# Joan Crawford

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- Authors: [David Bret](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-bret)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2008-02-05

## Description

In the first fully uncensored biography of Joan Crawford, bestselling author David Bret follows Crawford from working in a Kansas City laundry to collecting an Oscar for Mildred Pierce , including details from her countless love affairs and her devotion toward Christian Science. Bret also divulges how her loathed mother forced her to work as a prostitute and use sex strategically, as well as what really led her to disinherit two of her four children, earning her the moniker Mommie Dearest." Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and interviews with stars like Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks, David Bret presents a fascinating portrait of a single-minded, uncompromising woman.

## Editions

### Joan Crawford

- Publisher: da_capo_press
- ISBN: 978-03-0681-624-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2008-02-05
- Language: en_GB