She's Doing Her Dirt!

What was the name of the movie with Joan Crawford and, I believe, Ann Blythe as Vida, her spoiled pampered brat of a daughter? She slapped her mother in the face and even took her man.

Mildred Pierce?

Yes and both Ann Blythe and her co-star Zachary Scott could easily be two of the stand out villians in cinema. Has anyone also mentioned Anne Baxter in "All About Eve," a subtly real life villian one can encounter in all walks of life?

In Broad Daylight by Harry N. MacLean

When Ken McElroy was gunned down on the streets of Skidmore, Missouri, in 1981, in front of almost fifty people, a reign of terror that had lasted for over ten years was finally ended. MacLean recounts the events that led up to McElroy's murder and explains why the townspeople may have protected the killer. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.

It took awhile but thanks, skin. I'm digging that badboy avatar. Very cute.

The wife in Szasz's (almost unbearably bleak) adaptation of Woyzeck comes to mind, as does the guy in the movie who bullies him and with whom she ends up cheating on him.

The Emporer Claudius' mother,Livia,in "I,Claudius". Evil to the marrow and was a real person! *shivers*