Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSuer on March 23, 1905, in San Antonio, Texas. Much of Crawford's youth was spent moving from place to place, but she always found a connection with theater.

Christina Crawford, says her mother subjected her to throughout her childhood. In Christina’s 1978 memoir, Mommie Dearest, which was adapted into an iconic film in 1981 (in which Joan was ...