Joan Crawford

A Woman’s Face
The life of Hollywood legend Joan Crawford, told by bestselling biographer and film historian Scott Eyman, drawing in part on letters and papers not available to previous biographers, with cooperation from the estate.
The definitive biography of Old Hollywood icon Joan Crawford, from acclaimed film historian and New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman, is the story of Hollywood stardom itself (The New Yorker).

Joan Crawford burst out of her poverty-stricken youth to become a bright young movie star in the 1920s, drawing the admiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the attention of audiences worldwide. She flourished for decades, working across genres, from romance to westerns (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Guitar) to musicals and noir (Torch Song, A Womans Face). Along the way she accumulated four husbands, an Academy Award for Best Actress, and the undeniable statu