She wasn't portrayed as the dearest of moms in the 1978 memoir "Mommie Dearest"
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17 Things You Never Knew About 'Mommie Dearest' | Moviefone.com  Sep 17, 2016 ... But "Mommie Dearest" was certainly not the biopic she had in mind. Based on the 1978 memoir by Joan's daughter, Christina Crawford -- a ... 1981 film portrayed Joan as an alcoholic, a compulsive clean freak, and an abusive parent. ... when Joan was a girl, her mother had to work at a dry cleaner's, and...
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Joan Crawford's Daughter Christina On 'Surviving Mommie Dearest ...  Nov 19, 2013 ... The camp extravagance of 1981's "Mommie Dearest has made it a favorite ... It wasn't accurate, Crawford now says of the biopic, which ... into the pop culture lexicon and was based on her controversial 1978 memoir of the same name. ... abuse she endured at the hands of her legendary actress mother,...
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I'll never forgive Mommie: Joan Crawford's daughter gives first ...  May 24, 2008 ... In 1978 Christina Crawford exposed her filmstar mother Joan as a cruel, abusive alcoholic in the memoir Mommie Dearest. ... In 1978 she published Mommie Dearest, a blistering autobiography that portrayed Joan Crawford as a sadistic ... She wasn't there - she wasn't even born when I was adopted.'.
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Mommie Dearest Reviews & Ratings - IMDb  Dunaway must have realized early on that she was a rat in a sinking ship, but instead of ... scathing 1978 memoirs did much initial harm to her late mother's reputation. .... This wasn't my first time at this rodeo (I'd seen this before) and I enjoyed it as ... In Mommie Dearest, we watch Faye Dunaway portray Joan Crawford as...
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Joan Crawford's Grandson Says She Wasn't the Monster Depicted in ...  Mar 30, 2016 ... Joan Crawford's Grandson Says She Wasn't the Monster Depicted in 'Mommie Dearest' ... monster in the shocking 1978 memoir Mommie Dearest (later made ... The reels were given to Casey's mother, Cathy (one of a pair of...
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Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest: the real story. - Slate  Sep 16, 2016 ... Dunaway was considered for Mommie Dearest after Anne Bancroft passed, ... portrayal of Joan's life than the one put forward in Christina's book. ... Though Dunaway never met Christina, the actress set herself up in ... In the film's most famous scene, Dunaway certainly performed like a woman possessed.
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Christina Crawford - Wikipedia  Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American writer and actress, best known as the author of Mommie Dearest, an autobiographical account of alleged child abuse by her ... She also acted in a number of Off-Broadway productions, including In Color on ... In 1978, Crawford's book Mommie Dearest was released.
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Still Woman Enough: A Memoir by Loretta Lynn, Patsi Bale Cox ...  Mar 14, 2003 ... Loretta Lynn's first memoir, Coal Miner's Daughter, was a #1 .... The gritty existence of the girl from Butcher's Hollow (she was a grandmother before her 30th birthday!) .... Lee looked a mess, nothing like he did in real life.
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First Lady from Plains - Rosalynn Carter - Google Books  The former first lady's memoir covers her small-town childhood, her life as a wife and mother, her role in the family business, her public and political efforts, and...
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Betty Friedan and Books as Bombs - The New Yorker  Jan 24, 2011 ... Louis Menand on Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, and the power ... Friedan was, in other words, the kind of woman she wrote her book about. ... Other writers, over the years, have criticized The Feminine Mystique for ignoring .... Coontz says that Beauvoir's The Second Sex did not get much of a...
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Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford  Reviews, Discussion ...  Because I wanted to read Christina Crawford's book Survivor, b. ... into my adult relationship with Mother - that were left out of the original version are back in .... Joan Crawford like many stars of her day had a carefully crafted image. ..... First let me start off by saying that I do not under any circumstances condone child abuse.
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Feminist TV Characters from the '70s and '80s You Need to Know ...  Apr 20, 2016 ... As the title character of the series, Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) was probably the most outspoken, upfront feminist of sitcom TV. ... Julia regularly made long, liberal-leaning speeches when she got into it with other characters. ... although Alex would later date a feminist artist named Ellen (played by Tracy...
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Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma ... - Goodreads  Motherhood has 1633 ratings and 116 reviews. Mike said: This book was a quick read. Very funny, as Bombeck always was to me. She also tells some sad and.
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Daughter Dearest | Vanity Fair  Joan Crawford with her four adopted children, Christina, Christopher, and the twins, ... No one would have appreciated the words on her position in film history more ... The book immediately made the best-seller list and stayed there for months. .... when asked by the press if he thought his former wife really hit her children,...
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Ramona and Her Mother - Beverly Cleary - Paperback - HarperCollins  Ramona and Her Mother ... Paperback ... Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey) ... No matter what, she'll always be her mother's little girlright? ... JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings; BISAC2: JUVENILE FICTION / Family ... Dear Mr. Henshaw won the Newbery Medal, and Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and...
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Mommie Dearest - A Joan Crawford Encyclopedia  Mommie Dearest. ... Crawford and her brother Christopher were left out of Joan Crawford's will, "for reasons which are well known to them. ... As directed by Frank Perry, it begins beautifully, with a shot of a gloved hand shutting off an elegant Art ..... According to Christina Crawford's 1988 book "Survivor," Faye Dunaway...
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What to Expect - The New York Times  Oct 7, 2001 ... ... Misconceptions: Truth, Lies and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by ... Unfortunately, Wolf's goal is not to write a small, personal book. ... Maybe we should stop thinking of Naomi Wolf as a political theorist, and...
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Frank McCourt put his mother's name in the title of this bestselling ...  Jeopardy Question: NONFICTION - Frank McCourt put his mother's name in the title of this bestselling memoir.
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Goodness had nothing to do with it: The Autobiography of Mae West ...  Goodness had nothing to do with it: The Autobiography of Mae West [Mae West] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This autobiography...
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Almanac: "Mommie Dearest" - CBS News  May 10, 2015 ... ... 48 Hours  60 Minutes  Sunday Morning  Face The Nation  CBSN ... Born Lucille LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, she got into show ... Get your things out of this house right now before I throw them into the street and you with them!" ... in 1981 with Faye Dunaway in the leading role: "No wire hangers!".
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Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck ...  Jan 15, 2013 ... Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession .... For three decades, Erma Bombeck chronicled motherhood's daily frustrations and victories. ... Copyright  1983 Erma Bombeck .... The bank called and said she had written a check to cover an .... Her books were perennial bestsellers, and helped bolster her...