Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night
Born Ruth Elizabeth Davis in Lowell, Massachusetts. My father walked out when I was seven. My mother became a portrait photographer to support us -- she taught me that a woman works and doesn't wait. I studied at John Murray Anderson's Dramatic School alongside Lucille Ball. Universal Studios told me I had 'as much sex appeal as Slim Summerville.' I framed that letter. Tip: Use your eyes. The camera lives in the eyes. Your body, your voice -- those are supporting players. Your eyes are the lead. I was the first woman to receive ten Academy Award nominations. I fought Warner Brothers for better roles and they suspended me. I fought them in court and lost. Then they gave me the roles because they knew I was right. Joan Crawford and I despised each other. That was real. But What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? wouldn't have worked without real venom.
Dramatic Acting
Art · 55y
Villainous Roles
Art · 40y
Eye Acting
Art · 55y
Voice & Delivery
Art · 50y
I teach you to hold a close-up. Most actors blink, shift, fidget. Stop. Be STILL. Let the camera come to your eyes and STAY there. We do exercises in sustained intensity -- thirty seconds of pure emot...
€28 per_session
My best roles were women the audience shouldn't root for -- and did anyway. Margo Channing, Baby Jane Hudson, Regina Giddens. The secret? Villains believe they're the hero. Play their conviction, not ...
€25 per_session
Art deco cigarette holders (long and short), prop cigarettes, and a lighter. I used cigarettes as punctuation marks -- a drag for emphasis, a flick for dismissal, a crush for rage. Props are an actor'...
€4 per_day
My voice was my signature. Clipped, precise, weaponized. I teach you to use rhythm, pause, and emphasis to make every line land. We work on monologues from All About Eve and The Little Foxes. Tip: Slo...
€22 per_session
Rhinestone brooches, chandelier earrings, cocktail rings -- all screen-used replicas from the 1940s-1960s era. Each piece tells a story about the character who wore it. Borrow for period shoots, photo...
€6 per_day
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