Boris, Does it have to focus only on American cinema? There are some pretty evil women in French cinema, e.g. in Duvivier's films, or the Simone Signoret character in Yves Allégret's Manèges (1950). The actress Viviane Romance has played quite a few superbitches, particularly in La Belle Équipe (Duvivier, 1936) and Panique (Duvivier, 1946). See also Jeanne Moreau's character in Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Lift to the Scaffold) (1957). More recently, what about the Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert characters in La Cérémonie (A Judgment in Stone) by Chabrol? Hope that's of some use. Valerie Orpen. Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:22:42 +0200 Reply-to: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> From: "Vidovic, Boris" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Evil women To: [log in to unmask] Hello all! A friend of mine is writing an article about 'evil women'. She is less interested in films featuring women criminals (such as Bonnie and Clyde) or horror/supernatural evil women (such as Exorcist). The type of female characters she's primarily interested are those who are evil in a more 'realistic' way. The list of films we have come up with so far are: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Single White Female The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Misery Fatal Attraction Basic Instinct Any more suggestions? Thanks in advance. Boris Vidovic Finnish Film Archive Helsinki ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] Dr V. Orpen Lecturer in French Screen Studies Department of French Studies University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Tel: 0161 275 3217 Fax: 0161 275 3031 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html