Why did Bette Davis and Joan Crawford Hate Each Other?

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📍 The quarrel between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis was the most famous “catfight” of Hollywood’s golden age, though Crawford was already a dominant actress, the famous symbol for MGM, when Davis’s career began. The background was probably both professional and private jealousy. But what was the real reason behind their hysterical relationship? And what is the common in the two actresses...what we all wish it wasn't.
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[@JohnnyGNV]

I don't think they "hated each other" they just worked differently and weren't 'friends' that's all -

[@creativewriter3887]

Exactly.. and Bette Davis got more and more exasperated with the out of control rumors and "tales" of their "feud" towards the end of her life and ESPECIALLY after working with Faye Dunaway. More than once she made it clear that the kind of behavior that many THOUGHT happened between Davis and Crawford would simply never be tolerated on any set and that above all, despite what she thought of Crawford, they were professionals and were civil. She may not have liked Crawford, but she was quick to point out how they were both women and even they knew and were on to what the studios and the gossip columns were doing.

[@frayjr1970]

The simplest answer is the more you see yourself in someone else, the more you dislike them. They make you see your faults and you cannot look away. Besides in the case of these actresses, they were played like puppets by studio executives. Truly a shame.

[@JackMason-oq8lf]

Only in your imagination was Bette Davis ever a chump to any man's manipulation. You really don't know much about her if you think she just lollled, "how high?" if some jerk ordered her to jump. White Women Don't Jump.

[@maryh4650]

I love BOTH these ladies, they had it tough, in a man's world. They have given us all so much entertainment.

[@scotnick59]

I cannot disagree with what you stated above! Certainly true and well-put.

[@oriraykai3610]

Standard exuse. "Man's world". I can just imagine how things would be for hapless males in a "woman's world".

[@McMahonHater]

Oh please, man's world, really? Where's that, I'd like to visit it sometime. Is that an alternate reality where the men got to go on the lifeboats when the titanic sank?

[@windstorm1000]

​@@McMahonHaterlol

[@McMahonHater]

@@windstorm1000 👍

[@Cissy2cute]

What wasn't mentioned here is that Bette looked down upon any actor/actress who did not attend acting school or had more of a classical background. Bette considered Joan an amateur as she had no formal training and came from a lower class background. In Baby Jane, Bette spend a lot of time on set with Victor Buono, whom she considered a proper actor because he was a member of the Globe Theater Players and had done a lot of Shakespearean characters. So that must have added fuel to the fire.

[@0789faraday1]

As much as I love BD I have to agree with you.. bette was very snobby

[@vintageman91]

But Bette did not come from a high class background.

[@Cissy2cute]

@@vintageman91 But much better than Joan. Poor Joan (Lucille LeSueur-I've always thought that a pretty name for an actress but apparently others didn't) had a very dysfunctional early life including alleged sexual abuse by a stepfather. I admire Crawford over Davis although Bette produced many memorable performances because Joan's toughness inspires me. She was the working girls' heroine back in the day.

[@RaymondHng]

@@Cissy2cute Hence, Davis considered herself an actor and Crawford a movie star.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

And yet Joan’s movies have overall aged better than Bette’s. As much as I like Bette, her acting style was a little hammy at times and a bit dated. Joan’s acting style in my opinion was a lot more natural.

[@Dimeropepe]

Although these two actresses hated each other, both were in their twilight years. And the irony is that it was this movie that resurrected both careers for a brief period to a new generation of movie goers. I'm not sure, but I think the studio wanted to do a sequel with the same actresses but it didn't panned out. Too bad.

[@ageofvintage2106]

Although these two amazingly talented actresses hated each other, they had such a strong connection...a unique one.

[@Dimeropepe]

@@ageofvintage2106 Thank you.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@ageofvintage2106 If anyone was hateful it was Bette not Joan but then if you knew anything about Joan you would've known that and not uploaded this video with a stupid title and things like Joan slept her way to the top.

[@loe3175]

They wanted to to a hagsplotation follow-up with the two in Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte. After much strife, a probable fake illness and hospitalization with Crawford, and a subsequent lawsuit, Crawford's role was recast with Olivia de Haveland.

