Mommie Dearest was adapted from Christina Crawford’s 1978 tell-all autobiography about the abuse she endured at the hands of her mother, Golden Era Hollywood actress Joan Crawford (played by ...

In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Christina Crawford opened up about the film’s famous title, saying that, “‘Mommie dearest ... who played the journalist] saw me go ...

"With Love, Mommie Dearest" details the bumpy road to adapting Christina Crawford's 1978 memoir about ... many injuries sustained by Mara Hobel, who played little Christina. And with each bizarre ...

Directed by Frank Perry, “Mommie Dearest” is based on the tell-all memoir of the same name written by Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina, played in the film by child actor Mara Hobel.

Donation Options Search Search Search Faye Dunaway stars as screen legend Joan Crawford in the 1981 cult classic “Mommie Dearest.” Paramount Pictures Share Author A. Ashley Hoff met Christina ...

But the following year Crawford's legacy was forever tarnished when daughter Christina published "Mommie Dearest," a scathing memoir in which ... Mara Hobel, who played Christina as a child in the ...

A few years after Crawford's demise, Dunaway was starring as Joan in her adopted daughter Christina's exposé of life with mommie dearest. It is a cruel film, which shows scant regard for the good ...

“Anne Bancroft will bring the late Joan Crawford to life in Frank Yablans’s big-screen translation of the sad and sorry Mommie Dearest penned by Christina ... Dunaway played real-life ...

After winning the film rights from Christina Crawford, author of Mommie Dearest, Yablans spent the next four years trying to get the movie made. Directors were chosen, then dropped, then replaced.

“With Love, Mommie Dearest” details the bumpy road to adapting Christina Crawford’s 1978 memoir ... many injuries sustained by Mara Hobel, who played little Christina. And with each bizarre ...