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Bette's top five performances?


Bette was superb in the majority of her films, but which five films do you think she gives her best performances in?

For me it's the following.

The Little Foxes
All About Eve
The Letter
Mr Skeffington
Dark Victory


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I agree with you & she sometimes couldn't understand Margo's popularity as she'd say "I played many more "difficult" roles than that of Margo Channing"

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1. The Little Foxes
2. The Letter
3. Now, Voyager
4. Jezebel
5. Of Human Bondage

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All About Eve
The Little Foxes
The Letter
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Now, Voyager

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1. Jezebel
2. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
3. All About Eve
4. Now, Voyager
5. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

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The Little Foxes
All About Eve
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte
JEZEBEL (1938)

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Dark Victory (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Now, Voyager (1942)
The Scapegoat (1959)



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