Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Biography
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford launched a publicity campaign and built an image as a nationally known flapper by the end of the 1920s. By the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison". After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life. She became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
185
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-03-23 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Acting

2017

Spielberg as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? as Self (archive footage)

2006

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

2002

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star as Self (archive footage)

1996

Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)

1959

Zwischen Glück und Krone as Self (archive footage)

1957

The Story of Esther Costello as Margaret Landi

1951

Goodbye, My Fancy as Agatha Reed

1942

They All Kissed the Bride as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew

1941

When Ladies Meet as Mary 'Minnie' Howard

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939 as Mary McKay

1937

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Mrs. Fay Cheyney

1937

The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)

1935

No More Ladies as Marcia Townsend Warren

1933

Today We Live as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith

1933

Fast Workers as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

1932

Letty Lynton as Letty Lynton

1931

Dance, Fools, Dance as Bonnie Jordan

1931

Laughing Sinners as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens

1930

Our Blushing Brides as Jerry March

1930

Paid as Mary Turner

1929

Our Modern Maidens as Billie Brown

1929

Untamed as Alice "Bingo" Dowling

1928

Our Dancing Daughters as Diana 'Di' Medford

1928

Four Walls as Frieda

1928

Dream of Love as Adrienne Lecouvreur

1927

Twelve Miles Out as Jane

1927

Spring Fever as Allie Monte

1927

The Understanding Heart as Monica Dale

1927

The Taxi Dancer as Joselyn Poe

1926

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp as Betty Burton

1926

The Boob as Jane

1926

Paris as The Girl

1925

1925 Studio Tour as Self

1925

Proud Flesh as Party Guest (uncredited)

1925

The Circle as Young Lady Catherine

NaN

The Road to Edinburgh as Mary Andrews

2017

Bette and Joan as Self (archive footage)

2016

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other as Self (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2011

Possessed as (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)

2007

Girl 27 as Self (archive footage)

2006

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition as Self (archive footage)

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Dr. Brockton (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

2002

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' as Self (archive footage)

2000

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self (archive footage / uncredited)

1994

That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)

1994

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)

1972

The Sixth Sense as Joan Fairchild

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)

1971

Great Performances as Self

1971

Journey to Murder as Host

1970

Trog as Dr. Brockton

1969

Night Gallery as Miss Menlo

1969

Journey to the Unknown as Self - Host

1969

Garbo as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

1968

The Name of the Game as Committee Member (uncredited)

1968

This was the MARY as Self/Narrator

1967

Berserk! as Monica Rivers

1967

The Karate Killers as Amanda True

1966

The Oscar as Joan Crawford

1965

I Saw What You Did as Amy Nelson

1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Amanda True

1964

Strait-Jacket as Lucy Harbin

1964

Della as Della Chappell

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Bobby (archive footage)

1963

The Caretakers as Lucretia Terry

1962

The Lucy Show as Joan Crawford

1962

The Virginian as Stephanie White

1962

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Blanche Hudson

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

One Must Die as Not available

1960

Route 66 as Morgan Harper

1959

The Best of Everything as Amanda Farrow

1959

Woman on the Run as Susan Conrad

1958

Strange Witness as Ruth Marshall

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Stella Faring

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs

1956

Autumn Leaves as Millicent Wetherby

1955

Queen Bee as Eva Phillips

1955

Female on the Beach as Lynn Markham

1954

The Secret Storm as Joan Borman Kane

1954

Johnny Guitar as Vienna

1953

The Oscars as Self

1953

General Electric Theater as Ann Howard

1953

General Electric Theater as Ruth Marshall

1953

General Electric Theater as Mary Andrews

1953

Torch Song as Jenny Stewart

1952

Sudden Fear as Myra Hudson Blaine

1952

This Woman Is Dangerous as Elizabeth Austin

1950

What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1950

Harriet Craig as Harriet Craig

1950

The Damned Don't Cry as Ethel Whitehead

1949

Flamingo Road as Lane Bellamy

1949

It's a Great Feeling as Joan Crawford (uncredited)

1947

Possessed as Louise Howell

1947

Humoresque as Helen Wright

1947

Daisy Kenyon as Daisy Kenyon

1947

Through Many Windows as Self - Narrator

1946

Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self

1945

Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce

1944

Hollywood Canteen as Self

1943

Above Suspicion as Frances Myles

1942

Reunion in France as Michele de la Becque

1941

A Woman's Face as Anna Holm

1940

Susan and God as Susan Trexel

1940

Strange Cargo as Julie

1939

The Women as Crystal Allen

1939

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Joan Crawford

1938

The Shining Hour as Olivia Riley Linden

1938

Mannequin as Jessie Cassidy

1937

The Bride Wore Red as Anni Pavlovitch

1936

The Gorgeous Hussy as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal

1936

Love on the Run as Sally Parker

1935

I Live My Life as Kay Bentley

1934

Chained as Diane Lovering

1934

Sadie McKee as Sadie

1934

Forsaking All Others as Mary Clay

1933

Dancing Lady as Janie Barlow

1932

Grand Hotel as Flämmchen

1932

Rain as Sadie Thompson

1931

This Modern Age as Valentine 'Val' Winters

1931

Possessed as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'

1931

The Stolen Jools as Joan Crawford

1930

Montana Moon as Joan

1928

Across to Singapore as Priscilla Crowninshield

1928

West Point as Betty Channing

1928

The Law of the Range as Betty Dallas

1927

The Unknown as Nanon Zanzi

1927

Winners Of The Wilderness as René Contrecoeur

1926

The Merry Widow as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

1925

Lady of the Night as Body Double for Norma Shearer

1925

Pretty Ladies as Bobby

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And One Was Loyal as Ann Howard

1937

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 as Self (uncredited)

1929

The Duke Steps Out as Susie

1928

Rose-Marie as Rose-Marie

1925

The Only Thing as Party Guest (uncredited)

1925

A Slave of Fashion as Mannequin (uncredited)

NaN

Because I Love Him as Margaret Hughes

1925

Old Clothes as Mary Riley

NaN

Rebel Range as Stella Faring

1925

The Midshipman as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)

1925

Sally, Irene and Mary as Irene O'Dare
Crew

1964

Della Producer

1959

Woman on the Run Producer

1950

The Damned Don't Cry Additional Writing

1950

The Damned Don't Cry Costume Consultant

1942

Joan Crawford's Home Movies Cinematography