ideal casting?

as much as i adore bette davis, this was one of her weakest performances to date in my opinion. she was monstrously over the top in a role that really required her to underplay. on the other hand olivia de havilland was far too sweet in the role of miriam... how would you have cast the three main ladies?

charlotte: olivia de havilland proven she can play effects of mental illness with "the snake pit" and shes always great in nice, sweet roles
miriam: joan crawford great at playing subtle sinister nuances in her roles. shes have been commanding without being too obvious either
velma: rossalind russell would have played the comedy role to perfection without it having appear that it was tried too hard, as with morehead

"they should give nicole kidman an oscar for being able to show any emotion after THAT much botox".