Joan Crawford continued writing to Charles Moss into the mid-1970s, including one last letter sent just weeks before her May 10, 1977 death. She signed off as “Big Sis.” (Photo by David Allen ...

Joan Crawford pictured in her living room in 1940. The actor loved dogs and kept three Dachshunds, a poodle, and a Shih Tzu as companions over the years.© Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Hulton ...

Joan Crawford cools off in front of an electric fan outside Jones Ranch, now Crestmore Manor in Jurupa Valley, during the Aug. 1963 filming of “Strait-Jacket” in this photo from the Riverside ...