew the truth anyway. I've always considered Dunaway to be a truly gifted actress. I saw her portray Maria Callas in "Master Class" in Chicago and she was outstanding. I think that "Mommie Dearest" was made too soon after Crawford's daughter's book came out and amazingly enough, made no reference to Miss Crawfords two younger daughters, who were on the scene during the time frame depicted in this film. Nevertheless, Miss Dunaway threw herself into this film like a dervish and received much derision for it. I think Miss Dunaway would have been better off had she never done the damn movie in the first place.

[@darreylhenderson702]

Well she was recently fired from the play 'Tea at 5' for some awful behavior and treatment of coworkers. Mommie Dearest wasn't much of a stretch for her to play

[@jpizzle990]

She is so loveable!!

[@joewhiteyipee]

She should just embrace the film and have fun with it. It's part of her body of work and she can't escape it. I give kudos to Patty Duke for finally relaxing a bit and enjoy the legacy of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

[@alfiemighty3326]

fay can do what she wants to do . she realized she went overboard and got a divorce from it . it is a very negative subject and negative things happened while filimg . ...she has a rite to wipe it fro her work which is some of the best work in hollywood .....this wanna be creep alda here is just a snitch ..she was lucky to have ever worked with fay ...

[@ptaylor4923]

I have never met or heard from anyone, except the money producers, who didn't hate Dunaway as a person

[@firenze5555]

She was a brilliant actress, though. Loved her in Three Days of the Condor.

[@gregrak9389]

It's very disturbing to me that even after all this time, people actually laugh at the whole "wire hanger" scene, real or imagined, it was pure CHILD ABUSE. Rutanya Alda should have known better than that, she's really made the most of her fifteen minutes of fame here.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"actually laugh"

[@suzinnebarrett9517]

This movie's a camp classic for sure, but the sad part is that for some of us what was depicted in this movie isn't too different than living with our mothers. My mother, named after Joan Crawford, was just like her. A rage-aholic who screamed, broke things, beat me and my brother. As a thank you, I sent her a "Mommie Dearest" Mother's Day Card. And NO, she did not like it!

[@alfiemighty3326]

YES I HAD ONE TOO AND WHEN I REFER TO HER I HAVE CALLED HER THIS MOMMYD but i do not talk to her anymore but if she is referanced and i do appriciate the good . but this movie made me realize i was not alone .

[@FriedAbortions]

This movie is actually really dark and chilling. I honestly don't get why it has a "camp" reputation.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

I read the book when it came out and I just couldn't see the movie - camp or not. Enough was enough.

[@reglook1]

@@FriedAbortions The bad acting made it camp, It's like drugged up Faye was poking fun at Joan.

[@maxfrax333]

@@FriedAbortions This movie is "dark and chilling"? You mean like your profile name 'Fried Abortions'?

[@ladylacrimal8447]

Who was "Mamacita"?

[@vistaestrada]

Rutanya Alda looks amazing. Really. Whatever her ancestry is it keeps her vibrant.

[@pinetree1616]

You think plastic faces look good?

[@carolynrugley6655]

I think, Faye Donaway, did a great job in the movie, another particular line that does stick with me regarding the movie was the board office scene, “she said, fellas, don’t fuck with me!!! V 7:40

[@firenze5555]

That is my favorite scene in the film; when she faces down the board of directors of Pepsi who are trying to oust her; she's looking all glam and then she really lets them have it: "I fought monsters for years in Hollywood - I know how to win the hard way!" Just brilliant.

[@Keltster]

You have the wrong Irene. You're thinking of IRENE (LENTZ) who professionally went by 'Irene'. She was the one who jumped out a window of a hotel back in 1962. She was good friends with DORIS DAY & a few of her films to design the clothing for were DAY'S films MIDNIGHT LACE, and LOVE COME BACK. IRENE SHARAFF lived into her 80s and died of natural causes (heart attack).

[@JavierValverde-dw7cy]

No, she was talking about Irene Sharaff since this movie was made in 1981 and Irene Lentz had been dead for 19 years at that point.

[@suzinnebarrett9517]

Once for Mother's Day, I sent my mother a card with Joan Crawford and Christina Crawford. My mother named after Joan, and living with her was just like the movie and book "Mommie Dearest." Oh, and Mum did NOT like the card!

