What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
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Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur [1] working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed mainly films noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones.
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- University of Virginia
- December 5, 1983 (aged 65), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Robert Burgess Aldrich, August 9, 1918, Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Robert Aldrich (1918-1983) was an American director, producer and writer who made films such as The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Legend of Lylah Clare. IMDb provides his biography, filmography, awards, trivia, photos and videos.
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- Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Robert Aldrich, American director who earned his reputation with realistic and socially conscious films that were often marked by violence. His notable movies included the classics What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Learn more about Aldrich’s life and career.
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Robert Aldrich was a prolific and versatile director who made films in various genres, often with a subversive undertone. He directed classics such as Kiss Me Deadly, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Dirty Dozen, and was a nephew of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- August 9, 1918
- December 5, 1983
- World for Ransom (1954) Singapore. A kidnapped scientist – “One of the few men on earth with the secret of the atomic bomb” – on sale to the highest bidder, western or commie.
- Apache (1954) The first of many battles waged along ideological lines to be found in the Aldrich canon, Apache remains one of the most complex interrogations of Native American integration to be found in the western genre.
- Kiss Me Deadly (1955) That opening. A woman in the middle of the road – hysterical, fresh out the “laughing house”. Her gasping for breath as the credits roll backwards.
- Autumn Leaves (1956) Women aren’t a common fixture in Aldrich’s cinema. When they do take centre-stage, as in his trio of 60s pictures, they’re characterised as grotesques.
Learn about the life and career of Robert Aldrich, an American film director, writer and producer, known for films such as Kiss Me Deadly, The Dirty Dozen, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Longest Yard. Find out his family background, filmography, awards, influences and legacy.
Robert Burgess Aldrich was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed mainly films noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones.
