Marc Huestis presents Rutanya Alda's "MOMMIE DEAREST" DIARY 

Hey people on this comment thread-- leave Rutanya alone. She is a very nice person. And Faye Dunaway has a reputation for being a mean bitch. I've known make-up artists who say she is a horror to work for, and it's been said by others in the industry too. She deserves to have Rutanya dish on her.

Rutanya Alda is a class act.

What a way to start a Monday morning while getting ready for work.

I know Rutanya Alda well enough to know that she's far from bitter. This is part of her Life and she has graced all of us with Insight on one of the most iconic movies in history.

An elegant raconteur telling insanely funny stories!

In her 1971 book My Way of Life, Joan Crawford stated: "Of all the actresses, to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a real star." I wonder if she still thinks so (from the grave).

Priceless.

I enjoyed this SO MUCH! So entertaining! Thanks for posting!

after reading the comments I will just put it this way - Faye Dunaway was Wonderful in MOMMIE DEAREST" wonderful

OMG! What fun!!!

I don't think she seems resentful or bitter at all. She has a sense of humor and she's sharing her stories, making people laugh. She has no problem. I think she seems very likeable.

Brava! This is exactly the kind of material movie fanatics want! Fabulous!

I didn't know her but I find her really endearing. Sure, Dunaway is an easy target, but the way she tells the story and never starts laughing before the audience does certainly shows a shy side to her and that shyness is endearing.

Best 13 minutes of my life! xD

I love Rutanya! The only honest person from Mommie Dearest with a sense of humor who embraces the film and its legacy. I will be purchasing her book! Rutanya should do a one woman show and go on tour! Please come to CT! If Christina Crawford can do a one woman show called Surviving Mommie Dearest than Rutanya, a woman with actual talent and real inside scoop would have one hell of a show!!!!!!!

that was so Hollywood - loved it that was great - thank you

She's such a lovely woman!❤️

OMG, she is hilarious!

This was fabulous!

I loved this! So much fun to watch! Rutanya looks amazing! Faye should have jumped on board for this.

This is fabulous! I love this actress! Crazy about this film (crazy operative word!). Have seen it a zillion times.

I gotta read this book.

You are hysterical lady!

This is delicious!

Did anyone else have trouble with the audio on this?

Both Faye and Joan are goddesses.

Rutanya talks about this in the diary Fay's boyfriend at the time was a london-based photographer not known well in the US. named Terry O'Neill ..on his own time, he took great pictures of Fay in full Joan Crawford makeup and hair... and then when the studio used it as promo material, Fay turned around and says Terry has to get credit (producer) credit for the pic I'm walking off the set... no one on the crew knew what was going on.... She was a good girlfriend LOL but they broke up unfortunately

that's a confirmation--thank you. and if anybody knows the stars and their behavior its the hair and makeup people.

She's wondering ❤😂

“I think we should keep Carol Ann in the closet!” OMG and LOL ! What a great story teller she is, now I have to buy the book. My ex and I used to quote that movie ALL the time ; I hope one day Faye Dunaway will appreciate her legacy as much as Rutanya does!!

I love Rutunya, i read her book and it's so funny. Lovely to see you Miss Alda.

When I told you to call me that I wanted you to mean it.

She’s so young

Excellent!! I was laughing out loud. What a shame Faye doesn't come join in all the fun

Koo Faye don't fuck with me fellas 😂😂😂😂

Omg!! this lady is SOOO funny!! Loved her in the movie ,and ,she was right! the "carole-ann" we saw devoted her life to Joan! bet Rutanya was the favourite actress on set!!:):)

Alda is fine, she's making the best of a bad movie situation. This was a movie that should have had potential- but it was buggered somewhere. JC is played on two speeds- smooth, charming Joan or unhinged, crazy broad Joan...she's not human, but a cartoon character.

This is actually quite funny! So what if she was reading from cue cards! These little anecdotes---especially the whole funeral with the Polaroid scene---are priceless. You know, I think Rutanya is the only one from this heated, disastrous and ultimately campy production who still cares to talk about it. Faye is going about it now as if the movie never existed. And I'm sure Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel ("the 45-year old midget") and that poor kid who played Christopher (who was more or less in bondage during most of the film) have all but had this entire memory of the filming exorcised from their poor little brains!

