Legendary Hollywood star Joan Crawford died in 1977. In 1978, her adopted daughter, Christina, published Mommie Dearest, a memoir that revealed the abusive reality of her life in the Crawford ...

“I was born working,” Joan Crawford writes in My Way of Life. Originally named Lucille LeSueur, Crawford always stated that she was born in 1908 (although Christina claims it was 1904) in San Antonio.

Mother’s Day means a lot of things — and for many, it means a chance to grab some wire hangers and rekindle a love for the 1981 camp extravaganza “Mommie Dearest.” Starring Oscar winner Faye Dunaway ...

There may be no more iconic utterance in the history of on-screen parenting, but actress Faye Dunaway could barely bring herself to film the scene. Dunaway, now 83, famously portrayed silver-screen ...

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"No more wire hangers ever" is one of the most quotable lines in Hollywood history, and it almost didn’t happen. Faye Dunaway, who portrayed silver screen star Joan Crawford in 1981’s "Mommie Dearest, ...

May 7 will see the publication of "With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic," a new book that tells the story of the making of, and the aftermath of the now legendary ...

It’s not certain when Joan Crawford was born — various sources say 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908 (that’s showbiz) — but she definitely died in 1977, and ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If Mommie Dearest fans are hoping that star Faye Dunaway might finally be ready to embrace the 1981’s film’s campy cult-classic status in her new documentary, they will ...

Luna Guthrie is a Movie Features Editor for Collider, writer and film critic. She began as a writer for Collider in 2021 and joined the editorial team in 2024. She has a bachelor's degree in ...