This article is about the 1989 film. For the Disney character, see Lady Tremaine.
Wicked Stepmother
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Larry Cohen
Written by
Larry Cohen
Produced by
Robert Littman
Starring
Bette Davis Barbara Carrera
Cinematography
Bryan England
Edited by
David Kern
Music by
Robert Folk
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
February 3, 1989 (1989-02-03) (U.S.)
Running time
93 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$5 million
Box office
$70,580 (North America)
Wicked Stepmother is a 1989 American black comedy fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Bette Davis and Barbara Carrera.
It is best known for being the last film of Bette Davis, who withdrew from the project after filming began, citing major problems with the script, Cohen's direction, and the way she was being photographed.[1] Cohen later claimed she really dropped out due to ill health but avoided publicizing the truth for fear it would affect potential future employment.[2] Davis disputed this claim.[1]
^ abEaston, Nina J. (January 3, 1989). "Bette Davis Smoking Over 'Stepmother'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^Cohen, Larry (July–August 2012). "I Killed Bette Davis". Film Comment. Vol. 48, no. 4. pp. 36–43. JSTOR 43459330. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
WickedStepmother is a 1989 American black comedy fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Bette Davis and Barbara Carrera...
child's life. In fiction, stepmothers are often portrayed as being wicked and evil. The character of the wickedstepmother features heavily in fairy tales;...
inspired unrelated works. The Evil Queen is Snow White's vindictive wickedstepmother, obsessed with being "the fairest in the land." The beautiful young...
her own two daughters, Anastasia and Drizella. She is based on The WickedStepmother character from the original fairytale by Charles Perrault. Lady Tremaine...
22 January 2011, she appeared at The Grand Opera House, Belfast as the Wicked Queen in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.[citation needed]...
films or television. In 1989, Carrera starred with Bette Davis in WickedStepmother, Davis's final film role. During filming, Davis fell ill and the script...
and pantomime, Cinderella. They are the daughters of Cinderella's wickedstepmother, who treat her poorly. Anastasia and Drizella have been in variations...
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in 1987. Her last performance was the title role in Larry Cohen's WickedStepmother (1989). By this time, her health was failing, and after disagreements...
Huwag Kang Mangamba. She played the main antagonist role Agatha, a wickedstepmother of Joy, which is played by Francine Diaz. In 2016, she appeared in...
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that it may have played a role in the emergence of the motif of the wickedstepmother. Linguist and folklorist Edward Vajda has proposed that these stories...
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(1979), O'Hara's Wife (1982), Million Dollar Mystery (1987), and WickedStepmother (1989). Bosley starred in the 2008 Hallmark Channel television movie...
banished into the woods where she is eaten by wild animals, and the wickedstepmother herself is burned at the stake. At the exact moment of the witch's...
youngest sons and gallant princes; ogres, giants, dragons, and trolls; wickedstepmothers and false heroes; fairy godmothers and other magical helpers, often...
Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Nanny. Davis starred in her final film WickedStepmother, although she felt that the script was poor. The film had production...
Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton alongside Debbie McGee. In December 2022, he played the WickedStepmother in Cinderella...
December 2014, Hegerty appeared in the pantomime Cinderella as the WickedStepmother at the Grange Theatre in Northwich. In December 2015, she appeared...
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