Christopher Crawford is the son of Joan Crawford, an American actress. Joan is considered one of Hollywood’s most prominent movie stars. She often portrayed the role of a hardworking young lady who gets romance and financial success. She is one of the highest-paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled “box office poison”.

Christopher Crawford: Bio Summary

Who Is Christopher Crawford?

Christopher Crawford was born on 15 October 1942, in Oklahoma, USA. He was adopted by actress Joan Crawford and actor Phillip Terry. The details of his biological parents are unknown. He was originally named Phillip but his mother Joan changed his name to Christopher and changed his birthdate to October 15th.

Joan Crawford was afraid that Christopher might be taken away from her. His adoptive parents Joan and Phillip dated for six months before getting married. They got married on July 21, 1942, at the Hidden Valley Ranch in Ventura County, California. They eventually decided to divorce which happened in the year 1946.

Christopher’s siblings are Cathy Crawford, Cindy Crawford, and Christina Crawford. Christopher Crawford’s grandparents are German Americans, Frederick Andrew Kormann and Ida Ruth Voll from his father’s side. His maternal grandparents are Thomas E. LeSueur, a construction worker, and Anna Bell Johnson later known as Anna Cassin.

Nothing is known about Christopher’s educational background. Christopher Crawford was an actor. According to IMBD, he is known for his work in Skyways (1979) and Holiday Island (1981). Christopher had been estranged from his mother from early adulthood up until her death in May 1977.

Christopher Crawford was married twice. He had three children from his first marriage. He gave birth to Chrystal Crawford from his second marriage to Gail.

Christopher Crawford’s Mother Joan Crawford

Christopher’s mother who adopted him is actress Joan Crawford. Joan’s actual name is Lucille Fay LeSueur. She was born in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. She is of French-Huguenot, English, Dutch, and Irish ancestry. She was born on March 23 but her actual year of birth is still a mystery. Some sources have it that she was born on 23 March 1906.

Joan Crawford started as a dancer. She was using the name Lucille LeSueur, dancing in the choruses of traveling revues. She was dancing in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. She was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925.

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Joan Crawford was frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, so she started a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, her fame rivaled MGM colleagues, Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Her first film was Lady of the Night in 1925

Joan Crawford appeared in The Circle and Pretty Ladies (both 1925) and the 1925 silent films: The Only Thing, and The Merry Widow. She starred in Mildred Pierce (1945), after an absence of nearly two years from the screen. She has appeared in several films and on television regularly through the 1960s when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970.

Joan Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, she withdrew from public life. She became more and more reclusive until she died in 1977.

Christopher Crawford Passed Away

Christopher Crawford died of cancer on 22 September 2006, in Greenport, Suffolk County, New York, USA. He was 63 years old when he died. His mother Joan Crawford died on May 10, 1977, at her apartment in Lenox Hill, New York City. She died of myocardial infarction (heart attack).

A funeral was held at Campbell Funeral Home, New York, on May 13, 1977. In Joan Crawford’s will, which was signed on October 28, 1976, she bequeathed to her two youngest children, Cindy and Cathy, $77,500 each from her $2 million estate.

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