Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 23, 1906
Place of Birth:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bette and Joan | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Shirley Eder Tapes | Self |
| 2011 | Possessed | (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy | Self |
| 2006 | 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Dr. Brockton (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death | Joan Fairchild |
| 1971 | Journey to Murder | Host |
| 1970 | Trog | Dr. Brockton |
| 1969 | The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Self |
| 1969 | Journey to the Unknown | Self - Host |
| 1969 | Night Gallery | Miss Menlo |
| 1969 | Garbo | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) |
| 1968 | This was the Mary | |
| 1967 | The Karate Killers | Amanda True |
| 1967 | Berserk! | Monica Rivers |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Joan Crawford |
| 1965 | I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin |
| 1964 | Della | Della Chappell |
| 1964 | How to Plan a Movie Murder | Self |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Bobby (archive footage) |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1961 | One Must Die | |
| 1959 | The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow |
| 1959 | Woman on the Run | Susan Conrad |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) |
| 1958 | Strange Witness | Ruth Marshall |
| 1957 | The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby |
| 1955 | Queen Bee | Eva Phillips |
| 1955 | Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Vienna |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self |
| 1953 | Torch Song | Jenny Stewart |
| 1953 | At Home with Joan Crawford | Self |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson Blaine |
| 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous | Elizabeth Austin |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Ethel Whitehead |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Joan Crawford (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon |
| 1947 | Possessed | Louise Howell |
| 1947 | Humoresque | Helen Wright |
| 1947 | Through Many Windows | Self - Narrator |
| 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Frances Myles |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Michele de la Becque |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew |
| 1942 | Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Self |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Anna Holm |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Mary 'Minnie' Howard |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Susan Trexel |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Julie |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1939 | The Women | Crystal Allen |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Joan Crawford |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Jessie Cassidy |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley Linden |
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Mrs. Fay Cheyney |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) |
| 1937 | Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Love on the Run | Sally Parker |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal |
| 1935 | No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend Warren |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Kay Bentley |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Sadie |
| 1934 | Chained | Diane Lovering |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Janie Barlow |
| 1933 | Today We Live | Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith |
| 1933 | Fast Workers | Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Flämmchen |
| 1932 | Rain | Sadie Thompson |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton |
| 1931 | Possessed | Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Joan Crawford |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan |
| 1931 | This Modern Age | Valentine 'Val' Winters |
| 1931 | We're switching to Hollywood | Self |
| 1930 | Montana Moon | Joan |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides | Jerry March |
| 1930 | Paid | Mary Turner |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown |
| 1929 | Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling |
| 1929 | The Duke Steps Out | Susie |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Diana 'Di' Medford |
| 1928 | West Point | Betty Channing |
| 1928 | Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield |
| 1928 | Dream of Love | Adrienne Lecouvreur |
| 1928 | The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas |
| 1928 | Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie |
| 1928 | Four Walls | Frieda |
| 1927 | The Unknown | Nanon Zanzi |
| 1927 | Spring Fever | Allie Monte |
| 1927 | Winners Of The Wilderness | René Contrecoeur |
| 1927 | Twelve Miles Out | Jane |
| 1927 | The Taxi Dancer | Joselyn Poe |
| 1927 | The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale |
| 1926 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton |
| 1926 | The Boob | Jane |
| 1926 | The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Paris | The Girl |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies | Bobby |
| 1925 | The Circle | Young Lady Catherine |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio Tour | Self |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Proud Flesh | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Only Thing | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Lady of the Night | Body Double for Norma Shearer |
| 1925 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene O'Dare |
| 1925 | A Slave of Fashion | Mannequin (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Old Clothes | Mary Riley |
| 1925 | The Midshipman | Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited) |
| The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel | ||
| The Road to Edinburgh | Mary Andrews | |
| Because I Love Him | Margaret Hughes | |
| And One Was Loyal | ann howard | |
| Rebel Range | Stella Faring |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Joan Fairchild |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Committee Member (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Amanda True |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Joan Crawford |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Morgan Harper |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Stella Faring |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | Joan Borman Kane |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ann Howard |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ruth Marshall |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mary Andrews |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |