Joan Crawford

In the classic novel Puddn 'head Wilson, Mark Twain balances humor with some serious subject matter while weaving an involved tale concerning a slave who replaces her master 's child with her own son. Roxana, a slave belonging to the brother of the eminent Judge Driscoll, replaces his son Tom with her nearly identical son, Chambers. Although no one notices for many years, the truth is discovered by “Puddn 'head” Wilson, an underestimated scholar, and is eventually revealed when Roxana 's “Tom”…

(Rathus, 2010). For example, people with OCD have the obsession to clean everything spotless, like Joan Crawford when she had to clean under a plant that would be easily forgotten by anyone else. One night in the Crawford household when the children were still young, Joan walked into the bedroom where Christina was sleeping to hang a dress and found a wire hanger, a long with a “messy bathroom”. Instantly, Joan snapped and woke-up her sleeping daughter, beat her with the wire hanger, and yelled…

Joan Crawford, may have seemed like a normal person in society’s eyes, but in reality and behind closed doors she was a monstrous human being. As shown in the movie Mommie Dearest, Joan suffered from numerous personality disorders. With Joan Crawford’s obsessive compulsive disorder there would never be a single spot on her marble floor. Following the obsessive compulsive disorder, is Joan and her borderline personality disorder, where she can transform from a sweet little bunny to a ravage…

As a famous actor, Joan had it all, a thriving career, doting boyfriend, and an extravagant mansion, yet Joan felt incomplete, lacking something to give her life purpose, a baby. Joan was determined to be a mother, so she adopted a little girl, Christina. Although happy with her life, Joan always felt like things could be better. Because of her father’s abandonment as a child, Joan developed many psychological disorders. As stated earlier, many things…

Dearest, by Christina Crawford, we were shown the life of a woman suffering from many psychological disorders herself. The movie was written by the woman's daughter, who did not personally have any diagnosed disorders, but felt the wrath of each of her mother's. Four specific disorders that was shown throughout the movie were borderline personality disorder, OCPD, bipolar disorder, and histrionic personality disorder. The first disorder shown through the behavior of Joan Crawford was borderline…

In the movie Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford is revealed to be more of a psychotic, spastic, greedy woman than many people of that era realized. Based off of the real life of the Hollywood celebrity as told by her adopted daughter Christina, Mommie Dearest shows more adverse life Crawford lived at home compared to the life she lived in the spotlight. Joan suffered from many personality disorders, or certain qualities in your identity that show up after certain situations that can strain both…

In the movie Mommie Dearest, actress Joan Crawford slowly slips into madness by showing several examples of each disorder throughout the movie. The four disorders I will be comparing are borderline personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder and obsessive personality disorder. All of these disorders and their symptoms heavily affected and influenced Joan and everyone around her. For example, her daughter Christina grew up with a mother that insisted…

Joan Crawford’s Disorders In the film, Mommie Dearest, Joan Crawford demonstrates multiple different personality disorders, each of which take a part in dictating most of her life. A personality disorder involves repetitive characteristics that interrupt one’s home and work life. More likely than not, a personality disorder causes distress and affects the individual in a negative way. (Rathus, 2010, p.526). Four of these disorders that were shown by the main character are: obsessive-compulsive…

Faye Dunaway’s portrayal of Joan Crawford in the movie Mommy Dearest (1981) exhibits many of the characteristics of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Her character also seems to suffer from antisocial narcissistic behaviors as well as histrionic personality and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. These disorders often occur together and are closely related mental health diagnoses, which result in a disruption in self-image, relationships and regulation or control of emotions (Life…

psychological, which can shape your everyday life. In the film, Mommie Dearest this is shown accurately throughout. Mommie Dearest is about Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway), a famous actress. Joan decides she wants to adopt children. The first child he adopts is, Christina Crawford (Diana Scarwid). As Christian get older the more Joan expects of Christina. Joan expects her to follow in her footsteps and be the child she always dreamed of having. Although, Christina was pretty good at holding up to…