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Cinematic background from Mommie Dearest 1981 - Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies. Christina leaves home to pursue an acting path of her own, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.

Mommie Dearest

1981

Biography, Drama

Directors:

Writers:

Christina Crawford, Frank Yablans, Robert Getchell, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner

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Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a silver dress walking down a set of stairs; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman in a white dress clasps her hands; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a black dress and a man in a black suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a dress shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A group of people that are sitting on a couch; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman in a black and white outfit is putting something in a metal container; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a white jacket and a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a black jacket and a woman in a black jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman with blonde curly hair and a pink flower in her hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman in a white dress and black hat; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman talking to another woman wearing a black jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman standing next to each other on the beach; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman with a towel wrapped around her head; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman dressed as a nun talking to another woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman is hugging a younger woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman wearing a nun's outfit looking at another woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman with blonde curly hair wearing a pink hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man in a suit sitting in front of a picture of a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman sitting at a table with a man in front of her; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a white dress and a black hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a red jacket is sitting in front of a microphone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman with her eyes closed under a shower; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older man holding a glass of wine in his right hand; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman and a little girl sitting next to each other; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman walking down a set of stairs in front of a window; Wide shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman sitting at a table with a pen in her hand; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man standing in front of a picture of a woman; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a white suit and a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a jacket and a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a white suit and a white hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a black coat and a black hat; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman wearing a neck tie talking to another woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A young girl wearing a robe and a tie; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman holding a pencil in her mouth; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman with blonde hair wearing a red and white dress; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman sitting at a table in front of two other people; Medium shot, High angle

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Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman wearing a black jacket and red lipstick; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man standing at a podium in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A little girl with blonde hair and a red bow; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman holding a knife with blood all over her face; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman sitting on top of a bed in a room; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman and two young girls are holding a doll; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person holding a hand up; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A little girl sitting on the floor of a tiled bathroom; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A young girl with blonde ringlet hair wearing a plaid apron; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman's face with tears in her eyes; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A little girl sitting at a table with a plate of food; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A group of people standing in front of a staircase; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a striped shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – Two young children dressed up in formal attire; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a swimming pool wearing a white hat; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person with curly hair wearing a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a hat and a necklace; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person with curly hair wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman and a young girl looking at each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman embracing each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman standing in front of an audience in front of a screen; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman standing in front of another woman in front of a fireplace; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in front of white folding chairs; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman holding a baby in her arms; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man and a woman talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A woman in a white dress and a black hat is next to a metal container; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – An older woman with red lipstick looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Mommie Dearest” (1981), directed by Frank Perry – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle