Those commenting here saying other people "witnessed the abuse" - that is NOT true. No one ever said they witnessed anything. NO ONE. Now, several of you will attempt to mention Helen Hayes, June Allyson or Kirk Douglas - but NONE of them said they saw abuse. NONE. Everyone IN THE HOME denied Christina's Lies.

I don't know but let me tell u something: she is 👏🏾 wearing 👏🏾 those 👏🏾 outfits!!!

It seems Lucille Lesueur had a miserable childhood, but eventually made it big as Joan Crawford. Problem is, she didn't have the guidance and emotional intelligence to be grounded and make her a good mother. I wonder why she felt the need to have children (look at the sad life of Shirley Maclaine's daughter who was sent off to Japan). Some say it was to copy Gloria Swanson, who also adopted. Most of the big stars were so focussed on their careers, you wonder how they could properly raise a child, let alone four.

Good work...finding a Redbook article from 1960 a whole 17 years before Joan Crawford passed away. The revolt of Christina started way back when, long before the will was revealed. Ironically or not the movie rendition of the book shows Joan bringing Christina home from Chadwick where a writer from Redbook was there to do a piece on Joan. The article you have found gives evidence of the very public feud already brewing between movie star and daughter of movie star who wanted very much to be a star at that time. I no longer wonder why she was cut out of the will, and neither should she.

It's curious Crawford and her close friend Barbara Stanwyck seemed to be terrible mothers.

we will never really know the truth.

In the biography of M. Dietrich tells her daughter it was public that Joan Crawford hit her children. All the fired server of the house. Another actress, and visitor of the house speak from a " irrational" behavior about her children. I think Joan has behind the time of MGM Problems with her carier about her alkoholproblem. And you see in her play her behavior often agressiv . The daughter tells from agressiv men / partner in her live. I think its about her childhood with a incomplete sozialisation. I remember a different story of another actress with carrierproblem and then alcoholism. And a friend of her tell she was a verry friendly person but with alkohol she become the behavior of a devil. And alkohol destroy the brain and so perhaps at long time the personality.

Joan and Barbara were both gay✨

Crawford looks evil.

The will says everything. The will shows just how spiteful, cruel and vindictive Joan was.

Malignant Narrcisist and beyond... Sadistic..😝

June Allyson wrote in her autobiography about witnessing the type of abusive behavior Christina described.

What happened was her mother treating her like she did...... poorly....it played a game on her mind as a child ....so she found a way to retaliate as an adult ....& It wasn't good 😊

Christina documented several times in which Joan Crawford was drunk at home (the Chadwick years) and at Don The Beachcomber's. Margaret O' Brien stated that Joan had to be assisted out of a restaurant because she had too much to drink. O' Brien personally witnessed that. Betsy Palmer stated that during the filming of Queen Bee, Palmer received calls at 7am instructing her (Palmer) to come in to work, becaue Crawford could not be filmed due to her "boozing" all night with John Ireland. While referring to the filming of Torch Song, Charles Walters stated, "..Supposed to start at nine in the morning, at about a quarter of nine, the assistant said Joan would like to see you in her dressing room. I went in, she's dressed but she's like this (leans forward in a stiff, tense pose), she says, 'I am petrified, I cannot get off this stool, I cannont get out of the dre-, I (stuttering) I can't. I know it's terrible, but could I have a little vodka?' I said, 'Honey, anything that's going to relax you, the routine is down pat, we're lit, we're ready to go, have a little slug if it's going to help you, Honey.' She said, 'Well you've got to have one with me.' Well, about 10 o' clock, (laughs) we came out of the dressing room, a hair high, but relaxed and comfortable." Natalie Schafer stated, "She didn't like normal vodka which I think is 80 proof, she liked vodka that's 120 proof, it's stronger, and uh, she would have it in a water glass, and she had it in her hand in between takes, but I thought it was water. And one day it was very hot, and her water glass was right on the table between us, and I said, 'Oh, can I have a sip of your wa- I'm so thirsty,' and I took a sip, and you know it was like straight alcohol straight, straight 120 proof vodka, and I don't know how she could work with it, but she did." Greg Bautzer, on The Hollywood Greats (1978), stated, "The boy was left handed, and she was trying to change him from left handed to right handed. Now I don't know the medical involvements in that kind of attempt, but uh, at least I don't think there was anything wrong with a boy eating left handed. And one time we were sitting at the table at a Sunday family dinner, the children, Christopher, and myself, and she reached over as he was taking his fork (gestures with a swiping motion) hit him" Vincent Sherman stated, "Joan was preparing lunch for the children, and then Christopher came in, and she started balling him out, and the poor kid was sitting there with tears in his eyes, and I said, 'Joan, don't humilliate him in front of people." Natalie Schafer stated, "'She said, 'I'm a marvelous mother.' She said, 'my children obey me, and they must obey me.' And this little boy, I think he was 4 or 5 years old,was in the living room and on the coffee table was a box of chocolates. And she told this story, you know, quite proudly. She said and he took a chocolate and he said 'may I have a candy mama?' And she said, 'yes, you may have one.'So when she wasn't looking he took another , and she caught him, and she said, 'now I want you to eat EVERY CHOCOLATE in that box,' and it was a GREAT BIG BOX of chocolates, and she stood over him til he ate ALL the chocolates in the box, and then threw them up, so she said, 'of course he won't do that again.' and she was very proud of herself." Helen Hayes described Joan Crawford as "cruel." Therefore, there were witnesses to alcoholism and abuse pertaining to Joan Crawford.Show less

Christina wanted to be a Joan. She was jealous of her

@christinacrawfordlied is a great example of denial concealing mental illness.

In the biography of M. Dietrich tells her daughter it was public that Joan Crawford hit her children. All the fired server of the house. Another actress, and visitor of the house speak from a " irrational" behavior about her children. I think Joan has behind the time of MGM Problems with her carier about her alkoholproblem. And you see in her play her behavior often agressiv . The daughter tells from agressiv men / partner in her live. I think its about her childhood with a incomplete sozialisation. I remember a different story of another actress with carrierproblem and then alcoholism. And a friend of her tell she was a verry friendly person but with alkohol she become the behavior of a devil. And much at long time alkohol destroy the brain and so perhaps at long time the personality.