Among those who attend are; Myrna Loy, John Wayne, Steven Spielberg, Joan's daughter, Christina and Joan's godson, Jack Jones, who sings "Everything I have Is Yours."
A sign that Joan herself recognized that her life was almost over came on May 8, when she gave away her beloved pet Shih Tzu. Two days later, on the morning of May 10, Joan Crawford died. Only her housekeeper and a longtime female fan were present.
In her will, which had been signed on October 28, 1976, Crawford bequeathed to her two youngest children, Cindy and Cathy, $77,500 each from her $2 million estate.
Though no birth certificate exists for Joan Crawford (née Lucille LeSueur), everyone agrees on the March 23 date of her birth. The year is another matter. Crawford always claimed 1908, which would put her age at 16 when she was placed under contract to MGM in January 1925.
Joan Crawford Funeral Coverage | Campbell's Funeral Home (1977)
Who did Joan Crawford not get along with?
The enmity between Davis and Crawford created one of the most famous celebrity feuds of all time. Why did they hate each other so much? Well, it's a long story. Crawford was already a big star when Davis was making her first appearances in movies.
Both can be true. The movie is based on the book written by Joan Crawford's adopted daughter and her account about her childhood. Some have claimed it was exaggerated but only she can confirm or deny. As Crawford is long gone.
As Charlotte Chandler writes in her biography of Crawford, Not the Girl Next Door, Crawford was unable to have kids, so she adopted five: a girl, Christina, in 1940; a boy, Christopher, in 1942, who was reclaimed by his birth mother soon after; a second boy, also named Christopher, in 1943; and twin girls, Catherine ( ...
Joan Crawford talking about her children twins Cynthia “Cindy”, and Cathy Crawford, as well as Christina. #joancrawford #oldhollywood #classichollywood #crawford vintagehollywood.
Notable personalities who used Tann's services included actress Joan Crawford (twin daughters, Cathy and Cynthia were adopted through the agency while daughter Christina Crawford and son Christopher were adopted through other agencies).
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
Joan Crawford died in 1977. The movie Mommie Dearest was released in 1981. So, unless Joan Crawford “abused” Faye Dunaway from the grave, there is no story there.
Both Christopher and Christina successfully contested Joan's will, according to The Guardian. He also told the Los Angeles Times that he'd received $1500 from waiving his rights to Christina's book, Mommie Dearest and the 1981 film based on the book. Christopher died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 62.
Did Joan Crawford really campaign against Bette Davis?
In the Oscars race following the film, Crawford launched a campaign against Davis' win and thought of various ways of getting onto the stage. She publicly claimed that she hoped that Davis would win but she actually surprised her by accepting Anne Bancroft's Best Actress Award right in front of Davis.
“I felt like there was a certain either thriftiness or nostalgia there on her part,” she says. Crawford's actual house is still standing, but the production had to find a different home to serve as the exterior.
Played a character named Callahan in The Towering Inferno, and then played The Mayor in The Enforcer, the third movie featuring Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry Callahan. He and famed film star Joan Crawford are separated by just one letter in their names (though not related).
