Questa attrice americana era rinomata per la sua volontà di interpretare personaggi complessi e spesso antipatici in una varietà di generi, dai melodrammi avvincenti ai film d'epoca. Il suo stile intenso e senza compromessi, unito a un distintivo modo di recitare e gesti caratteristici, divenne leggendario. Sostenitrice appassionata della libertà artistica, la sua carriera, definita da un instancabile professionalità e dal coraggio di superare i confini di Hollywood, l'ha consacrata come un'icona duratura.
Sparing nothing and no-one from her whiplash tongue, Bette Davis provides a running commentary to Stine's portrayal of her long and illustrious career. Her comments demonstrate the same bold approach that made her one of the screen's most successful stars.
Like her famous characters, she's tough, confident, and never minces words. This frank, no-nonsense account features Bette Davis in her best role: her own remarkable life - on-screen and off...The glory days of Hollywood... the ups and downs with her husbands and children... behind the scenes with Joan Crawford in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?... a few choice words about Ronald Reagan... and her inspiring struggle to survive first a mastectomy, and then, nine days later, a crippling stroke. PLUS-- A candid letter to her daughter - whose stinging memoir has caused so much controversy.