 Darryl F. Zanuck (qv) envisioned Marlene Dietrich (qv) as Margo  Channing, Jeanne Crain (qv) as Eve Harrington, and  José Ferrer (I) (qv) as Addison DeWitt. Director  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv)s early choices for the Margo Channing  role were Claudette Colbert (qv) and Gertrude Lawrence (qv).  When Crain became pregnant, Mankiewiczs final choice for the Eve  Harrington part was Anne Baxter (qv) because she displayed a  "bitch virtuosity" that he believed Crain could not provide. Other  actresses were also named and considered for the part of Margo  Channing, among them Tallulah Bankhead (qv) and  Susan Hayward (I) (qv).