Barbra was forced to abandon it and run down the deserted road to a nearby, isolated two-story white farmhouse for refuge.The highly self-confident and tough-talking Edmund mentioned how he would kill anyone who might be having an adulterous affair with his hot wife: "If I thought she was seeing another guy.Margo""s maid, friend and companion Birdie Coonan (Thelma Ritter) reacts negatively to Margo""s put-on performance in Eve""s presence:"When she gets like this - all of a sudden, she""s playin"" Hamlet""s mother"- after which Margo suggests that Birdie retreat to the bathroom.In one of the film""s central scenes, she approached the two men awaiting her and sitting on her couch.