Mommie Dearest
Faye Dunaway is Joan Crawford. A star...a legend...and a mother...the illusion of perfection.
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour.
- 6.3
- 1981
- Released
- 2h 8m
Faye Dunaway
Joan Crawford
Diana Scarwid
Christina Crawford
Steve Forrest
Greg Savitt
Howard Da Silva
L.B. Mayer
Mara Hobel
Christina Crawford as a Child
Rutanya Alda
Carol AnnHarry Goz
Al Steele
Michael Edwards
Ted Gelber
Jocelyn Brando
Barbara Bennett
Priscilla Pointer
Mrs. ChadwickJoe Abdullah
CaptainGary Allen
JimmySelma Archerd
ConnieAdrian Aron
Wedding Guest
Xander Berkeley
Christopher CrawfordMatthew Campion
Actor in Soap
Carolyn Coates
Mother Superior
Jerry Douglas
Radio InterviewerMargaret Fairchild
Mother Superior
Phillip R. Allen
Pepsi Executive #1
Michael Hawkins
Pepsi Executive #2
Matthew Faison
Pepsi Executive #3
Peter Jason
Pepsi Executive #4Ellen Feldman
Ginny
Robert Harper
David
Cathy Lind Hayes
NurseVictoria James
Photographer
Dawn Jeffory
Vera
Virginia Kiser
Beth Simpson
S. John Launer
Pepsi Chairman
Russ Marin
Funeral DirectorNicholas Mele
Assistant Director #2Belita Moreno
Belinda Rosenberg
Warren Munson
Lawyer
Alice Nunn
HelgaNorman Palmer
Male GuestJeremy Scott Reinbolt
Christopher Crawford, age 5
Michael Talbott
Driver
Arthur Taxier
DecoratorJoe Warren
Mr. DoddErica Wexler
SusanDick McGarvin
Tour Bus DriverBrent Dunsford
FanJoseph Dypwick
FanWendy Pitzer
FanDavid Sanderson
FanIan Bruce
Assistant DirectorPeter Eastman
DoctorLars Hensen
Man (uncredited)
Danny Nero
Formal Audience Member (uncredited)
Ilene Woods
Elderly Audience Member (uncredited)
Released
en
$5,000,000.00
$19,032,261.00
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- #hollywood
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- #docudrama
- #perfection
- #mother daughter estrangement
- #adopted child
- #mother daughter relationship
- #ax
- #controlling parent
Reviews
_**Surprisingly good, sometimes great, and more balanced than its reputation**_ The life of Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) is detailed from 1939, when her career was on a downswing, to her death in 1977, focusing on her rivalrous relationship with her adopted daughter Christina (Mara Hobel & Diana Scarwid). “Mommie Dearest” (1981) is a ‘controversial’ drama because it dares to reveal the hid