Joan Crawford A Woman’s Face
Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face by Scott Eyman, published by Simon & Schuster on November 18, 2025, offers a comprehensive biography of the Hollywood icon Joan Crawford. This edition spans 464 pages and is presented in English. Eyman draws on previously unseen documents and photographs from the Crawford estate to provide an in-depth look at her rise from a poverty-stricken childhood to becoming a celebrated movie star in the 1920s, capturing the admiration of figures like F. Scott Fitzgerald and audiences around the world.
In this biography, readers will discover the multifaceted life of Joan Crawford, who thrived in various film genres, including romance, musicals, and noir. Eyman employs groundbreaking primary research and interviews with friends and relatives to explore Crawford’s character and motivations. The book delves into her personal and professional journey, highlighting her four marriages, her Academy Award for Best Actress, and her lasting legacy in the entertainment industry. Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face presents a detailed account of a remarkable woman whose life was as dazzling as it was turbulent.
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Film historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood icon Joan Crawford, drawing on never-before-seen documents and photos from the Crawford estate.
Joan Crawford burst out of her poverty-stricken youth to become a bright young movie star in the 1920’s, drawing the admiration of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the attention of audiences worldwide. She flourished for decades, working for multiple studios in every genre from romance to westerns (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Guitar), musicals to noir (Torch Song, A Woman’s Face), and being directed by a young Steven Spielberg in one of her last appearances. Along the way she accumulated four husbands, an Academy Award for Best Actress, and the undeniable status of a legend.
Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face looks at the reality of this remarkable woman through the prism of groundbreaking primary research, interviews with friends and relatives, and with the same insightful analysis of character and motive that author Scott Eyman brought to John Wayne and Cary Grant, among others.
Joan Crawford was a woman like no other, and Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face is the first full telling of her dazzling, turbulent life.
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