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Apr 16, 2010 · “Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland. Ida Lupino to direct.” Bette had just finished a guest appearance on Universal TV’s Wagon Train, and according to Lew Wasserman she wasn’t very good ...
Aug 11, 1995 · Aug. 11, 1995 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Ida Lupino, who died Aug. 3 at age 77, referred to herself as “the poor man’s Bette Davis.” Although Davis overshadowed Lupino at Warner Bros....
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Aug 13, 2021 · After that she was signed by Warner Brothers where, due to her similar acting style and look, she took on all of the roles that Bette Davis rejected or was too busy to take. As Lupino says, she was the poor man’s Bette Davis.
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Mar 4, 2022 · Lupino laughingly referred to herself as “the poor man’s Bette Davis,” taking roles that Davis refused. Her husband enlisted in the Marines after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. Alone and out of work, she took a role in The Hard Way (1943), winning the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Hayward came home from World War ...
As a result, her parts improved during the 1940s, and she jokingly referred to herself as "the poor man's Bette Davis", taking the roles that Davis refused. [13] [14]
Nov 7, 2023 · Dubbed “the English Jean Harlow ,” Lupino went on to become “the poor man’s Bette Davis ” in Hollywood, picking up roles that Davis had refused. She went on to play a number of...
Bette Davis had been the original choice for the role of Helen Chernen but turned it down. This might be why Ida Lupino once called herself "the poor man's Bette Davis." She would often get offered the roles Bette rejected and in the case of The Hard Way, it worked to Ida's advantage.
