In 1929, at the time she wed Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at St. Malachy Church in New York, Crawford purchased a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood, located midway between Beverly Hills and the Pacific Ocean. The home would be her primary residence for the next 26 years. During that period, Crawford had her home decorated and redecorated by William Haines, her former silent movie co-star Read more...

In 1940, as a single, divorced woman, Crawford adopted Christina (born June 11, 1939).

She also adopted a boy named Christopher (born April 1941), who, in 1942, was reclaimed by his biological mother.

The third child was Christopher Terry (born 1943). Crawford and Philip Terry adopted him that same year but she changed his name to Christopher Crawford after she and Terry divorced. According Read more...

Crawford was raised Catholic by her stepfather, Henry Cassin, a Roman Catholic (although he and Crawford's mother ultimately divorced). Crawford insisted on marrying Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., who was not Catholic, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.

By the late 1930s, Crawford attended The Church of Christ, Scientist. She would bring her adopted children to that church regularly, but Read more...