[@creativewriter3887]

@@Garsons-oq4lh Yeah.. I caught that too.. Joan didn't sleep her way to the top. She was a hard working Silent Film actress and let's face it, one of the few who would successfully make the transition from silent films to the "Talkies". She even said she just had to go for it and hired a vocal coach to help make that transition (as those actors and actresses had that "Transatlantic" accent). She was also re-branded as "Joan Crawford" and stylized herself into the glamorous actress she wanted to become.

[@oriraykai3610]

I've met a few people that inexplicably hated me over the years and no how much i tried to like them, I couldn't do it.

[@reneepolin6549]

I personally don't think they did hate each other , it made for great gossip , the publicity depts. worked overtime manufacturing stories to hold the public interest and 99% was just fodder

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

Your might be right. Even if they weren’t particularly friends, Bette admitted that she respected Joan for her professionalism and felt sorry for her when Mommie Dearest was published. If Bette hated anyone, it was Faye Dunaway and Miriam Hopkins. Now those were REAL Hollywood feuds.

[@stevenk6638]

I like your videos even tho you tend to draw out your story with tangents and repetition !

[@Coucoutchicou]

Talk of repetition...You said it!

[@sel3248]

Most celebrities that "Sleep their Way to the Top," need a lot more to stay .

[@michelethomas5426]

And this phrase is very “blame the victim”. At that time in Hollywood, many women had no other choice if they wanted that career. And not always in the distant past as we learned with Weinstein.

[@sh.a.3333]

Team Bette Davis. She was a better actress and seems to have had a better personality. Joan Crawford was an abusive parent

[@harperstacey9604]

How do you know that Joan Crawford was an abusive parent? Were you there when she beat her kids?

[@diaznelly686]

For me Bette Davis number one Forever, beautiful woman

[@diaznelly686]

Bette Davis top up!

[@Thevelvetrope1983]

Joan Crawford was always my favorite

[@lisascarrott6142]

Let the past be the past these too have been dead for over 30 years now. I just don't understand these feuds at all over a man. Move on no man is worth fighting over for

[@Seabasstien]

Totally agree, no mister will come between me and my sister!!

[@dannagraves7131]

The fact people are still interested in their relationship is an amazing tribute to both of them!!

[@misspudding12]

First the record, I have and will forever be team BETTE!!!!

[@oliviamerlos626]

Me too, I like Joan too but I'm team Bette ...love her !!! I can watch her movies over and over, Joan is too overacting for my taste...

[@misspudding12]

@@oliviamerlos626 mines 2 Olivia...I do like Joan's movies, but Bette 2 me was better, because she did not mind getting ugly...

[@Sglennon100]

Me too

[@Dave-cv1th]

A battle of opposites. A theater trained actress who made it on talent, and one who rose through the ranks in Hollywood based on looks, and who she slept with.

[@joicheri6206]

Which one of them came from theater?

[@Dave-cv1th]

Miss Bette Davis started out in a small theatrical company, and within a year made it to Broadway. When she reached Hollywood, it took years to get out of small parts and finally make it to stardom.

[@Seabasstien]

I love them both too and Would love a historical rewrite where they are friends but maybe their performances in Baby Jane are so incredibly scary and heart breaking because of their animosity. I do believe at heart They really were kindred spirits. Oh, and you have some great photos I've never seen!

[@lanacampbell-moore4549]

2 Legends 😁

[@ageofvintage2106]

Absolutely. :)

[@youmnawehesh6228]

They both Aries , divas , angry women driving by ambitious and jealousy .

[@thebarky1988]

They were two women making it in a man’s world.

[@scotnick59]

Joan was drop-dead gorgeous in the thirties whereas plain Bette was the finer actress; it was her acting that Joan admired most about Davis. Imagine Crawford playing Miss Moffatt or Queen Elizabeth I of England? She'd have been laughed off the screen. Davis did remark, however: "Boy, did that dame have a face". Crawford was already an established star in 1931, the year Bette made her film debut in a potboiler called "Bad Sister". Watching Davis in this silly melodrama, one could never guess she'd be the winner of two Oscars and by 1939 would be the Queen of Hollywood...

[@albertcarello5489]

Youmna Wehesh:: Women this sign are full of fire!!!!!!!

[@LittleImpaler]

They were both really messed up. They deserve each other.

[@trudyrogers789]

Davis!

