Handlung
Die junge Eve Harrington ist eine begeisterte Verehrerin der Theaterschauspielerin Margo Channing Immer wieder sieht sie sich ihren Star in der Aufführung des Stückes „Gereift in Holz“ an. Mit hartnäckiger Beharrlichkeit gelingt es ihr schließlich, Margo kennenzulernen und das Vertrauen der Schauspielerin zu gewinnen. Fortan hält sich Eve immer im Umfeld Margos auf, um ihren Star mit Tatkraft zu unterstützen. Als Margo merkt, dass ihre junge Verehrerin nicht nur uneigennützige Ziele verfolgt, ist es bereits zu spät, um Eve wieder los zu werden. Denn Eve ist eine Meisterin der Intrige …
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Besetzung
Bette Davis
Margo Channing
Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington
George Sanders
Addison DeWitt
Celeste Holm
Karen Richards
Gary Merrill
Bill Sampson
Hugh Marlowe
Lloyd Richards
Thelma Ritter
Birdie Coonan
Gregory Ratoff
Max Fabian
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Caswell
Barbara Bates
Phoebe
Walter Hampden
Aged Actor
Randy Stuart
Girl
Craig Hill
Leading Man
Leland Harris
Doorman
Barbara White
Autograph Seeker
Eddie Fisher
Stage Manager
William Pullen
Clerk
Claude Stroud
Pianist
Eugene Borden
Frenchman
Helen Mowery
Reporter
Steven Geray
Captain of Waiters
Gertrude Astor
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Waiter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
William Marion
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Waiter (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Stanley Orr
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Marion Pierce
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Robert Whitney
Actor in "Hearts of Oak" (uncredited)
