Bette Davis
Search results
Apr 26, 2021 · Crawford's children don't all agree with the legacy of Christina's tell-all book, and because of that family feud, Joan Crawford's twins, Cathy and Cindy, have stayed largely out of the...
Explore the untold stories of Joan Crawford's children within the context of Hollywood's Golden Age. Our article gives an intimate look into the relationships, controversies, and legacy left behind by this legendary figure.
Cathy and Cynthia are the only children adopted by Crawford from the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Their birth mother was ill and died less than week after the twins were born due to kidney failure ; their biological father abandoned their mother during birth.
Mar 26, 2021 · After his death in 1959, Crawford joined Pepsi's board of directors — becoming the first woman to do so — and went on to work as a spokesperson on behalf of the company. She adopted four...
Jan 25, 2024 · Christina Crawford, the eldest of Joan’s adopted children, portrayed her life with Crawford in a deeply negative light in her 1978 autobiography “Mommie Dearest.” She claimed that Joan was an abusive mother, both physically and emotionally.
Jan 11, 2020 · Cathy Crawford LaLonde, daughter of Hollywood legend Joan Crawford, died Friday at her home in Pennsylvania after a long battle with lung cancer, her family confirmed to Deadline. She was 72.
Mar 5, 2017 · Crawford adopted five children, though she was only able to raise four of them: Christina, Christopher, Cathy, and Cynthia (called Cindy). She adopted Christina first in 1940 as a single...
Mar 19, 2017 · As Charlotte Chandler writes in her biography of Crawford, Not the Girl Next Door, Crawford was unable to have kids, so she adopted five: a girl, Christina, in 1940; a boy, Christopher, in 1942,...
Mar 17, 2017 · FAMILY FEUD. Photos of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis with Their Children. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis may have been better movie stars than they were mothers, but as FX’s Feud shows,...
Mar 19, 2017 · Following Crawford's death in 1977, her daughter, Christina, published Mommie Dearest, an explosive memoir alleging Crawford had been emotionally and physically abusive.