[@KLT828]

I love Bette Davis. She is my all time fav actress. Starting to appreciate Joan Crawford’s acting. In life no one is going to like everyone. Sometimes unfortunately others pick and choose sides and keep the BS going. I am sure some of the reason there was so much disdain about how these ladies felt about each other was because Hollywood gossips probably pit them against each other always trying to compare them to each other. Making statements like Joan was prettier or Betty was the better actress etc... of course that fueled the feud. But whatever it was they are both considered great actresses and had lots of actresses look up to them. I personally don’t understand why Joan disliked Bette but I can Understand by some of what I heard why Bette had issues with Joan. Either way at the end of the day they have both left us with great movies to enjoy.

[@domrom4065]

I turned off the video when it got to the part that said "Joan slept her way to the top" what a shit thing to say. Ive never watched one movie of hers over and over like I have because of who I thought she slept with.

[@misspudding12]

That's sad Joan couldn't get nominated. She had to accept for others

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan won the best actress award in 1945 for the movie, Mildred Pierce.

[@karenwallace9156]

SHE ACCEPTED ANN BANCROFTS. AND KEPT IT FOR A WHOLE YEAR! WHAT A WACKO, MAN. 🕸🕷

[@joycesmith4608]

I am on Betty Davis side Joan is a horrible person ,Took her daughters job when Christina had surgery.Lousy Mother.

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan said that she was trying to secure her daughter's role so the producers wouldn't permanently replace her. Ratings actually went up because of Joan's appearance.

[@karenwallace9156]

@@harperstacey9604 THAT'S RIGHT. ANY MOVIE, THAT IS " BASED" ON TRUE STORY,, IS ALWAYS DRAMATIZED. IT SELLS. 🤑

[@harperstacey9604]

@@karenwallace9156 Christina Crawford wrote that horrible book about her mother because Joan Crawford cut her out of the will. Christina made up a lot of stuff to della book and a movie. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@pphedup]

Yes. It builds ..the vitriol.

[@fob1xxl]

"Supposedly" Bette once confided to Joan that she never celebrated Christmas as a child, which Joan immediately responded, "That's because Jesus wasn't born yet" !

[@darnellmajor8895]

hahahahahahaha WOW!!!!

[@timothycardoso1364]

I choose Bette Davis over Crawford anyday,

[@valsainking]

At this stage of the game, the overwhelming reason Davis is still remotely relevant among younger fans is because of the Crawford connection. Meanwhile, Crawford, in no small part due to her having been such a fascinating creature both within as well as beyond the Hollywood context, has mushroomed into a multi-million-dollar industry of her own among younger fans.

[@omarnaga26]

Despite the seemingly prettiness, why do I stl picture them as the classiest women?

[@tomsperduti2967]

They didn't hate each other!

[@noorgonzalez1076]

I am on the TRUTH’S SIDE🎉🕊♥️

[@sunnyskies4628]

Two crazy, publicity hungry birds. Good or bad publicity it didn’t matter as long as they were talked about. Other wise personally I’m a Davis fan, Crawford not so much. Even if every detail isn’t correct.....it’s okay I just like to hear you talk🤣

[@apoorvaranjan9921]

Please stop with the misogyny . There is an actual research and it suggests that marginalized groups such as women , PoC often hate each other because they have to constantly compete each other because even though these groups are protected by law they still have to recover from the lack of resources opportunities and awareness around and in their lives by themselves. Top it with the idea that privileged groups (men , white men in the west, upper class men in the east) often perputuate that only a few of the marginalized people have a place among the great ones, besides them, the marginalized groups struggle to survive. And the affluents love the "hunger games" this psychological bias brings. Women are still suffering in some industries especially in the film industry and I can only imagine how hard it must have been back then! So they fought over men- because they provided "security'" and great PR roles and their place in news and tabloids , so yeah !That! I am no one's fan and yeah maybe they did it for the media presence but just stop with the "hungry birds" narrative when they were the subject of constant patriarchal gatekeeping and had to fight to survive.

