The Three Faces of Eve (1957) on Netflix
Approved19571h 31mDramaMystery
In 1951 Georgia, Eve White, a timid wife and mother, suffers blinding headaches and blackouts she cannot explain. Doctor Curtis Luther treats her, and a second personality, Eve Black, surfaces.
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Plot summary
In 1951 Georgia, Eve White is a quiet wife and mother troubled by severe headaches and blackouts, with no memory of what she does during them. Her husband, Ralph White, tells Doctor Curtis Luther that she bought expensive clothes and hurt their daughter Bonnie in one such spell. During therapy a second personality surfaces: Eve Black, reckless, fond of drinking, dancing and other men's company, and openly hostile to Ralph. Eve Black remembers everything Eve White says and does, while Eve White knows nothing of her. The shifts strain the marriage, and Doctor Luther presents the case to his colleague Doctor Francis Day as one of multiple personality.
Cast
- Alena Murrayas Secretary
- Terry Ann Rossas Bonnie White
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
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- Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing three personalities in the film, Eve White, Eve Black and Jane, making her the first actress ever to win an Oscar for that feat.
- The Three Faces of Eve was the first film since 1936, when Bette Davis won for Dangerous (1935), to take the Best Actress award without a nomination in any other category.
- The real "Eve", Chris Costner Sizemore, wrote of her experiences as Evelyn Lancaster in her 1958 book The Final Face of Eve and revealed her true identity in her 1977 book I'm Eve.
