Scott Eyman Joan Crawford Biography review and information of the content of the new book about the American movie actress and film star. Simon & Schuster will publish the new Joan Crawford biography written by Scott Eyman, on November 18, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.
Scott Eyman Joan Crawford Biography reviews
- “Scott Eyman’s new biography pulls together the layers of invention and reinvention that transformed malnourished Texas tomboy Lucille LeSueur into screen legend Joan Crawford with so much immediacy and Hollywood-insider detail that reading it feels like a cinematic experience in itself… It renders studio politics, contract-negotiation minutiae, costuming conflicts and production-code headaches with thrilling immediacy, note-perfect dialogue and the perfect amount of attitude.” (Salon)
- “I knew Joan Crawford, and this is the first book written about her that gives me a portrait I can recognize. It presents her humor, her intelligence, her work ethic, her generosity, and her determination as well as her insecurity. (Eyman) … has done a masterful job.” (Jeanine Basinger, film historian)
- “Scott Eyman’s books always bring back the Hollywood that I lived in and loved, and Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face might be his best. He completely captures her need, her talent and her generosity, as well as her absolute determination to be the best possible version of herself.” (Robert Wagner, American actor)
Joan Crawford
A Woman’s Face
- Author: Scott Eyman (United States)
- Book type: biography, film book
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Released: November 18, 2025
- Length: 464 pages
- Format: hardcover / ebook / audiobook
- Prize: $ 31.00 / $ 16.99 / $ 16.99
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the Joan Crawford biography
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.
Scott Eyman was born March 2, 1951. He is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including the bestseller John Wayne and Pieces of My Heart, You Must Remember This with actor Robert Wagner and Charlie Chaplin vs. America, . Eyman, formerly the literary critic at The Palm Beach Post, also writes book reviews for The Wall Street Journal, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. He and his wife, Lynn, live in West Palm Beach.