Mommie Dearest (1981)
| Release Date | 16 September 1981 |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Tagline | To my darling Christina, with love...Mommie Dearest |
| Genre | Biography, Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Chadwick School - 26800 Academy Drive, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Biopic [feature], Docudrama, Childhood Drama |
| Mood | Bad Taste |
| Themes | Mothers and Daughters, Actor's Life, Alcoholism, Single Parents, Adoption |
| Tones | Campy, Harsh, Ominous, Tense, Stylized |
| Tags | Adoption, Behind The Scenes, Child Abuse, Discipline, Diva, Ego, Hollywood, Manic Depressive, Perfection, Star |
Mommie Dearest is a 1981 American biographical drama film about Joan Crawford, starring Faye Dunaway. The film was directed by Frank Perry. The story was adapted for the screen by Robert Getchell, Tracy Hotchner, Frank Perry, and Frank Yablans, based on the 1978 autobiography of the same name by Christina Crawford. The executive producers were Christina's husband, David Koontz, and Terrence O'Neill, Dunaway's then-boyfriend and soon-to-be husband.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Michael Edwards
Ted Gelber
Joe Abdullah
Captain
Gary Allen
Jimmy
Adrian Aron
Wedding Guest
Matthew Campion
Actor in Soap
Carolyn Coates
Mother Superior
Margaret Fairchild
Mother Superior
Phillip R. Allen
Pepsi Executive #1
James Kirkwood Jr.
Master of Ceremonies
Michael Hawkins
Pepsi Executive #2
Matthew Faison
Pepsi Executive #3
Ellen Feldman
Ginny
Cathy Lind Hayes
Nurse
Victoria James
Photographer
Dawn Jeffory
Vera
Virginia Kiser
Beth Simpson
S. John Launer
Pepsi Chairman
Russ Marin
Funeral Director
Nicholas Mele
Assistant Director #2
Alice Nunn
Helga
Norman Palmer
Male Guest
Jeremy Scott Reinbolt
Christopher Crawford
Arthur Taxier
Decorator
Joseph Warren
Mr. Dodd
Erica Wexler
Susan
Dick McGarvin
Tour Bus Driver
Brent Dunsford
Fan
Joseph Dypwick
Fan
Wendy Pitzer
Fan
David Sanderson
Fan
Ian Bruce
Assistant Director
Peter Eastman
Doctor
Josh Gans
Boy on carousel
Director
Producer
Robert Getchell
writer
Tracy Hotchner
writer
Frank Yablans
writer, producer
David Koontz
executive producer
Neil A. Machlis
associate producer
Terence O'Neill
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Paul Lohmann
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Casting Director
Nancy Klopper
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Lynn Stalmaster
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Production Designer
Bill Malley
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Art Director
Harold Michelson
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Set Decorator
Richard C. Goddard
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Kathryn Blondell
hair stylist: Ms. Dunaway
Claude Díaz
wig maker: Faye Dunaway
Lee Harman
makeup artist: Ms. Dunaway
Charles H. Schram
makeup artist
Vivienne Walker
hair stylist
Sylvia Nava
hair technician
Production Manager
Neil A. Machlis
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan B. Curtiss
second assistant director
Michael Daves
first assistant director
Robert J. Doherty
second assistant director
Art Department
Matty Azzarone
assistant property master
Kent H. Johnson
property master
Eugene S. Kelley
construction coordinator
Sound Department
Clint Althouse
boom operator
David E. Campbell
sound re-recording mixer
Denis Dutton
sound effects editor
Cecelia Hall
sound effects editor
Sean Hanley
dialogue loop editor
David J. Hudson
sound re-recording mixer
Larry Jost
sound mixer
John T. Reitz
sound re-recording mixer
George Watters II
sound effects editor
Special Effects
Joseph P. Mercurio
special effects
Stunts
Sherry Peterson
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Doug J. Campbell
dolly grip
R.B. Garig
dolly grip
J. Michael Marlett
gaffer
John C. Moulds
second assistant camera
Leo J. Napolitano
first assistant camera
Ralph Nelson
still photographer
Guy Polzel
key grip
Timothy E. Wade
camera operator
Casting Department
Deborah Brown
casting: New York
Costume and Wardrobe Department
James P. Cullen
costumer
Bernadene C. Mann
costumer: Ms. Dunaway
Eric Seelig
costume supervisor: men
Andrea E. Weaver
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Greig McRitchie
assistant film editor
Music Department
June Edgerton
music editor
Transportation Department
Joel Marrow
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Mauri Syd Gayton
production coordinator
Ileen Maisel
assistant: Mr. Yablans
Marshall Schlom
script supervisor
Jonathan A. Zimbert
technical advisor
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
CBS Television
CIC Vídeo
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