Poll: Bette Davis vs Joan Crawford: Harshest Insults

Results of 908 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Bette Davis Warner Bros. Letter, The (1940) 0032701

    

   "You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good... Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
2. 2.
   

   "Hollywood Canteen" Bette Davis 1944 MGM

    

   "Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Joan Crawford always plays ladies."
3. 3.
   

   Bette Davis

    

   "I wouldn't piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire."
4. 4.
   

   #9

    

   "She (Joan) has slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie"
5. 5.
   

   "All About Eve" Bette Davis 1950 20th Century Fox

    

   "I have always felt her greatest performance is Crawford being Crawford"
6. 6.
   

   Bette Davis c. 1936**I.V.

    

   "Joan always cries a lot. Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder."
7. 7.
   

   Joan Crawford circa 1930

    

   "She (Bette) has a cult, and what the hell is a cult except a gang of rebels without a cause. I have fans. There's a big difference."
8. 8.
   

   Joan Crawford c. 1931

    

   "Bette is of a different temperament than I. Bette had to yell every morning. I just sat and knitted."
9. 9.
   

   Joan Crawford

    

   "Of course I had heard she was supposed to be playing me, but I didn't believe it. Did you see the picture? It couldn't possibly be me. Bette looked so old and so dreadfully overweight."
10. 10.
    

    Joan Crawford

     

    [On co-staring with Bette Davis in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"] "I hate this f-king picture."
11. 11.
    

    Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig (1950)

     

    [On "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"] "Sure, Bette stole some of my big scenes, but the funny thing is, when I see the movie again, she stole them because she looked like a parody of …