Christina Crawford

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Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress and author. She is the adopted daughter of Joan Crawford .

Life

Christina Crawford was born in 1939 to unmarried parents. Her father, a Navy soldier, was married to another woman. The mother was single. In 1940 she was adopted by actress Joan Crawford. According to Crawford, she spent her childhood in the shadow of her mother. She abused them both emotionally and physically. Crawford has been married three times: to Harvey Medlinsky, David Koontz and Michael Brazzel. She is now divorced again.

Career as an actress

Crawford has appeared in a number of plays including Splendor in the Grass des Summer stock theater , The Complaisant Lover , Neil Simons Barefoot in the Park .

In 1961 she had a supporting role in the film Wild in the Country . In 1968 she had a small role in the film Faces of John Cassavetes .

She also worked as an actress on the television series The Secret Storm , Medical Center , Dr. med. Marcus Welby , Matt Lincoln , Ironside and The Sixth Sense with.

Career after the adoptive mother's death

After the death of Joan Crawford, Christina Crawford and her also adopted brother Christopher Crawford found out that she had disinherited her "for reasons well known to them".

In 1978 Crawford wrote her autobiographical book Mommie Dearest . In this she describes her mother as a cruel alcoholic and a control freak. She was more interested in her career than in her adopted children. Child abuse was rarely discussed in the United States before, but it was brought to public awareness through the book. Crawford's allegations in the book were controversial and were both confirmed and rejected by contemporary witnesses.

In 1981 the book was Faye Dunaway and Diana Scarwid in the lead roles filmed . Crawford published other books on violence against children and served as chair of the Los Angeles Inter-Agency Council on Abuse and Neglect Associates for seven years .

Books

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Her Own Private Idaho". People Weekly. August 8, 1994.
  2. ^ Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford, William Morrow & Co., 1978, ISBN 0-688-03386-5 , hardcover
  3. ↑ http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/c.htm#crawfordchristina
  4. ↑ http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/willtext.htm "It is my intention to make no provision in for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them"
  5. ^ "Her Own Private Idaho". People Weekly. August 8, 1994
personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Christina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California