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".
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Bette and Joan
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2017
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/09/2016
The Shirley Eder Tapes
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2012
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/05/2012
Possessed
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:22/07/2011
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Character:
Release Date:15/06/2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Character:Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:03/03/2008
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/05/2007
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2007
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/05/2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/03/2006
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
Character:Self (archive)
Release Date:14/06/2005
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Character:Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Release Date:03/02/2004
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/04/2002
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Character:Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Release Date:24/10/2000
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/09/1996
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/09/1994
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/1989
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/05/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
That's Entertainment, Part II
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
That's Entertainment!
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/1974
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Character:Joan Fairchild
Release Date:30/09/1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
Journey to Murder
Character:Host
Release Date:01/01/1971
Trog
Character:Dr. Brockton
Release Date:24/10/1970
Night Gallery
Character:Miss Menlo
Release Date:08/11/1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Character:Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/11/1969
Journey to the Unknown
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:15/06/1969
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
This was the MARY
Character:Self/Narrator
Release Date:01/03/1968
Berserk!
Character:Monica Rivers
Release Date:01/11/1967
The Karate Killers
Character:Amanda True
Release Date:07/04/1967
The Oscar
Character:Joan Crawford
Release Date:04/03/1966
I Saw What You Did
Character:Amy Nelson
Release Date:21/07/1965
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Character:Bobby (archive footage)
Release Date:02/09/1964
Della
Character:Della Chappell
Release Date:08/08/1964
Strait-Jacket
Character:Lucy Harbin
Release Date:19/01/1964
How to Plan a Movie Murder
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1964
The Caretakers
Character:Lucretia Terry
Release Date:21/08/1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Character:Blanche Hudson
Release Date:31/10/1962
One Must Die
Character:
Release Date:12/01/1961
The Best of Everything
Character:Amanda Farrow
Release Date:09/10/1959
Woman on the Run
Character:Susan Conrad
Release Date:15/05/1959
Strange Witness
Character:Ruth Marshall
Release Date:23/03/1958
The Story of Esther Costello
Character:Margaret Landi
Release Date:06/11/1957
Autumn Leaves
Character:Millicent Wetherby
Release Date:01/08/1956
Queen Bee
Character:Eva Phillips
Release Date:07/11/1955
Female on the Beach
Character:Lynn Markham
Release Date:19/08/1955
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1954
Johnny Guitar
Character:Vienna
Release Date:26/05/1954
Torch Song
Character:Jenny Stewart
Release Date:01/10/1953
At Home with Joan Crawford
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/1953
Sudden Fear
Character:Myra Hudson Blaine
Release Date:07/08/1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
Character:Elizabeth Austin
Release Date:09/02/1952
Goodbye, My Fancy
Character:Agatha Reed
Release Date:19/05/1951
Harriet Craig
Character:Harriet Craig
Release Date:02/11/1950
The Damned Don't Cry
Character:Ethel Whitehead
Release Date:13/05/1950
It's a Great Feeling
Character:Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Release Date:20/08/1949
Flamingo Road
Character:Lane Bellamy
Release Date:30/04/1949
Daisy Kenyon
Character:Daisy Kenyon
Release Date:25/12/1947
Through Many Windows
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:29/08/1947
Possessed
Character:Louise Howell
Release Date:29/05/1947
Humoresque
Character:Helen Wright
Release Date:25/01/1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1946
Mildred Pierce
Character:Mildred Pierce
Release Date:20/10/1945
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1944
Above Suspicion
Character:Frances Myles
Release Date:31/05/1943
Reunion in France
Character:Michele de la Becque
Release Date:25/12/1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Character:Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Release Date:11/06/1942
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1942
When Ladies Meet
Character:Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Release Date:29/08/1941
A Woman's Face
Character:Anna Holm
Release Date:09/05/1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Character:Self
Release Date:24/10/1940
Susan and God
Character:Susan Trexel
