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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 421568" data-attributes="member: 57984">Not &quot;first&quot; in terms of the first to arrive, but in terms of prominence, stature and perceived importance during the golden age. (The term was bestowed upon Bette even by the &#039;40s). Katharine Hepburn was cited as No. 1 on the AFI list a few years ago, and some people carped that Davis should have been in the top spot -- but even though Davis was the bigger box office draw in the &#039;30s and &#039;40s, in their later decades Hepburn&#039;s aliveness and &quot;class&quot; seemed to upstage Bette&#039;s embittered crumbling. (Davis had no LION IN WINTERs nor ON GOLDEN PONDs during her sunset years).While making THE DUCKS OF DECEMBER (or whatever it was, with Lillian Gish) someone in the press referred to Helen Hayes as &quot;the first lady of the American stage&quot; and cranky Bette snapped that she herself had that title and wouldn&#039;t have the title usurped. (Gish said Bette was a royal pain on that set).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 421568, member: 57984"] Not "first" in terms of the first to arrive, but in terms of prominence, stature and perceived importance during the golden age. (The term was bestowed upon Bette even by the '40s). Katharine Hepburn was cited as No. 1 on the AFI list a few years ago, and some people carped that Davis should have been in the top spot -- but even though Davis was the bigger box office draw in the '30s and '40s, in their later decades Hepburn's aliveness and "class" seemed to upstage Bette's embittered crumbling. (Davis had no LION IN WINTERs nor ON GOLDEN PONDs during her sunset years). While making THE DUCKS OF DECEMBER (or whatever it was, with Lillian Gish) someone in the press referred to Helen Hayes as "the first lady of the American stage" and cranky Bette snapped that [I]she herself[/I] had that title and wouldn't have the title usurped. (Gish said Bette was a royal pain on that set). [/QUOTE]

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