[@gilbertmartinez1504]

He called her character Carol Lynn instead of Carol Ann.

[@RobertDillman]

I saw a Birthday card a few years ago that I bought and kept myself. It was a still picture from the 'wire hanger' scene. Faye was waving a wire hanger over Christina and you opened it up and it said "Happy Birthday you little bitch!".

[@PrecociousFriand]

Then that's the gift you may keep!

[@MbartM96]

I dont see why Irene Sharaff would Lie, she was known for being brutally honest.

[@MrDuffmann22]

she is so funny

[@duncansdav]

Fun. At the risk of name dropping...I had a dinner with Terrence McNally a few years ago, and he told a story about working with Faye (it must have been for 'The Master Class') - that at some later point in Europe, he had talked to Roman Polanski at a party and Roman asked him if Faye Dunaway was still crazy.

[@8rr725]

Look who's talking, Polanski.

[@hostesshue]

Ummm - except for the fact that Rutanya has been working regularly. You might want to look up her IMDB

[@mad7fisher]

I read her diary I enjoyed it kind of wish there was a little more scoop on some of the famous people that she had run into had contact with... to me the character of CarolAnn is complicit, in these abuses against the children, because she does nothing, I kept waiting for her to say Joan that's enough! but it never happened ..CarolAnn, if she's based on a real person, is complicit in that abuse, if it happened that way IMO

[@PungiFungi]

Carol Ann is a made up character to represent the endless stream of housekeepers and assistants Joan had over the years. I guess they do not want a different character popping up in the film every 15 minutes.

[@8rr725]

I agree. I always got angry whenever she made excuses for Joan to Christina.

[@ah7910]

Yeah, me too. I couldn’t wait to buy it. It was interesting… but maybe not as ‘wow factor’ as I had hoped. Worth a read if you are a super-fan of the film but not as eye-opening or on the same level as say ‘Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud’. A nice book not doesn’t have a place amongst my top 10 fav books on film and stars.

[@oisindurkin]

it's odd that this film killed Dunaway's career as a star, because her performance is a tour de force. Hollywood is very conservative. What really killed her career was probably her ego and unprofessionalisim.

[@user-pc3xb4hd8i]

Completely agree. This was an oscar performance it wasnt camp. The other problem is that it was way ahead of its time before families were airing their dirty laundry in public. The audience didnt get it.

[@jimmieoakland3843]

There's an old saying: "Be nice to the people on the way up, because you are going to meet them on the way down." As long as a person is very successful and making everyone a lot of money, people will put up with their crap. It's when the person stumbles that the knives come out and all the people who were dissed get their turn. A lot of stars have made real bombs--remember 'Ishtar'- but their careers didn't end. There is a reason why.

[@gabrielsanabriaibieta]

Oh, come on! The movie is a masterclass in overacting. It's extremely campy. There's a reason why it's only the gays who love this film

[@oisindurkin]

@@gabrielsanabriaibieta I know but gays often have terrible taste in movies and stuff.

[@reglook1]

Faye had brass balls to take on a role she couldn't handle. Many egos ruin one own career.

[@jackf-w5440]

PS I am referring to Carol Ann, not Mia

[@KanishQQuotes]

Fayes transformation was uncanny.

[@veraevans6387]

1:28. Exactly what do you mean, Ms. Alda?

[@src3360]

Does anyone know her background, she has an interesting name.

[@8rr725]

Well, Alan Alda is Italian, but that's not his real name. Sorry, that's all I've got. 🤷 lol

[@gregguralnik2512]

Rutanya is either Latvian or Lithuanian.

[@src3360]

@@gregguralnik2512 Thanks 👍🏻

[@mortalclown3812]

Google.

[@ickletinx5346]

Gotta admit this was quite funny - don't know enough about Faye dunaway to have an opinion but have hear she's major Diva - but to have a show contibuting to dissing her - bit tacky relly and doesn't show this actress in a very great light whethe it be true or not

[@Kaboomboo]

Mommie Dearest basically did it about Joan Crawford. :r

[@slc2466]

Yep, it was a fun interview, but it also illustrates how much venom can get directed at a star by someone who didn't make it as big in the business.