[@SkepticalChris]

If there really was a rivalry or feud between Bette and Joan it was ironically AFTER they made Baby Jane together. Before that you could barely call themselves rivals since they had such fundamentally different acting styles. Bette knew from early in her career that she was not going to be anywhere near the great beauty that Joan was, and Joan knew though she was a good actress, she could never compete as a character acter like Bette. After they made Baby Jane, it was a minor feud but nontheless Bette and Joan to the end of their days, repeatedly made it clear in public that they both saw each other as expert professional actors, always knew their lines, always were on time. In a rather ironic twist, Bette Davis would have a develop a deep hatred for someone and that was Faye Dunaway, who would later then play Joan Crawford in the notorious biopic "Mommy Dearest".

[@PhilAlumb]

BETTE was Always the more petty & jealous one. Do proper research.

[@thomassperduti4500]

Complete nonsense.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Joan Crawford did not "sleep her way to the top" She was hardworking and strove to do her best by taking advantage of the classes and voice training offered by MGM. Both Silent Hollywood and Pre-Code Hollywood were scandalous! Joan wasn't doing anything different than anyone else in that milieu over those years. Hollywood was and still is a moral cesspit. The only two differences between then and now is: (1) The Studio System no longer exists (Mores the pity for young actors and actresses -- The used to get lessons regarding how to dress elegantly and how to behave in public) and (2) What was once considered "deviant" (post-Code and throughout the 1950's and 1960's) behavior is now in the open. imho: Even with computers, CGI, etc., the films have not improved!

[@thomstephens]

Much of this is largely hearsay

[@jasonlindsey9946]

Like two best teams every year in the Super Bowl. Someone is going to be tops. And we are talking about women. They naturally are catty with each other.

[@inettallggins1273]

Both Aries they would have been a power house together .

[@angierucinski5694]

Louis B Mayer and Jack Warner made more money from this nonsense than these two iconic actresses ever did.

[@TJ1920]

Who really knows the truth both women are dead Bette Davis is the best that there is Joan Crawford is a fair actress This. Video is filled with filth and rumour that near actresses can rebuttal

[@karenwallace9156]

GOSSIP SELLS, MAGAZINES, NEWS PAPERS, ETCETERA. WHO GIVES A FUCK. IF I LIKE THE ACTING, I'LL WATCH IT . 🎬🎭 🥂

[@partariop4626]

Two minutes in and you've repeated yourself at least five times, get to the point.

[@TheHunk348]

I think that maybe they wasn´t good friends but i don´t think they hated eachother. They weren´t good friends but i don´t think they wanted to kill or seriously hurt etchother, maybe not be in the same room if they didn´t have to.

[@Endorill]

Control freaks and vanity seldom meet with any amnity

[@margaretpokorny103]

omg. Hillarious!

[@yvonnestaley3564]

Joan liked women

[@harperstacey9604]

So did bette davis.

[@iriswood3744]

Oh

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

Joan…. All the way

[@austriaco4132]

I think it mostly was made up, like the feud between Callas and Tebaldi

[@deniseborcsani6298]

Bette Davis was and still is the best female actress of all time Joan couldn't deal with it.

[@harperstacey9604]

Team Joan.

[@chucksellers8422]

Is that a question? Bette Davis is #1 best actress in Hollywood history, and She's my 2nd favorite behind Marlene Dietrich. Talent doesn't run a three legged race with preference. There is a correlation, though. Davis and Dietrich have misspelled first names in common, too. Crawford was ok

[@PacoOtis]

What pitiful talented creatures!!

[@RafaaGMadonnaLover]

You should inform yourself better. People take FX's Feud as the canon truth of their lives but mostly everything about it is false or completely distorted. If you really want actual historic information go check Be Kind Rewind on KZbin. She made a 1 hour long video about this topic.

[@ladywisewolf3942]

I wish you would do a video on the just as intense rivalry and hatred between Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins. I noticed you included as one of your clips, Bette throttling Miriam from one of the movies they did together.

[@ciscocisco6119]

Both of them was Aries lol or maybe lesbian lovers with claws and fangs, the ugly truth was they was evil mother's in real life, but it was scandalous time no one knew. Rip😎✌️

[@1USACitizen192]

All actors/actresses are professional liars.

[@harperstacey9604]

All people are liars.

[@marilyneisenback9837]

They were both horribly self-centered.

[@cgc1581]

Probably both narcissists.

[@rmp7400]

Wasn't Crawford a lesbian?

[@cakes3958]

This video is a structural mess!

