Was it Lillian Gish Or Helen Hayes who said, after working with Davis, "I think she's trying to kill off all the old actresses"? Crawford was already gone.

Holm outlived all of them - you don't do that on prissy!

She did! She left. She & Myrna remained friends & neighbours in NYC after H'wood. (& Pepsi!), but Joan did become reclusive. Myrna continued doing movies, television, stage.

That this movie was made @ all is remarkable, & with this star power. Taylor & Hepburn had both been stars @ MGM, to do Williams with Clift @ this time is huge. That Taylor went from child star in National Velvet & Lassie to Tennessee Williams' Hollywood agent (her joke), starring in several of his films…

For your information I was not talking about Strand & have no idea why u r. The drug dealer was Calvin, played by Keith Powers, who became a walker early on.