[@sharksport01]

Trash Joan, but not Faye...right?

[@richardmcleod5967]

She is only dishing Faye Dunaway because of the audience at the Castro Theater in San Francisco and she know what they want to hear.

[@ArtsyMark]

who is david koons? 2:54

[@pauljoseph2400]

I can't really understand Faye Dunaway's discomfort with this movie. She should embrace it, it's not like her career is defined by it. She was in freaking Chinatown !

[@harty4653]

Chinatown, Network and Bonnie and Clyde... 3 classics anyone would be proud to have made. I agree that she should embrace Mommie Dearest as her career is more defined by those other 3 movies

[@dvo1919]

Fantastic! So glad she doesn't seem to mind being known as Carol Ann. But with the things she said about Faye, I wonder if she got a ranting phone message from her... ;)

[@marshamc]

::fainting in absolute bliss!:: clunk!

[@joewhiteyipee]

Especially back in the late '70s and early '80s cocaine was abundant; most everyone in Hollywood (not all, but MOST) were on it. Plus she was married to the leader of the J.Giles Band, a popular band at the time. Obviously, I haven't witnessed Dunaway taking a toot or two, but I'd be surprised if she didn't.

[@mphrdldn]

Back then, people thought you couldn't become addicted to cocaine. Seriously!

[@exbronco1980]

carol ann couldn't even keep the children quiet and out of the garden that one day, when joan needed her rest.

[@Juliaflo]

Rutanya Alda is NOT, I repeat, NOT related to Robert or Alan Alda. Merry Christmas.

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

thank you. I was wondering about that.

[@bestdisco1979]

Wouldn’t it be great to go to an audience participation showing of Mommie dearest, like the rocky horror picture show. Everybody can dress as a character from the movie , take wire hangers, shout out the lines 😂😂😂

[@jackf-w5440]

Not Miss Dunaway

[@arnoldstone8351]

Faye Dunaway is a great actress, she was brilliant in Mommie Dearest, but who is Rutanya Alda?

[@atlantic-yq2wr]

+Arnold Stone She is no relation to Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), and was actually born in Latvia. The only other role in which I have seen her was at the beginning of the movie "When A Stranger Calls", starring Carol King. (The actress, not the singer). Alda portrays the mother (and the wife of the doctor) of the two children who are brutally murdered upstairs in their bedrooms by a crazed intruder while the baby sitter (King) is downstairs, oblivious to everything.

[@steve7858]

+atlantic 11561 She also played the wife in Amityville 2: The Possession.

[@atlantic-yq2wr]

steve7858 That is right! Thank you!

[@davidpar2]

+atlantic 11561 another one is "The Fury" from 1978

[@gilbertmartinez1504]

You couldn't follow this.....?

[@rashadhaughton22]

Everyone says the same thing about Faye Dunaway 🥴

[@reglook1]

Has to be true, I believe it cause even Betty Davis said she's difficult.

[@sharksport01]

And Faye looks like an alien. Crawford was beautiful.

[@ivelosthewilltolive]

I agree, especially when that's the only part anybody remembers her in.

[@8rr725]

Uhhh.... ever heard of a little movie called Bonnie and Clyde?

[@fintan3563]

🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@MikeA15206]

I love the gays!!!!

[@pinetree1616]

Something never said by little boys.

[@janeydoe-nuts8663]

@@pinetree1616 what? Gay people aren't pedophiles. U uneducated fool.

[@edwardjames50]

Re 6:28: how many howling queens in the audience were/are drug addicts, and how many were high that night? [Dear Ms. Skrastina (Alda's real name), how do we know that the long-dead Irene Sharaff ever even said that?]

[@pinetree1616]

Alda is a Jewess.

[@dano3952]

Hysterical.

[@Jezebel260]

Bette Davis, ironically, was highly vocal about Faye's behavior off-camera "staying up all night drinking champagne while being chauffeured around!" and then keeping Davis and hundreds of extras waiting the next morning during the filming of "The Disappearance of Aimee [McPherson]" in 1976. Remind any of us of someone Faye played 5 years later? Bette must have thought she was reliving a nightmare...

[@usesid]

Actually Bette described Joan as a Pro...knew her lines, was on time on the set.

