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1 day ago · When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age—until publication the following year of her daughter’s memoir, Mommie Dearest.
1 day ago · Joan Crawford with Christina (right) and Faye Dunaway and Mara Hobel in Mommie Dearest, 1981 (left) Allstar/Paramount. The one thing missing in her picture-perfect life was children since she suffered miscarriages, so after the dissolution of her second marriage to Franchot Tone, she decided on adoption, facilitated by the gangster Meyer Lansky ...
6 days ago · But her daughter Christine's tell-all memoir of shocking child abuse, Mommie Dearest, threw the doors open on the issue in 1978. The groundbreaking book revealed their home as a battleground...
3 days ago · Joan Crawford died of a heart attack on May 10, 1977 in New York City. In her will, she bequeathed to her two youngest children, Cindy and Cathy, a modest cash sum.
6 days ago · 14 ratings6 reviews. When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publication the following year of her daughter’s memoir, Mommie Dearest . Christina Crawford’s book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released ...
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4 days ago · Starring Oscar winner Faye Dunaway as Oscar winner Joan Crawford, the movie adaptation of a memory by Crawford’s adopted daughter, Christina, was intended to be a serious drama. An...
Apr 27, 2024 · T he legends of Hollywood’s golden age appeared unreal by design, but when Christina Crawford, the oldest of Joan Crawford’s four adopted children, revealed the gruesome reality in her 1978 bombshell, Mommie Dearest, no amount of airbrushing would ever restore the George Hurrell–like veneer to the polished surface.
