Adversaries: Joan Crawford

Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Joan Crawford (c.1908 - 1977) was an American actress known for Hollywood classics like Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and Mildred Pierce. Her feud with Bette Davis is one of the most well-known and remembered from Old Hollywood. After Joan passed, her daughter released a memoir, Mommie Dearest, depicting her experience of abuse from her mother.

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0:30.0	Hello, from Wonder Media Network. I'm Jenny Kaplan and this is Wamanica.
0:39.7	This month we're talking about adversaries, women who fought for their place in history,
0:44.4	whether they fought to get to the top of their sport, against how society perceived them,
0:48.3	or fought with each other to be champions.
0:50.5	We're talking about women who broke barriers and sometimes did seemingly
0:54.2	impossible or unspeakable things to carve out their place in history. This
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1:03.0	Today we're talking about one of old Hollywood's favorite actresses.
1:07.0	Her feud with Betty Davis is still remembered to this day for giving us some of the juiciest gossip in the industry.
1:13.0	Please welcome Joan Crawford.
1:15.0	Joan Crawford was born in San Antonio, Texas sometime around 1908, the
1:26.2	exact years unknown. From an early age, Joan loved dancing and was determined to make it
1:31.8	as a performer.
1:34.0	Joan began her career in entertainment during the roaring 20s as a flapper girl,
1:38.0	and soon after in stage shows.
1:42.0	By the mid-1920s, Joan was signed. shows.
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