Fay had to stay in character, what did she expect ??????

Anyone remember that scene where Carol Ann says to Christina..."I don't know what your mother's going to do without you, when you leave. She'll be all alone." and Christina says very slowly, sinister like..." Don't you worry. She'll be alright. She always is." and Carol Ann has this horrified look like she's just seen a ghost or something. That cracks me up...LOL

She's hilarious.

Didn't Faye campaign for the role by showing up at Frank Yablans' house in full Joan makeup and hair?

Rutanya was also in the The Deer Hunter .

I like Rutanya Alda in "Black Widow"! She helped to capture Theresa Russell's character role of the Black Widow!

I think it was very interesting. Sounds like Faye was more Joan than Joan.

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Love Miss Rutanya Alda she’s an amazing beautiful soul ❤

the reason for the cutting to longshots is that there were significant cuts to the reading to get rid of flubs and to fiit within the length of youtube rules. otherwise there would have been jumpcuts and would be very choppy and disconcerting to the viewer. and when I'm annoyed by something I din't continue watching.

Faye Dunaway is a good actress but a complete egomaniac according to everyone who has ever worked with her. But it wouldnt keep me from watching her films because her offscreen personality has nothing to do with her work. A lot of people in Hollywood have egos larger than their talent.

She has to be bad to be singled out as such by Bette Davis in an interview she once did. But all the same I love Faye Dunaway as an actress. She was ideal for the role in mummy dearest - perhaps she is even a more extreme modern day version of Joan Crawford without the child abuse?

I guess when one no longer has their D-career, one trashes those who achieved better.

My friend drove her. She seemed an angry harpy.

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Wow she is a RIOT! An accidental messy queen! Love her 😭

She's not "trying to make fun of Faye", she's telling her experience of making the film. As amazing as FD is, it's well known that she's a narcissistic pain in the ass. And as for this woman being "bland" and "not there"- that's nonsense. She is exactly what she looks like: a working actor with a wicked sense of humor and an ironic appreciation for the absurdities of the entertainment industry.

Faye a "nobody"?? Sorry but Faye Dunaway is a household name, everybody knows her name. Who the hell would know who Rutanya Alda is? Now THERE'S the 'nobody'

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Faye could throw her weight around--she sometimes played up the diva image to the detriment of her co-stars. During an earlier movie she kept 20,000 extras waiting around all morning in Denver heat while she swilled champagne in a limo. And guess who kept the crowd entertained before Queen Faye showed up? Bette Davis!!

Found this frustrating to watch because Rutanya was constantly looking down at her notes. She has these memories, but needs notes to remind her? I think it is disrespectful for one actor to pay out on another actor to get laughs. Disappointed.

This was painful to watch. (I quit after 5 minutes.) Like listening to a speaker hired for a corporate sales event. Incredibly boring speaker, incredibly phony laughter.

Great stuff by Rutanya, nearly made unwatchable by the editing. What's the deal with all the closeup/longshot/closeup/longshot/etc etc mixed with film clips. Very annoying. JUST LET HER TALK.

Bette Davis said Faye Dunaway was very unprofessional when they worked together.

I don't know much about Faye Dunaway other than she's a great actress.She may be the awful person Ru is talking about but I'm hoping Faye partially acted this way to stay in character as it would be hard to turn Joan Crawford on and off..I love Hollywood history and stories like this.find a death dot com is a fun web site to read about Hollywood deaths

It was unpleasant for me too. Who is this woman compared to Faye. What is the point in this trashing except for desperate attention. And the laughter does indeed sound phony. No matter what all this woman's apologists say she still sounds like a meanie. Move on Ru!

Pathetic that she would feel the need to get attention by trashing Dunaway.... I would feel so embarrassed & small...

Rutanya Alda's only claim to fame is her miniscule role in "MD". Like Christina, she ought to do what the rest of us had to do in life, and go and get a job.

