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In 1961, Davis opened in the Broadway production The Night of the Iguana to mostly mediocre reviews, and left the production after four months due to " chronic illness ".

She then joined Glenn Ford and Ann-Margret for the Frank Capra film A Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) ( a remake of Capra's 1933 film, Lady for a Day ), based on a story by Damon Runyon.

She accepted her next role, in the Grand Guignol horror film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

( 1962 ) after reading the script and believing it could appeal to the same audience that had recently made Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( 1960 ) a success.

She negotiated a deal that would pay her 10 percent of the worldwide gross profits, in addition to her salary.

The film became one of the year's biggest successes.