Joan Crawford

A Woman's Face

Scott Eyman

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Simon & Schuster
01 February 2026

Film, TV & Radio; Individual actors & performers; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: arts & entertainment

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.

By: Scott Eyman
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 655g
ISBN: 9781668047309
ISBN 10: 1668047306
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 01 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Scott Eyman is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including the bestseller John Wayne and Pieces of My Heart and You Must Remember This with actor Robert Wagner. 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.

Reviews for Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face

“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 ""Hollywood’s leading biographer, Scott Eyman, has outdone himself in this scintillating, revealing story of the great Joan Crawford."" —Laurence Leamer ""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 ""Joan Crawford fought for everything she ever had—and moviegoers identified with her struggle and achievements. With even-handedness and empathy, Scott Eyman reveals the deeply insecure woman beneath the movie star facade. I came away with a new regard for this Hollywood survivor."" —Leonard Maltin ""Knowledgeable biography of the actress whose film career ran from the silents through the ’60s [and a] fully fleshed portrait of a complicated woman."" —Kirkus Reviews