Christina & Joan Crawford
Her mother was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but Christina, 84, claimed there was another side to Joan that nobody ever saw. In her 1978 memoir Mommie Dearest, Christina revealed that her adopted mother Joan would burst into alcoholfuelled furies with no warning and physically abuse her. She was even forced to call the police, believing she might kill her. Christina detailed one incident where Joan dragged her out of bed when she was nine
