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Mommie Dearest was released by Paramount Home Video on VHS in the 1990s. In 2006, a "Hollywood Royalty" bilingual Special Collector's Edition was released on DVD through Warner Home Video . [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Subsequent Blu-ray releases of the film have existed since 2017, facilitated through Paramount Pictures, while Amazon Prime and Paramount Plus ...
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 ...
Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) [2] is an American former author and actress, best known for her 1978 memoir and exposé, Mommie Dearest, which described the alleged abuse she was subjected to by her adoptive mother, film star Joan Crawford.
On October 2, 1978, Christina Crawford published a memoir titled Mommie Dearest, alleging her late adoptive mother was emotionally and physically abusive. In 1981, the book was made into the film Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway. [141] Crawford with twins Cathy and Cynthia
Mommie Dearest is a 1978 memoir written by Christina Crawford. Mommie Dearest, Mommy Dearest or Mummy Dearest may also refer to: Mommie Dearest, a 1981 film adaptation of the memoir "Mommie Dearest" (Scream Queens), a 2015 episode of the TV series Scream Queen "Mommie Dearest", a 2017 episode of the TV series Feud
Dunaway received rave reviews for her portrayal as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest, but later blamed the film for hurting her career. When Dunaway walked on the set of Mommie Dearest for the first time as the character, some people who had worked with Joan Crawford (pictured here in 1937) told her, "it was like seeing Joan herself back from the ...
Mommie Dearest (1978) – a memoir written by Christina Crawford about her strained relationship with her adoptive mother Joan Crawford. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024) – a documentary television series about Dan Schneider's tenure on Nickelodeon, featuring testimonials from former actors and crewmembers.
The film was intended to be a serious drama about child abuse, but Getchell's unusual script won the Golden Raspberry award that year for worst screenplay, one of the factors that led Mommie Dearest to be remembered as a cult film. He died on October 21, 2017, aged 80. [3]