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3 days ago · In an onscreen interview, Dearest costar Rutanya Alda describes Dunaway as “scary [and] frightening,” intimating that director Frank Perry feared having to fire her should she look better than ...
4 days ago · Actress Rutanya Alda, who played the aggrieved housekeeper Carol Ann in 1981’s Joan Crawford drama “Mommie Dearest,” said she was terrified of the lead during filming.
5 days ago · Rutanya Alda, who wrote her own book about the making of “Mommie Dearest,” told a different story, highlighting Dunaway’s reputation for being “difficult.”
3 days ago · Dunaway’s Mommie Dearest costar, Rutanya Alda, who is also interviewed in the documentary, says she was afraid of Dunaway on set. “She was scary. She was frightening,” Alda said, adding that Perry allegedly told her she might be fired if she upset Dunaway in any way.
3 days ago · Dunaway’s Mommie Dearest costar, Rutanya Alda, who is also interviewed in the documentary, says she was afraid of Dunaway on set. “She was scary. She was frightening,” Alda said, ...
2 days ago · And to learn that the actress who played Crawford’s long- suffering maid Carol Ann, Rutanya Alda, had been afraid of Dunaway during the shoot and was constantly in fear of getting fired. “Maybe sometimes I have been unkind to people or cruel,” Dunaway tells the camera. “I don’t want to be, but I am led by extremes of nature.”
4 days ago · Rutanya Alda speaks of her fear of Dunaway in “Mommie Dearest” (1981) whereas the actor who played Christina Crawford, Diana Scarwid called her one of the most generous people she had ever met who always made her feel safe. As much as she was loathed, she was also loved. Steve McQueen called her the best actress he ever worked with.
