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Crawford and son Christopher, 1951. Crawford adopted her first child, a daughter, in June 1940. Because she was single, California law prevented her from adopting within the state, so she arranged the adoption through an agency in Las Vegas. The child was temporarily called Joan, until Crawford changed her name to Christina. Christina's birth ...
After Joan Crawford died in 1977, Crawford and her brother, Christopher, discovered that their mother had disinherited them from her estate, her will citing "reasons which are well-known to them." [16] In October 1977, Crawford and her brother sued Joan Crawford's estate to invalidate their mother's will, which she signed on October 28, 1976.
Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford.Officially released by William Morrow and Company on November 10, 1978 (though thousands of copies had already been placed in bookstores in October), [1] the book attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and ...
Adapted from Christina Crawford's 1978 autobiography of the same name, the film follows her and her brother Christopher's upbringing under their adoptive mother, actress Joan Crawford, depicting her as abusive, controlling, and manipulative, prioritizing her Hollywood career over her family.
The episode in which Joan Crawford guest starred, "Lucy and the Lost Star," made for much fanfare in the press, due to Ball and Crawford's "very public feud during the filming."
Cindy Crawford Cindy Ord/Getty Images Cindy Crawford has opened up about the “survivor guilt” she experienced after her brother passed away from leukemia at age 3. Candidly detailing her ...
LeSueur died of a ruptured appendix on 3 May 1963 at the Los Angeles General Hospital. He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California. His sister, Joan Crawford reportedly sent him telegrams from New York to the hospital before he died, but did not attend his funeral. [15]
Cindy Crawford has always put her family first on her way to becoming one of the industry’s most legendary models.. Crawford and Rande Gerber, who tied the knot in 1998, share son Presley Gerber ...