In "The Decorator," Bette Davis portrays a cranky interior designer (think Margot Channing suffering her nastiest hangover) whose career is hitting rock bottom as she gets well-deserved knocks from her wisecracking assistant, portrayed by Mary Wickes. When she finally lands a job with a rich Oklahoma judge (Ed Begley), Bette moves into his home and start redecorating his family’s life — with outrageous consequences, of course…
from the LA TIMES:
TV sitcom in 1965 starring Bette Davis that never got aired. It’s bravura TV — vintage Bette in shrewdly crafted comedy — but it mysteriously stayed on the shelf despite socko talent behind it that included producer Aaron Spelling ("Charlie’s Angels," "Beverly Hills 90210") and writer Mart Crowley ("The Boys in the Band" — a perfect camp fit for Bette, eh? Crowley and Spelling would team up again later to do a TV series for another grand diva, Joan Collins, that turned out to be a huge hit — "Dynasty"). When Bette Davis’ TV series didn’t sell to the networks, she didn’t take the news well. "She was very disappointed that ‘The Decorator’ didn’t go," writes Ed Sikov in "Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis" (Henry Holt Books, 2007). "No, not disappointed — hurt. Very hurt."