Release Date:07/06/1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Character:Self
Release Date:29/05/1940
Strange Cargo
Character:Julie
Release Date:01/03/1940
The Women
Character:Crystal Allen
Release Date:01/09/1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Character:Joan Crawford
Release Date:08/04/1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
Character:Mary McKay
Release Date:10/03/1939
The Shining Hour
Character:Olivia Riley Linden
Release Date:18/11/1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1938
Mannequin
Character:Jessie Cassidy
Release Date:21/01/1938
The Bride Wore Red
Character:Anni Pavlovitch
Release Date:08/10/1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/08/1937
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:13/08/1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Character:Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Release Date:19/02/1937
Love on the Run
Character:Sally Parker
Release Date:20/11/1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
Character:Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Release Date:28/08/1936
I Live My Life
Character:Kay Bentley
Release Date:04/10/1935
No More Ladies
Character:Marcia Townsend Warren
Release Date:14/06/1935
Forsaking All Others
Character:Mary Clay
Release Date:23/12/1934
Chained
Character:Diane Lovering
Release Date:31/08/1934
Sadie McKee
Character:Sadie
Release Date:09/05/1934
Dancing Lady
Character:Janie Barlow
Release Date:24/11/1933
Fast Workers
Character:Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Release Date:10/03/1933
Today We Live
Character:Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Release Date:03/03/1933
Rain
Character:Sadie Thompson
Release Date:12/10/1932
Grand Hotel
Character:Flämmchen
Release Date:25/05/1932
Letty Lynton
Character:Letty Lynton
Release Date:30/04/1932
Possessed
Character:Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Release Date:21/11/1931
This Modern Age
Character:Valentine 'Val' Winters
Release Date:29/08/1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:09/06/1931
Laughing Sinners
Character:Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Release Date:30/05/1931
The Stolen Jools
Character:Joan Crawford
Release Date:04/04/1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
Character:Bonnie Jordan
Release Date:07/02/1931
Paid
Character:Mary Turner
Release Date:30/12/1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/1930
Our Blushing Brides
Character:Jerry March
Release Date:19/07/1930
Montana Moon
Character:Joan
Release Date:20/03/1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/1929
Untamed
Character:Alice "Bingo" Dowling
Release Date:23/11/1929
Our Modern Maidens
Character:Billie Brown
Release Date:08/09/1929
The Duke Steps Out
Character:Susie
Release Date:19/03/1929
Dream of Love
Character:Adrienne Lecouvreur
Release Date:01/12/1928
Our Dancing Daughters
Character:Diana 'Di' Medford
Release Date:01/09/1928
Four Walls
Character:Frieda
Release Date:11/08/1928
Across to Singapore
Character:Priscilla Crowninshield
Release Date:07/04/1928
Rose-Marie
Character:Rose-Marie
Release Date:11/02/1928
The Law of the Range
Character:Betty Dallas
Release Date:21/01/1928
West Point
Character:Betty Channing
Release Date:07/01/1928
Spring Fever
Character:Allie Monte
Release Date:22/10/1927
Twelve Miles Out
Character:Jane
Release Date:08/07/1927
The Unknown
Character:Nanon Zanzi
Release Date:29/05/1927
The Understanding Heart
Character:Monica Dale
Release Date:26/02/1927
The Taxi Dancer
Character:Joselyn Poe
Release Date:05/02/1927
Winners Of The Wilderness
Character:René Contrecoeur
Release Date:15/01/1927
The Merry Widow
Character:Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1926
Paris
Character:The Girl
Release Date:24/05/1926
The Boob
Character:Jane
Release Date:17/05/1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Character:Betty Burton
Release Date:21/03/1926
Sally, Irene and Mary
Character:Irene O'Dare
Release Date:27/12/1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1925
The Only Thing
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:22/11/1925
Old Clothes
Character:Mary Riley
Release Date:09/11/1925
The Midshipman
Character:Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
Release Date:04/10/1925
The Circle
Character:Young Lady Catherine
Release Date:22/09/1925
Pretty Ladies
Character:Bobby
Release Date:06/09/1925
A Slave of Fashion
Character:Mannequin (uncredited)
Release Date:23/08/1925
Proud Flesh
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1925
1925 Studio Tour
Character:Self
Release Date:09/04/1925
Lady of the Night
Character:Body Double for Norma Shearer
Release Date:23/02/1925
Television Appearances
The Sixth Sense
Character:Joan Fairchild
Great Performances
Character:Self
The Name of the Game
Character:Committee Member (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Amanda True
The Lucy Show
Character:Joan Crawford
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Virginian
Character:Stephanie White
Route 66
Character:Morgan Harper
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Stella Faring
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
The Secret Storm
Character:Joan Borman Kane
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Ann Howard
General Electric Theater
Character:Ruth Marshall
General Electric Theater
Character:Mary Andrews
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self
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