Queen Bee is a 1955 American drama film starring Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland and Lucy Marlow. The film was directed by Ranald MacDougall and produced by Jerry Wald. The screenplay by MacDougall was based upon the 1949 novel The Queen Bee by Edna L. Lee.

Plot

Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) dominates her Georgia mansion and her facially scarred husband Avery (Barry Sullivan), nicknamed "Beauty", an alcoholic mill-owner who hates her. A cousin, Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow), is pressured into moving in with the family, and she watches in horror as Eva maneuvers to prevent the marriage of Avery's sister Carol (Betsy Palmer), an equestrian, to Avery's business manager Judson Prentiss (John Ireland), who had secretly been involved with Eva in the past. Jennifer learns that Eva stole Avery from house guest Sue McKinnon (Fay Wray), who has been mentally disturbed ever since.