[@bigbandsrock1]

This is all crap! They did not even know or work with each other. They may have had a distant dislike but worked extremely well together. They didn’t hate each other so much! Davis herself praises Joan’s professionalism & how they made Jane in 9 days!!! It’s here on KZbin. Anything for juicy gossip! Do some real research!

[@robinrozario4261]

The interview I saw with Davis she said she didn’t like her. She said she was simple bc she went around tell ppl not to give Davis the Oscar and Davis said she would have been the first woman to win 3 Oscars. I saw her say that out of her own mouth

[@Gen_X_Rosey]

For some reason, I've always been more partial to Bette Davis, but I think they were both equally mean and snarky. Perhaps with good reason.

[@scotnick59]

Well, Bette was pretty much the better actress; her versatility alone was something Joan did not have.

[@darnellmajor9016]

@@scotnick59 what versatility? Bette was just about the same person in every movie she was in just like Joan was nearly the same person LOL Some films you saw their range but in most they played themselves lol

[@jollyfighter7319]

@@darnellmajor9016 tell us, you have no idea about Talent, without telling us you have no idea about talent.

[@nelixsulu6201]

When I was 5, I named my guinea pig Bette after Bette Davis cause my mother always said I was dramatic like her 🤣

[@sagbrady8414]

I'm a fan of Joan's..Mildred Pierce is on my dvd

[@mactrek2]

I like them both and refuse to take sides.

[@PhilAlumb]

For me..JOAN and her best movies have endured. And JOAN was visually incredible when filmed.✨

[@11rokerito]

Joan 💜

[@ageofvintage2106]

🙂

[@catman3552]

Both are good but Bette is definitely the better actress.

[@harperstacey9604]

No. Joan is the better actress.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

I disagree! I like Bette, but her acting style at times was a bit hammy and dated. Joan’s acting style in my opinion was much more natural and her films have overall aged better.

[@ThisGuy65842]

11 noms for BD and 3 for JC....Hollywood has decided 😂😂😂

[@markturner4301]

Joan is more modern bette Davis was playing herself over the top exaggerated willing to make her self an ugly old hag x

[@CALLMESIR...]

What made Bette a legend was that she was a character actress. Bette would play anyone as long as it had a great script. She wsnt concerned with vanity. Joan always played shop girls or a woman in trouble and had to be flawless all the time. As far as who was a "better" actress? Bette hands down, and Warner even TOLD Joan that. There's not even a comparison.

[@032319581]

I think the rivalry was blow out of proportion by the studios and these women were insecure enough to play into the studios hands. So....neither of them won...only the studios

[@ceilcaswell4041]

Geez, get to the story already. Still nothing after almost 2mins.....I'm outta here

[@tonynegron1927]

😂 Me too! He kept repeating the name's JC & BD way too much.

[@funguykel]

I gave up at 3 minutes.

[@jennaejones5285]

The reason for the feud was simply because they were both to much alike. It's like they were twin sisters in a sort of way. Mrs. Crawford's birthday was March 23 and Mrs. Davis birthday was April 5 they were both (Aries). Thats why they were so jealous of each other. Example: My son is a Leo and so is his dad and they both bump heads alot. They are to much alike. Sometimes trying to figure out the hardest thing can sometimes be the easiest thing. I bust this wide open.😁😁😁😁

[@Cissy2cute]

I don't believe in astrology. Bette looked down upon Joan because of her working class background and that she never went to some high class acting school.

[@stephaniefox896]

Astrology is a joke I’m a cancer and my husband is an aquarius and we are supposed to not get along I have married for 15 year’s

[@jennaejones5285]

@@stephaniefox896 Hello, my daughter is a cancer and very nurturing and loving but she is also very negative about a lot of things. Such as knowing the ending to a very big project you've been working on and looking forward to it working out in your favor. She's the one to tell you that you're waiting to be told that your project was unfortunately lost. Sorry. My daughter told me she is this way because she already knows that the answer is no so she prepares herself so she doesn't get her feelings hurt. See when 2 signs are not compatible you make it work because you're in the relationship for a reason. It could be gain, security, loneliness, or fear of not finding someone else. Aquarius is the water barrier which pours the water. Cancers be in water which soothes them. Aquarius has a lot of patience and believe me you need that with a cancer. Thats why it probably works.

