Joan Crawford Information
Bette Davis/Joan Crawford
The Biography Channel had me hooked this weekend with their features on Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. I became aware of both of these actresses toward the end of their careers. This is before I had ever heard mention of “Mommy Dearest”. The movies I had seen them in, made them scary and mean to [...]
Joan Crawford in the News
Joan is the loser, you Bette WhatsOnStage.com (blog) Joan Crawford is dead. Good”. One of the memorable lines uttered by Bette Davis in the war between the 2 Hollywood icons. If people think that Madonna having a slight dig at Lady Gaga was shocking (I'm team Madonna all the way) then Bette Davis and ... |
 Columbus Dispatch | Joan Louise Crawford | 1934-2012: Teaching was Bexley woman's passion Columbus Dispatch By Tim Stanley Every time Joan Crawford reread letters from grateful former students — among them children battling cancer and physical disabilities — she couldn't help but shed a few tears. The notes and cards were precious to her, and the Columbus ... |
Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue Chicago Tribune Well, if I recall my movie gossip from back in the day, it was Miss Williams -- not Garbo, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor -- who was considered the "grandest" of all the lady stars. At least she thought so. |
Educator Joan Crawford, former Tulsa mayor's wife, dies at 77 Tulsa World A career educator, Joan Crawford found her passion in tutoring students who couldn't attend school because of medical reasons or disabilities. Tulsa World file By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer Everything in the letter was typewritten, except for the ... |
The Costumes: An artist behind 'The Artist' Los Angeles Times Both the director and I separately came to the conclusion that Peppy was very much like Joan Crawford, who started at MGM in 1925. She had sort of the same career arc, played small and then the public really accepted her, like Peppy's rise to fame, ... |
The Globe and Mail Globe and Mail Like any number of great screen goddesses before her – Joan Crawford, let's say – she will, as Crawford did, mouth the word “Yes.” Yes, she will say. I am almost 50 and stunning. I starred in Ghost and St. Elmo's Fire, A Few Good Men and Striptease. |
 msnbc.com | Allergic to cold? Gene detectives find new clues msnbc.com Joan Crawford of Ringwood, NJ, bundles up against winter to prevent triggering her allergy to cold. Disease experts say they've found new clues to the genetic basis of cold allergy and related disorders in three families. By Diane Mapes The first time ... |
 Broadway.com | Jennifer Holliday to Star as Effie White in Dreamgirls for the 'Last' Time at ... Broadway.com Or remember that scene in Mommie Dearest, when Joan Crawford's grown daughter is in the hospital and she sees her mother on TV, playing her role in a soap opera? That's scary! But I have played Effie every five years or so and I think I can just get ... Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Holliday To Return To Dreamgirls Holliday to reprise 'Dreamgirls' role at Muny |
Hollywood legend Errol Flynn acquitted of rape Washington Examiner Flynn's lawyers selected an all-female jury then put on the stand the actor Joan Crawford once called "the most beautiful man who ever lived." The strategy worked. By the time the Australian charmer's testimony was over, the courtroom had erupted in ... |
The Irish Times takes no responsibility for the content Irish Times Ine Uí Fhlaithearta never thought, as a 13-year-old Aran islander, she would have much in common with Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich or Marilyn Monroe. Yet almost 38 years ago she was profiled by the international photographer who is known for her ... |