The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive mother Joan Crawford is presented from Christina's view. Unable to bear children, Joan, in 1940, was denied children through regular ...

Surviving Mommie Dearest chronicles the turbulent relationship between Christina Crawford (author of the 1978 autobiographical book Mommie Dearest) and her movie legend mother, Joan Crawford.

According to a new book, Dunaway balked at beating a little girl with a wire hanger for a memorable scene in "Mommie Dearest." While "No wire hangers ever" has become a classic bit of movie ...

who played a diabolical and utterly maniacal version of the actress in "Mommie Dearest," That 1981 film -- based on a shocking book from Crawford's daughter Christina -- changed Crawford's ...