[@jennaejones5285]

@@Cissy2cute Possible but the disdain was because they were to much alike. Aries.

[@stephaniefox896]

@@jennaejones5285 I did not need a hole story from you

[@teletubbiestunetwister9570]

Edited... Actually... It really starts at 1:40 but isn't accurate. The start was in 1933 not 1935. Probably best to get the info elsewhere. Skip to 1:05 to skip the title being said over and over again. :)

[@AlexaLake1]

Thinking of the variety of roles Bette played, I'd say she was the much better actress. She had a wider range of acting skills. She wasn't afraid to tackle meaty roles.

[@askwhy2030]

They went after each other face to face like the entire world did. Unlike today when nameless cowards and the world's losers scream on social media and try to get people canceled and destroy them.

[@NS-vw8pm]

Bette fan here, however, Joan had her moments. But Bette was willing to dump glamour, I.e. The Catered Affair, a prime example. Joan always had to look good. Also in interviews Joan had a phony resonance to her, like she was playing a part in front of the camera. In contrast Bette was down to earth and real. JMO

[@misspudding12]

Yes, that is what. Made Bette a better actress, she could play anything, Joan had to always be glam

[@sel3248]

@@misspudding12 Except she wasn't always glamorous in her roles. Like. . Strange Cargo , Possessed , A woman's face & Rain. To name a few.

[@user-sn5jr1ji9h]

I'll always be Team Joan💌

[@zipperblues6714]

Um you must've never seen Mommy Dearest.....smh

[@itsclairehuee]

@@zipperblues6714 and you actually believe on Mommy Dearest and somehow a story of an ungrateful adopted daughter putting Joan into a bad image lol. Joan showed love to her children and somehow just because Christina cannot get what is hers... turning her mother into a bad form.

[@zipperblues6714]

@@itsclairehuee you're stupid. There was evidence.

[@karenwallace9156]

@@itsclairehuee IF CRAWFORD WAS SOME WHAT STRICT, SO WHAT. IT WAS ABOUT THE NORM. I BELIEVE CHRISTINA WAS A LITTLE ENVIOUS OF JOAN. PLUS, SHE WAS HOMELY UNGRAT💸EFUL FABRICATER. "BASED" ON A TRUE STORY. JOAN COULDN'T EVEN HERSELF.💀🥀 ANYWAY TO MAKE A🎥& 💸🎭👀

[@karenwallace9156]

@@zipperblues6714 REALLY? 🕵 WE'RE YOU A WITNESS? SIOP THE NONSENSE. BESIDES, WHO CARES. 🤷 PROVE IT. SHE SHOULD OF TOLD SOME ONE ABOUT IT. ITS THIS MILLENNIUM GENERATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCIPLINED SEVERLY. STARTING WITH THE CELLS 🤳💻📱🍕🍔🍩🍨🍰& THIER GARBAGE JUNK THEY CONSUME. THEN THEY SAY IM TOO FAT! NO SHIT SHERLOCK. WELL.. THAT'S ALSO ABUSE! THE PARENTS ALLOW IT. " ONE BIG" 🐷 HAPPY HOUSEHOLD? POOR CHRISTINE CRAWFORD.💧💧

[@zanealberto7741]

Bette Davis I think,,,,, if I had to pick 👍👍💙👊😎🔥😘zane

[@DGodwithaplan2]

Bette Davis. *Hands down!!!*

[@caroldry9262]

I love Betty Davis, great actress. Joan Crawford not so much.

[@dmamatoooo]

Bette Davis.

[@nylanelson5212]

Betty Davis was sane & Joan Crawford was Not. Crawford was also a jealous, mean Narcissistic person who couldn’t handle anyone that got attention besides her. Betty Davis stood up to Crawford & she didn’t like that

[@rayjohnson5314]

You know so much about Bette, but can't spell her name!

[@michaelharrington7656]

I think Bette had moe erotic energy and magnetism.

[@elaineteeter2904]

Joan Crawford had "slept her way to the top"? What a scurrilous insult to a wonderful actress, where is your proof? I find this accusation offensive and groundless.

[@freddieblue6351]

It is true and she did porn…look it up.

