Difficult? Demanding? Probably. But Hollywood legend Joan Crawford was no 'Mommie Dearest,' says author Scott Eyman. 'She was ...

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 ...

"It's like Greek tragedy," says actor Xander Berkeley of Faye Dunaway's over-the-top performance as the celebrity mom from hell. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Of course, everything was far from ...

"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, ...

Faye Dunaway struggled to film the iconic "no more wire hangers" scene in "Mommie Dearest" ...but not for the reasons you might think. “No wire hangers, ever!” There may be no more iconic utterance in ...

The following is an excerpt from the new book With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by Hollywood historian A. Ashley Hoff, available now through Chicago Review Press.

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 ...

In Hollywood history, Joan Crawford will reign eternally as a legendary, Oscar-winning diva. As will Faye Dunaway who, while best known for “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Network,” will never be forgotten ...

Revisiting the original tell-all book about Joan Crawford ahead of Sunday’s newest episode By Amber Dowling Joan Crawford was a woman known for many things: her ongoing feud with Bette Davis; her ...

Landmark’s The Plaza Frontenac Theatre (210 Plaza Frontenac, in the Plaza Frontenac Shopping Center, Frontenac, MO, 63131) hosts RetroREPLAY Tuesdays. Tickets are only $7 and can be purchased in ...

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 ...