[@iVenge]

da yego

[@edwardjames50]

"Mommie Dearest" STAR??????? For chrissakes, she was a bit player!!!!!!!! Stand outside your local supermarket, and ask everyone going in and out, "Who is Rutanya Alda?" See what kind of answer you get.

[@edwardjames50]

Twaddles McGee And Alda is reduced to hawking cheap laughs at a camp-fest; an enviable career. Let's see, how many Oscar noms does Alda have? (Check out Faye's sterling filmography on IMDB.)

[@DA90027]

Rafael Storm Who gives a shit about Oscar Noms or wins? They mean nothing just ask Marisa Tomei...just the industry patting each other on the back none of these people are finding the cure for cancer. At least Alda is funny as hell and gave the audience a fun evening. Faye hasn't done anything for anyone in years except get bad plastic surgery. Cheap laughs are better than none at all. I'd at least respect Faye more if she didn't something like this. But she has a stick up her ass.

[@edwardjames50]

Alda has found a cure for cancer? And what's your problem with Tomei, Waddling Twat? She gave one of the greatest comedy performances in film history in "My Cousin Vinny," and is a highly respected actress. Why don't you go to a public place in your town, and do a survey? First ask people who Marisa Tomei is (everyone will know) and then ask them who Rutanya Alda is. "Rutanya Alda" sounds like a disease that NEEDS a cure.

[@edwardjames50]

Twaddles McGee That's your BEST comeback? I guess that's what happens when cousins marry and procreate.

[@CoreyAndrewmedia]

+Rafael Storm It is evident that Rutanya was in many key scenes in the film with Faye and the rest of the cast and therefore would have authentic stories to share. She was great in Mommie Dearest. Yes, she's not a household name - but neither are you. So... Does the fact that you are not a household name devalue your worth and previous accomplishments?

[@Ajidam]

Wow really awesome audio! You must be a HOLLYWOOD STAR!!!!!!!! I just want to give you kisses, accolades, rose bouquets, swag bags, and jewels!!!! You deserve it all!!!!!!

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

This movie took itself so seriously that you could tell everyone involved was shooting for an Oscar.

[@janetlieb2507]

Too much echoe!

[@RobertDillman]

I don't know if it was that or if she just became gun shy afterward. This movie, though, did end several promising careers. For example, both of the girls who played Christina.

[@GINGERALER]

I'm gay and yes, I love the movie, BUT to see a person who worked with Faye in that movie to just be sitting there saying all kinds of catty things about Faye while queens in the audience howl with delight while she dishes the dirt, sorry that's not classy, that's trashy.

[@Myplop]

GINGERALER agree totally

[@raecoyote]

GINGERALER Hear hear ... I agree with you 100 percent ...

[@geupelboi]

I can see it another way because Rutyana is enjoying her new found fans and Faye is such a notorious bitch that she really doesn't deserve any consideration.

[@slc2466]

It would have been nice if Rutanya, who does mention preparing emotionally for the funeral scene, had spent a little more time talking about the dedication Faye brought to her performance, and how much work had to go into bringing off the high dramatics- at least she said she loved Faye's work in the film, in between the dissing.

[@geupelboi]

@@slc2466 everybody already knows about high strung Faye's dedication. It's legendary. Rutanya and the queens are having fun at the expense of somebody who doesn't give a rat's ass.

[@thebigl156]

Let's recap. Daughter writes a tale-all book to exploit the name of her Oscar winning mother after she dies. Book sells millions and daughter sells the rights to the movie, which stars another Oscar winning actress and thirty five years after, the actress who played the maid writes another tale-all book to exploit the name of the lead. You add Bette Davis and Shirley Maclaine's daughters to the mix and it speaks poorly for actresses, Hollywood and women. Disappointing is that Rutanya brilliantly held her own against Robert DeNiro, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken in the masterpiece The Deer Hunter, and a book on the making of that film would have been a far more fascinating read.

[@laalaag2auntyayag776]

She is telling HER story. It’s nobody’s place to say she shouldn’t have or that she should have written about something else. And btw it’s TELL-all not TALE-all

[@tonyhoward7004]

As I understand it , her Mommie Dearest book was based on contemporaneous journalling. She did not have that for The Deer Hunter.

