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Mommie Dearest (1981)

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PG | 2 hr 9 mins | Drama, Biopic, Period | Released: 9/1/1981

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Synopsis:

A portrayal of the actress Joan Crawford as a screaming witch-mother who abuses her kids.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/1/1981

Director	Credit
Frank Perry	Director
Cast	Credit
Faye Dunaway	Joan Crawford
Diana Scarwid	Christina Crawford
Steve Forrest	Greg Savitt
Mara Hobel	Young Christina
Rutanya Alda	Carol Ann
Howard Da Silva	L B Mayer
Harry Goz	Al Steele
Michael Edwards	Ted Gelber
Jocelyn Brando	Barbara Bennett
Priscilla Pointer	Mrs Chadwick
Joe Abdullah	Captain
Gary Allen	Jimmy--Photographer
Selma Archerd	Connie
Adrian Aron	Wedding Guest
Xander Berkeley	Christopher Crawford--as an Adult
Matthew Campion	Bill--Actor in Soap
Carolyn Coates	Mother Superior
Jerry Douglas	Radio Interviewer
Margaret Fairchild	Mother Superior at Orphanage
Phillip R Allen	1st Pepsi Executive
James Kirkwood Jr	Master of Ceremonies
Michael D Gainsborough	2nd Pepsi Executive
Matthew Faison	3rd Pepsi Executive
Peter Jason	4th Pepsi Executive
Ellen Feldman	Ginny
Robert Harper	David
Cathy Lind Hayes	Nurse
Victoria James	Photographer
Dawn Jeffory	Vera
Virginia Kiser	Beth Simpson
S John Launer	Pepsi Chairman
Russ Marin	Funeral Director
Nicholas Mele	2nd Assistant Director
Belita Moreno	Belinda Rosenberg
Warren Munson	Lawyer
Alice Nunn	Helga
Norman Palmer	Male Guest
David Price	Tonyu
Jeremy Scott Reinbolt	Christopher Crawford--as a Child
Michael Talbot	Driver
Arthur Taxier	Decorator
Joseph Warren	Mr Dodd
Erica Wexler	Susan
Dick McGarvin	Tour Bus Driver
Brent Dunsford	Fan
Joseph Dypwick	Fan
Wendy Pitzer	Fan
David Sanderson	Fan
Ian Bruce	Assistant Director
Peter Eastman	Doctor
Production Credits	Credit
Frank Yablans	Producer
David Koontz	Executive Producer
Neil A Machlis	Associate Producer
Terence O'Neill	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Frank Yablans Presentations	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
CIC Productions	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Writer	Credit
Frank Yablans	Screenplay
Christina Crawford	Book as Source Material
Frank Perry	Screenplay
Tracy Hotchner	Screenplay
Robert Getchell	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Richard Goddard	Set Decorator
Bill Malley	Production Designer
Harold Michelson	Art Director - art direction
Casting	Credit
Lynn Stalmaster	Casting
Nancy Klopper	Casting
Deborah Brown	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Paul Lohmann	Director of Photography
Tim Wade	Camera Operator
Music	Credit
Henry Mancini	Music
Sam Lewis	Song
Lorenz Hart	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
June Edgerton	Music Editor
Joe Young	Song
Richard Rodgers	Music
Ray Henderson	Song
Ralph Rainger	Song
Robin (The Lady of Rage)	Song
Jay Livingston	Song
Evans	Song
John Mercer	Song
Victor Schertzinger	Song
Production Management	Credit
Michael Daves	Assistant Director
Neil A Machlis	Unit Production Manager
Marshall Schlom	Script Supervisor
Alan B Curtiss	Assistant Director
Robert Doherty	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Larry Jost	Sound - sound recording mixer
George Watters II	Sound Effects Editor
John T Reitz	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Cecelia Hall	Sound Effects Editor
Denis Dutton	Sound Effects Editor
David E Campbell	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
David J Hudson	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Joseph P Mercurio	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Bernadene C Mann	Costumes
Vivienne Walker	Hair - hairstyles
Charles Schram	Makeup
Eric Seelig	Costume Supervisor
Irene Sharaff	Costume Designer
Andrea Weaver	Costume Supervisor
Kathy Lee Blondell-Hart	Hair - hairstyles
Lee Harman	Makeup

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