All About Eve
Ingenue usurps star
All About Eve is a 1950 American film about an aging Broadway star and the ambitious young woman who insinuates herself into her life.
The title has become shorthand for stories of ruthless ambition disguised as admiration, or for situations where a protégé schemes to supplant a mentor: It's giving All About Eve—watch your back.
- leading ladyPrincipal female performer
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- backstageTheater's hidden area
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- theater worldLive performance industry
Bette Davis · understudy · applause · standing ovation · theater · dressing room · opening night · starlet · ingenue · rivalry · manipulation · bitter rivalry · cunning · fasten your seatbelts · Hollywood · 1950 · Academy Award · Oscar
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