Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American author and
actress, best known for her 1978 memoir, Mommie Dearest, her account
of growing up with her adoptive mother, film star Joan
Crawford.Christina Crawford was born in Los Angeles, California in
1939, to unmarried teens. According to her personal interview with
Larry King, her father was married to another woman and supposedly in
the Navy; her mother was unmarried. Crawford was adopted from a baby
broker in Nevada because Joan was formally denied an adoption by
social services for being an unfit candidate in California in 1940.
Christina maintains that Joan did not have a positive relationship
with either her own mother, Anna, or with her brother Hal, which
contributed to social services' conclusion as well as Joan's multiple
divorces.Crawford was one of five children adopted by Joan. Her
siblings were Christopher (1942â€"2006), adopted in 1943, and twin
girls â€" Catherine (Cathy, 1947â€"2020) and Cynthia (Cindy,
1947â€"2007) â€" adopted in 1947. Another boy, also named Christopher,
was adopted in 1941 but was reclaimed by his birth mother. During
Episode 2008 of a PBS Broadcast of Antiques Roadshow that first aired
on February 23, 2019, a "Joan Crawford" archive was evaluated. The
owner of the estate items stated that he was the grandson of a lady
that was employed by Joan Crawford and had served as a nanny. The
estate items included a set of instructions that were described as
having been typed by Joan Crawford, and that instructed the nanny to
"tie" one of the children (Christopher) to their highchair during the
children's morning schedule.
actress, best known for her 1978 memoir, Mommie Dearest, her account
of growing up with her adoptive mother, film star Joan
Crawford.Christina Crawford was born in Los Angeles, California in
1939, to unmarried teens. According to her personal interview with
Larry King, her father was married to another woman and supposedly in
the Navy; her mother was unmarried. Crawford was adopted from a baby
broker in Nevada because Joan was formally denied an adoption by
social services for being an unfit candidate in California in 1940.
Christina maintains that Joan did not have a positive relationship
with either her own mother, Anna, or with her brother Hal, which
contributed to social services' conclusion as well as Joan's multiple
divorces.Crawford was one of five children adopted by Joan. Her
siblings were Christopher (1942â€"2006), adopted in 1943, and twin
girls â€" Catherine (Cathy, 1947â€"2020) and Cynthia (Cindy,
1947â€"2007) â€" adopted in 1947. Another boy, also named Christopher,
was adopted in 1941 but was reclaimed by his birth mother. During
Episode 2008 of a PBS Broadcast of Antiques Roadshow that first aired
on February 23, 2019, a "Joan Crawford" archive was evaluated. The
owner of the estate items stated that he was the grandson of a lady
that was employed by Joan Crawford and had served as a nanny. The
estate items included a set of instructions that were described as
having been typed by Joan Crawford, and that instructed the nanny to
"tie" one of the children (Christopher) to their highchair during the
children's morning schedule.
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