The daughter had motive to paint her as nasty as possible. I mean I would have.

How much of it was true? Well, I've never once heard anyone talk about Crawford being a nice person. Anything but in fact.

So I'm inclined to believe what the daughter wrote. Because I'll put it this way. I'm aware of how my grandmother treated her daughters, my mom and aunts. And they weren't adopted. A mother being that nasty and abusive. That horrific. For control and out of spite. Children are there to be seen only, to make me look good, to do exactly as I say even as adults, etc. I've seen that crap for real and it's lifelong after effects on people. So none of what's in that movie is a surprise. My mom and aunts use to call the old bag that in fact. Mommie Dearest. Because of the movie.