1. Christina Crawford was born on June 11,1939 and is an American former author and actress, best known for her 1978 memoir and expose, Mommie Dearest, which described the alleged abuse she was subjected to by her adoptive mother, film star Joan Crawford.
Christina Crawford appeared in summer stock theater, including a production of Splendor in the Grass.
Christina Crawford acted in a number of Off-Broadway productions, including In Color on Sundays.
Christina Crawford appeared in At Christmas Time and Dark of the Moon at the Fred Miller Theater in Milwaukee, and The Moon Is Blue.
In 1960, Christina Crawford was cast in a supporting role in the crime drama film Force of Impulse, which was released in 1961.
Also in 1961, Christina Crawford appeared in the musical Wild in the Country, a film starring Elvis Presley.
Christina Crawford played five character parts in Ben Hecht's controversial play Winkelberg.
Christina Crawford was considered a capable actress, but difficult to work with in the industry.
Christina Crawford had a small role in Faces, a romantic drama directed by John Cassavetes.
Christina Crawford played Joan Borman Kane on the soap opera The Secret Storm in New York from 1968 until 1969.
In October 1968, Christina Crawford missed several episodes due to emergency surgery.
Christina Crawford had no involvement with the making of the film, and has denounced the film as "grotesque" and a work of fiction.
Christina Crawford has published five subsequent books, including Survivor, Black Widow, No Safe Place, Daughters of the Inquisition and Scammed.
Christina Crawford ran a bed and breakfast called Seven Springs Farms in Tensed, Idaho, between 1994 and 1999.
LaLonde stated in her lawsuit that, during the 20th-anniversary book tour of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford publicly claimed to interviewers that LaLonde and her twin sister, Cynthia, were not biological sisters, and that their adoption was never legal.
LaLonde stated neither claim by Christina Crawford was true, and attached copies of the twin girls' birth certificates and adoption documentation to the lawsuit.
In 2000, Christina Crawford began working as entertainment manager at the Coeur d'Alene Casino in Idaho, where she worked until 2007.
Christina Crawford then wrote and produced a regional TV series, Northwest Entertainment.
In 2011, Christina Crawford founded the non-profit Benewah Human Rights Coalition and served as the organization's first president.
Christina Crawford is currently working with composer David Nehls on a stage musical adaptation of Mommie Dearest, to be produced in regional theater.
Christina Crawford was writing a third book in her memoir trilogy, following Mommie Dearest and Survivor.
Christina Crawford met her first husband, Harvey Medlinsky, a director and Broadway stage manager, while she was appearing in the Chicago national company of Barefoot in the Park.