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Joan Crawford
Born · undefined NaN, NaN
Died · May 10, 1977 (undefined years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Bio
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – 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.
Bette and Joan
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2017
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2016
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2006
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
4.6
2004
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
7.5
1996
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
6.9
1994
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
0.0
1989
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
7.2
1974
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Joan Fairchild
6.0
1972
Journey to Murder
Host
0.0
1971
Night Gallery
Miss Menlo
7.1
1969
The Oscar
Joan Crawford
5.1
1966
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
8.0
1954
At Home with Joan Crawford
Self
6.3
1953
Through Many Windows
Self - Narrator
0.0
1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
6.0
1946
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
5.5
1940
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
0.0
1939
Fast Workers
Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
5.3
1933
We're switching to Hollywood
Self
4.8
1931
The Duke Steps Out
Susie
5.0
1929
Dream of Love
Adrienne Lecouvreur
7.0
1928
Rose-Marie
Rose-Marie
5.0
1928
The Law of the Range
Betty Dallas
2.5
1928
Twelve Miles Out
Jane
6.0
1927
The Taxi Dancer
Joselyn Poe
6.5
1927
Winners Of The Wilderness
René Contrecoeur
7.5
1927
Sally, Irene and Mary
Irene O'Dare
5.5
1925
Old Clothes
Mary Riley
3.0
1925
The Circle
Young Lady Catherine
5.4
1925
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
0.0
Spielberg
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.6
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
The Shirley Eder Tapes
Self
0.0
2012
Possessed
(archive footage)
0.0
2011
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
6.4
2008
Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
4.9
2007
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Self
0.0
2007
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2006
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
7.0
2004
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2003
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self (archive footage)
6.6
2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2002
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage / uncredited)
6.5
2000
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
6.6
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1982
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
6.8
1976
The Sixth Sense
Joan Fairchild · (1 episode)
6.3
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1972
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
1971
Night Gallery
Miss Claudia Menlo · (1 episode)
7.8
1970
Trog
Dr. Brockton
4.4
1970
Garbo
Narrator
4.0
1969
Journey to the Unknown
Self - Host
0.0
1969
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Self
0.0
1969
The Name of the Game
Committee Member (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.8
1968
This was the Mary
0.0
1968
Berserk!
Monica Rivers
5.5
1967
The Karate Killers
Amanda True
4.9
1967
I Saw What You Did
Amy Nelson
6.2
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Amanda True · (1 episode)
7.1
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Bobby (archive footage)
6.3
1964
Della
Della Chappell
7.2
1964
Strait-Jacket
Lucy Harbin
6.6
1964
How to Plan a Movie Murder
Self
4.0
1964
The Caretakers
Lucretia Terry
6.2
1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Blanche Hudson
7.9
1962
The Lucy Show
Joan Crawford · (1 episode)
7.1
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
Route 66
Morgan Harper · (1 episode)
6.4
1960
The Best of Everything
Amanda Farrow
6.4
1959
Woman on the Run
Susan Conrad
4.0
1959
The Story of Esther Costello
Margaret Landi
6.9
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Stella Faring · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Autumn Leaves
Millicent Wetherby
7.0
1956
Queen Bee
Eva Phillips
6.5
1955
Female on the Beach
Lynn Markham
5.7
1955
Johnny Guitar
Vienna
7.4
1954
The Secret Storm
Joan Borman Kane · (318 episodes)
3.7
1954
Torch Song
Jenny Stewart
6.0
1953
The Oscars
Self · (8 episodes)
7.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Ann Howard · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Ruth Marshall · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Mary Andrews · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
Sudden Fear
Myra Hudson Blaine
7.3
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
Elizabeth Austin
5.7
1952
Goodbye, My Fancy
Agatha Reed
5.9
1951
Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
7.5
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1950
The Damned Don't Cry
Ethel Whitehead
7.1
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (5 episodes)
6.7
1950
It's a Great Feeling
Joan Crawford (uncredited)
5.9
1949
Flamingo Road
Lane Bellamy
7.0
1949
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
6.7
1947
Possessed
Louise Howell
6.9
1947
Humoresque
Helen Wright
7.1
1947
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
7.6
1945
Hollywood Canteen
Self
7.3
1944
Above Suspicion
Frances Myles
6.4
1943
Reunion in France
Michele de la Becque
6.6
1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
5.8
1942
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Self
0.0
1942
When Ladies Meet
Mary 'Minnie' Howard
6.8
1941
A Woman's Face
Anna Holm
7.0
1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
6.7
1940
Susan and God
Susan Trexel
6.5
1940
Strange Cargo
Julie
7.0
1940
The Women
Crystal Allen
7.1
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Joan Crawford
4.0
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
Mary McKay
5.6
1939
The Shining Hour
Olivia Riley Linden
6.6
1938
Mannequin
Jessie Cassidy
6.0
1938
The Bride Wore Red
Anni Pavlovitch
6.7
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1937
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Self (uncredited)
5.0
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Mrs. Fay Cheyney
6.0
1937
Love on the Run
Sally Parker
6.4
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
5.2
1936
I Live My Life
Kay Bentley
6.4
1935
No More Ladies
Marcia Townsend Warren
5.1
1935
Forsaking All Others
Mary Clay
6.4
1934
Chained
Diane Lovering
6.8
1934
Sadie McKee
Sadie
7.0
1934
Dancing Lady
Janie Barlow
7.0
1933
Today We Live
Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
6.5
1933
Rain
Sadie Thompson
6.8
1932
Grand Hotel
Flämmchen
6.9
1932
Letty Lynton
Letty Lynton
6.8
1932
Possessed
Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
7.1
1931
This Modern Age
Valentine 'Val' Winters
6.0
1931
Laughing Sinners
Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
5.4
1931
The Stolen Jools
Joan Crawford
5.6
1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
Bonnie Jordan
6.4
1931
Paid
Mary Turner
6.8
1930
Our Blushing Brides
Jerry March
5.9
1930
Montana Moon
Joan
4.6
1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
5.7
1929
Untamed
Alice "Bingo" Dowling
5.8
1929
Our Modern Maidens
Billie Brown
5.9
1929
Fashion News
Self (1929)
5.0
1928
Our Dancing Daughters
Diana 'Di' Medford
6.4
1928
Four Walls
Frieda
7.0
1928
Across to Singapore
Priscilla Crowninshield
6.8
1928
West Point
Betty Channing
7.4
1928
Spring Fever
Allie Monte
6.9
1927
The Unknown
Nanon Zanzi
7.5
1927
The Understanding Heart
Monica Dale
7.0
1927
The Merry Widow
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
6.8
1926
Paris
The Girl
7.0
1926
The Boob
Jane
5.8
1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Betty Burton
5.8
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
7.3
1925
The Only Thing
Party Guest (uncredited)
2.0
1925
The Midshipman
Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
6.0
1925
Pretty Ladies
Bobby
4.7
1925
A Slave of Fashion
Mannequin (uncredited)
2.0
1925
Proud Flesh
Party Guest (uncredited)
6.0
1925
1925 Studio Tour
Self
6.2
1925
Lady of the Night
Body Double for Norma Shearer
6.0
1925