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Legendary stars like Joan Crawford and Bette Davis famously struggled to find nuanced roles as they aged, eventually forcing them into the "Grande Dame Guignol" or "Psycho-biddy" horror subgenre of the 1960s just to stay employed. Frustrated by the lack of complex scripts, veteran