Old Hollywood star Joan Crawford was estranged from ... she intended to adopt a 5-year-old girl, but the adoption never materialized. Crawford's oldest child, Christina, alleged that her mother ...

“Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of ... by the gangster Meyer Lansky since adoption by a single woman was illegal in California. The girl was born on June 11, 1938.

The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive ... Unable to bear children, Joan, in 1940, was denied children through regular adoption agencies due to her twice divorced status ...

In 1950, Crawford announced to The New York Times that she intended to adopt a 5-year-old girl, but the adoption never materialized. Bettmann/ Getty Joan Crawford and her children Christine, Cathy, ...