What soap opera did Christina star in?
Did Joan really step in to take her place when she was hospitalized? That scene was so riduculous. Joan was in her 50's or 60's playing a young woman in her 20's.
shareBack in the day, soap operas were low budget affairs where the vast majority of scenes were recorded in a single take and actors were expected to struggle through instances when they flubbed their lines or made mistakes.
If an actor was too ill to perform, it was not uncommon to have a stand-in play the part for that episode (ie: "in today's pisode, the role of _______ will be played by _______ while ______ is recovering from illness"). And yea, having Christina's mother, THE JOAN CRAWFORD standing in for her daughter while she was sick was a bit of a stunt and a way to promote the show.