All About Eve

Released Date
October 13, 1950
Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$63,463 + $87,589 = $151,052
1926-1962
Marilyn Monroe

as Claudia Casswell

1908-1989
Bette Davis

as Margo Channing

1923-1985
Anne Baxter

as Eve Harrington

1906-1972
George Sanders

as Addison DeWitt

1917-2012
Celeste Holm

as Karen Richards

1902-1969
Thelma Ritter

as Birdie Coonan

1915-1990
Gary Merrill

as Bill Sampson

1911-1982
Hugh Marlowe

as Lloyd Richards

About All About Eve

A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.

About

Backstage story about an aspiring actress named Eve who is taken under the wing of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing. It quickly becomes apparent that Eve is simply using Margo to get ahead in her career. The film was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Trivia

The movie is based on Mary Orr's 1946 short story The Wisdom of Eve. It won six Academy Awards including Best Picture.