Too much work for ME. Between the lousy acoustics of the room, and the rustling noises near the microphone (Was the person recording this having to do battle with a giant pigeon or something?), I couldn't really make out what was being said (the speaker's enunciation was less than stellar, too).

Lmao. I got her book. The Mommie Dearest Diary

I don't think the "real" Joan Crawford was nearly as bad as Faye Dunaway. Talk about EXTREMELY HIGH maintenance!!!!

Who the hell is she? What character did she play? I saw it, didn’t see her unless she was the child.

Oh, relax, Alexis! She was funny, and I'm sure she suffered at least a bit from Faye's antics, as her stories would suggest. In any event, this view of Faye certainly would NOT interfere with the fans' enjoyment of the movie and isn't that what Joan was like in her own way, a movie queen who ruled the roost on set? Would we expect any less from Faye, considering her stature and the quality of her previous work?

It's hard to tell why her work is bad in MD,on the outside everything looks fine,she had convincing look in her eyes,the tears were real,her anger was effective but I guess you also have to be sharp,in Network she was sharp as an razor,here she was just a mess (not just her character,but her acting also),and the good film critic can see the difference,so she couldn't fool them,but it's hard to put her in the same box with Adam Sendler or Hilary Duff or some other razzie award winners because A.She has HUGE talent B.She is the queen of charisma and personality C.Like I said she is extremely effective in this movie...that's why there are terms like ''camp'' and ''cult-clasic'' wich describes her role,because it's not ''bad'',like many roles acted by so many faceless actors and actresses today.

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All those 3 films were box office FLOPS. Faye you screwed up Mommie Dearest you will always be remembered for and like that line in the movie I'm Not One Of Your FANS.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

What a pethetic career this woman has

Hopefully somebody will make a movie about Faye Dunaway :D Even though I luv her for her bitchyness

Faye Dunaway is a fabulous actress! it is too bad she messed with her beautiful face! i don not like this Rutanya at all!

Faye Dunaway is a scary monster, and was TERRIBLE in Mommie Dearest.

I don't hear any trashing. She is just relating what happened. I am sure it was not funny then but you see the humor when you look back. "Won Razzies"? I think if you win one is being the best of the worst. I think the bigger victory would be in not "winning" one.

So Bette Davis & Roman Polanski weren't kidding about Faye is only for Faye, keeps cast & crew waiting for hours, delays for hours is completely unprofessional to all coworkers & is a gigantic pain in the azz.

Faye Dunaway had become a 'diva-legend in her own mind' and was very hard to work with. Just ask the behind the scenes staff for the play "Tea At Five" from which Faye was fired for her 'diva-syndrome'! We had tickets for this cancelled performance. Faye threw food, attacked the make-up artists and hair stylists becoming the supreme pain-in-the ass! People feared for their lives - seriously. Faye tried to coin a routine such as Bette Davis; however, Bette earned her 'diva-rights' thru hard work and admiration. Faye DEMANDED to be queen bee therefore got shut down. I was crazy about Faye before she became full of herself!

I love how she claims that she (Alda) was "too pretty" in "MD". Really? What happened? She isn't CLOSE to being pretty now, except pretty ugly.

I can understand why Mara Hobel asked Alda all those questions. Alda was awful. Perhaps in other films she was o.k., but this was one of the worst performances I have ever seen. In M.D. she was to acting what Ed Wood was to writing/directing.

this is tacky. but then everything about Mommie Dearest is tacky- so Rutanya Alda stumbling thru public speaking at the Castro - perfect.

I disagree--the actress is pleasantly spicier and wittier than her bland character.

“Many fans have written how impressed they are with Christina” - one of the worst delivered lines in the entire mess of a movie. Bless her heart.

Alright Faye, now get off the internet and go to bed. You have an audition in the morning. :P

She's an awful person to people I know who do her hair and makeup. That I do know.

What a horribly sad way to disgrace yourself as a professional in public. I guess her career didn't go well so she had to make a career off of being nasty to others. Guess she trumped Faye.

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