Bette Davis (Great Stars)

''She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful ... But it was her edge that made her memorable - her upstart superiority, her reluctance to pretend deference to others.''

Bette Davis was the commanding figure of the great era of Hollywood stardom, with a drive and en...