[@tonyhoward7004]

Only thing I miss about my ex was how we could crack each other up at the most inopportune times with some random quote from "Mommie Dearest"

[@CJ-dp2pe]

The wire hangers in Christina’s closet is so interesting as it’s something totally private that’s a middle finger to her mother. I’ve always believed Christina but this gives further legitimacy to her story.

[@mortalclown3812]

Christina's story has been debunked in major ways. Fwiw, no one is accusing Joan of being perfect by any means, but check out what's been written - and by those who have gone on the record.

[@Satanna.avemaria]

She seems rude though. Like it’s very immature to drag a co star onstage behind her back.

[@mortalclown3812]

Exactly. Rutanya who?

[@windstorm1000]

this film--and her acting choices--wreked Faye's career--she admitted as such.

[@user-tt5li8hf2f]

I thought Faye Dunaway s performance of the great Joan Crawford was comical,at best.

[@marymary68ify]

She needs to be sued by Faye Dunaway for saying she heard someone called Faye a drug addict. That's something you don't repeat in public. SOUND LIKE GREEN JEALOUSY.

[@LillyFaye]

Yvonne Bryant exactly , Yvonne!!! Straight up slander. Faye should sue her but she's got better things to do than care about what these irrelevant messes have to say. She should sue though.

[@user-tt5li8hf2f]

@@LillyFaye Slander? Is anything she said untrue?

[@varshakaul9587]

@Dante Whitley i think she was trying to make a joke . and the interviewer provoked her. and the audience was out of control.

[@darreylhenderson702]

It's hearsay, you can't sue for that

[@RobertDillman]

Rutanya Alda is a character actress. She looks different in each role and the roles are relatively small. However, she is working constantly.

[@RobertDillman]

And???? Trashy is fun, right?

[@jaengen]

A little birdie told me Faye saw this interview and is still plotting a wire hanger revenge.

[@darreylhenderson702]

Faye recently fired from the play 'Tea at 5' for some awful behavior and treatment of coworkers. Mommie Dearest wasn't much of a stretch for her to play

[@jeanandbilly]

Rutanya who? Faye and Diane Scarwid were absolutely fabulous. What was the point in all this trashing. Sounded like a meanie anti-Faye convention rather than a Momie Dearest fans gathering. I realise this is just a short segment of the event but it just brought down the level of the gathering. Just saying.

[@peasblossom1973]

Two movies and she thinks she has the brass to compete with Faye Dunaway? And the phoney blond thing is ridiculous, too.

[@edfelstein3891]

Why are so many people here dissing Rutanya?? How many Best Picture Oscar winners have YOU been in??

[@atlantic-yq2wr]

Sounds like a bit of resentment on the part of Ms. Alda that her career did not progress as she may have hoped. (Her one previous role of note was in the thriller "When A Stranger Calls"). If indeed Faye Dunaway thought that she would even be nominated for an Oscar as a result of this movie, she must have been suffering from a lapse in rationality. With that said, one can only surmise that Dunaway may have been difficult on the set, or that there was some bad karma going down between her and Alda as the movie was made. At any rate, you know that your career is pretty much over when one of three things happens: 1) You receive guest roles on Law and Order or any TV sitcoms, 2) You do voice overs for TV cartoons, and 3) You are asked to make appearances in cabarets and gay clubs. Sorry, Rutanya.

[@dennisbass2460]

Always lived her but she absolutely looks NOTHING LIKE SHE DID. UNBELIEVABLE 😢😢😢😢😢Sad

[@rebeccarivera238]

I don't believe a word this woman says. They're only "entertaining stories" because they are in fact stories.

[@user-tt5li8hf2f]

Why are you calling her a liar? She knows Faye Dunaway, do you?

[@raecoyote]

Rebecca Rivera I agree with you 👍🏻

[@USAjock9]

Faye Dunaway suffered great backlash from Hollywood after this film.

[@darreylhenderson702]

Well she was recently fired from the play 'Tea at 5' for some awful behavior and treatment of coworkers. Mommie Dearest wasn't much of a stretch for her to play

[@jackjules7552]

By the mid 1980's female movie stars were becoming a thing of the past.

[@sharonsekhon9475]

I had a over the top violent stepmother.

[@mortalclown3812]

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