[@melbournemickoz8078]

Was it because they were both in love with the same man? Always be Team Joan

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

I wondered about this feud between these two, and I concluded they bumped heads, because they were equally matched, in acting skills. But I do see a slight difference in Joan Crawford being better, because no one can bring the drama better than her. And I just love how she kept that elegance, about herself. But yet still Betti Davis had such a free spirit in acting, more natural, less scripted. So there was an undisputed sharpness, and originality about her work. Which puts me right back to their both having equal footage in acting, it's just what one did a little bit more than the other, at times that made it hard to pick who was best.

[@hungrysoles]

There was definitely professional jealousy between Bette and Joan, especially when the both ended up at Warner Brothers

[@Zeldarw104]

Bette Davis.💖 She's got Bette Davis eyes -- them eyes she's just got a better repertoire of great movies.

[@nadezhdawall-rossi2864]

Bette Davis was not just the Queen of Warner Bros. She was, IS, the best screen actress of all time! Bette could portray a dastardly psychopath and you'd STILL love her! Joan wound up in "Trog," a real embarrassment.

[@luisak68]

Ive always been a Ms Davis fan, dont ask me why but shes always resonated with me.. Where as Ms Crawford (even though she has a simalar appearance to my paternal grandmother now that I look at her fotos shes when she was younger) she has never resonated with me. But I loved my gran very much.

[@jonathanmorrisey5771]

Team Bette!!!!!💓💓💓💓💓

[@bigbandsrock1]

For the record, I have and always will be TeamJoan all the way!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@tammywebb1289]

Me too! Joan was much more glamorous, sophisticated and prettier than Bette!!

[@vinnieviddivicci5459]

Davis was a better actress.

[@bunnyoneful]

Team Bette here!

[@kjgammon1658]

@@vinnieviddivicci5459 Not necessarily. A lot of Bette Davis's acting now , at times, looks very stylized, stagy, and old-fashioned... often worse towards the end of her career. While Joan Crawford's was though at times s t a g y earlier in her career, seemed to become much more natural as time went on...

[@vinnieviddivicci5459]

@@kjgammon1658 - I'll admit that Davis became almost a self-parody and gave some lousy performances towards the end. But so did Crawford: Trog, Beserk, Straight Jacket?

[@TitanicTab1986]

Bette Davis is the side Im choosing...Bette Davis NEVER beat her children

[@KRstar78]

Petty and Messy....wow really?

[@yvonnestaley3564]

i think joan made a pass at Betty and she hated it!!! lol

[@scotnick59]

There was a bit more to their "feud" than that.

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan Crawford stole franchot tone from Bette Davis.

[@helenthorpe1494]

No, she did not. Joan and Franchot were already an item when Bette came on the scene.

[@RickElizz]

They were both good at their craft but not very practical in their approach to life. Love their acting but not their attitude, tiresome and very caustic.

[@petertaylor3600]

Professional jealousy. Both did similar roles, both were competitive over their careers, I suspect. Other than that it suited the film studios and the press for people like this to supposedly hate each other. Seems a few men got into the act as well.

[@petertaylor3600]

Let's face it, both unpleasant bitches, both top actresses.

[@oriraykai3610]

wicked witch of the north vs wicked witch of the west. Could only lead to friction...

[@barbaraburns2067]

I think the question is…….who did Bette Davis like?

[@nadezhdawall-rossi2864]

George Brent, Claude Rains, Betty Lynn, et al.

[@michaelchristian5089]

In my opinion Joan was the winner in the looks department & Bette was arguably the better actress... ...but I bet they were both self-obsessed "Prima Donnas!"

[@mariaevans7811]

True!!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@misspudding12]

Not to me, her face was too hard

[@Seabasstien]

Both awesome actresses with Bette Davis being better than anybody of her era including Kate Hepburn

[@vintageman91]

I dont know that mutch about Joan, but i have heard several times that Bette could be hard to deal with , having a bad temper and all that but she facsinates me, her Charisma and acting was very good and for me personally she was the better looking, more feminine face.

[@louisgonzalez8846]

Beautiful jaw line, perfect.for pictures. B.D. not so striking.

[@timothycardoso1364]

Davis always struck me as real. What you see is what you get. Joan struck me as a pretentious phony . She lacked any kind of sincerity. It seemed to be all about image for Joan.