Christina Crawford – 1939

Christina Crawford made her stage debut in the play Splendor in the Grass. She was cast in Force of Impulse and starred in Wild in the Country. She then appeared in The Complaisant Lover and The Verdict is Yours.

Aside from acting, Crawford ventured into writing. She authored the book Mommy Dearest and Black Widow: A Novel. Elsewhere, she oversaw Seven Springs Farms in Idaho from 1994 to 1999 and became the marketing director at Coeur d’Alene Casino. Adding investments to her plate, Governor Butch Otter nominated her to county commissioner in Benewah County in 2009. She did, however, lose her election bid the following year. Crawford created the Benewah Human Rights Coalition, a non-profit organization, in 2011 and made the documentary Surviving Mommie Dearest two years later.