Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0813122546
- ISBN-13
- 9780813122540
- Series
- Joan Crawford
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-09-30
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Authors
- Lawrence J. Quirk, William Schoell
Description
Based on new interviews, this fresh portrayal of an American film legend retraces her steps from her beginnings in silent films in the 1920s through her Oscar-winning performance in Mildred Pierce and subsequent decline. (Biography)
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