 Director Bill Wilder (qv) expected the actress that was cast as  Fedora to play her both as a young and old woman. When  Faye Dunaway (qv) passed on the part and Marthe Keller (qv) was  cast as Fedora, Wilder was dismayed when the old age makeup prepared  for the older Fedora (as Countess Sobryanski) aggravated a large  scar on her forehead and caused so much pain that Wilder knew she  couldnt act under those conditions. He was forced to cast an older  actress for the old Fedora, and Hildegard Knef (qv) got the part.  Wilder and Keller never established a good working relationship,  with the result that her poor performance essentially ended her time  as a Hollywood star.