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Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford. Published in 1978, it attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and alcoholic mother, with Crawford's other twin daughters, household staff, and family friends ...
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Adapted from Christina Crawford's 1978 autobiography of the...
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In November 1978, Crawford's book Mommie Dearest was...
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Mommie Dearest; R. Running with Scissors (memoir) S. Silent...
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Mommie Dearest: Directed by Frank Perry. With Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva. The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
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Mar 1, 2024 · Bitter, dark, and biting, Mommie Dearest purports to unmask Joan as a child abuser, a manipulative liar, and a narcissistic alcoholic. It’s exceedingly upsetting material, more so than you’d...
- 11 min
- Hadley Hall Meares
A film based on the book by Joan Crawford's adopted daughter Christina, depicting the abusive and traumatic upbringing she endured at the hands of her famous mother. The film shows Joan's obsessive perfectionism, alcoholism, and cruelty, as well as Christina's rebellion and struggle to escape.
May 6, 2024 · Joan Crawford was an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, beloved until her death in 1977. But her daughter Christine's tell-all memoir of shocking child abuse, Mommie Dearest, threw the doors...
Roger Ebert pans the film adaptation of Christina Crawford's memoir about her abusive mother, Joan Crawford. He finds it unremittingly depressing, sensationalist, and lacking in drama or insight.
