Grande Dame Guignol

English Etymology en grande dame Grand Guignol. Noun - Grande Dame Guignol en hagsploitation. en October 8, 2013 KQED 9 Reasons to Get Excited for the American Horror Story Coven Premiere Wednesday Lange and fellow returning cast members Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy and Lily Rabe are joined this season not just by Angela Basset but also Kathy Bates, Christine Ebersole and Patti Lupone for what looks like the kind of big shouldered, Grande Dame Guignol scene-stealing and set chewing celebration of the grand bitch diva goddess (make that "grand witch") that only a gay man could helm. en August 17, 2014 Towleroad Gay Cinema Touchstones: Suddenly Last Summer Nathaniel Rogers It's worth noting that Hepburn never joined in on the popular 1960s fad of Grande Dame Guignol Horror (aka “Hag Horror”) that her peers Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Olivia de Havilland all participated in. en July 2, 2017 The Telegraph Feud: when Bette Davis went to war with Joan Crawford Rebecca Hawkes A gloriously sensational "Grande Dame Guignol" about feuding siblings and fading stardom, the film united the two rivals, who were by then well into middle age and long past their heyday, to play the disabled Blanche Hudson (Crawford) and her sister/terroriser, the demented former child star Baby Jane (Davis).