Although she may not have always been "mommie dearest," Joan Crawford reigned as one ... came to develop her signature arched eyebrows in the early '30s. Crawford relaxes in a white cutout one ...

For decades, Joan Crawford held the title of Hollywood's ... Take a look back at her alluring life and career in pictures (and don't forget to browse our coverage of similarly iconic leading ...

and posed in photos throughout the evening with the winner. Or as Hedda Hopper put it in her column after the Oscars: “When it comes to giving or stealing a show, no one can top Joan Crawford.” ...

The idea of “Joan Crawford” is actually a construct, and it’s all because of the studio system that ruled early Hollywood ... the “minor leagues” in B pictures that didn’t receive ...

Quirk and Schoell also defend Joan’s “incredible sex life,” although too often using gauche, patronizing jargon. In one photo caption, Quirk bills himself as “Crawford’s mentor and one ...