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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1906
Died
May 10, 1977
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- Lucille Fay LeSueur
- Lucille Le Sueur
- Billie Cassin
- Lucille Fay Le Sueur
Joan Crawford
1.3 Popularity
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
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Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
2017
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Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
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Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
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Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
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Self
The Shirley Eder Tapes
2012
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
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(archive footage)
Possessed
2011
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Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
7.5
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
6.1
Various Roles (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Credits
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
2016
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
🎬
The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
2012
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.2
🎬
Possessed
as (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
0.0
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2008
6.1
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2007
4.3
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
2007
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.7
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.0
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The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
as Self (archive)
2005
0.0
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
6.7
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
2002
6.7
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
2000
6.5
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.5
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
1994
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That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
1982
0.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
1972
6.0
The Sixth Sense
as Joan Fairchild
1972
5.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Journey to Murder
as Host
1971
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Trog
as Dr. Brockton
1970
4.5
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
1969
6.6
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1969
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Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
1969
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain
as Self
1969
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The Name of the Game
as Committee Member (uncredited)
1968
6.8
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This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
1968
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Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
1967
5.6
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
1967
4.9
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
1966
4.8
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
1965
6.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Amanda True
1964
7.1
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
1964
6.3
Della
as Della Chappell
1964
7.2
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
1964
6.5
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
1964
4.0
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
1963
6.2
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
1962
7.9
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Lucy Show
as Joan Crawford
1962
7.0
The Virginian
as Stephanie White
1962
6.4
One Must Die
1961
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Route 66
as Morgan Harper
1960
6.3
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
1959
6.3
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Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad
1959
4.0
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
1958
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The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
1957
7.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Stella Faring
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
1956
6.0
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
1956
7.0
Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
1955
6.3
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
1955
5.7
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
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Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
1954
7.4
🎬
The Secret Storm
as Joan Borman Kane
1954
3.7
Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
1953
5.8
At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
1953
6.2
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Ann Howard
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Ruth Marshall
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Mary Andrews
1953
6.4
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
1952
7.3
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
1952
5.7
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
1951
5.9
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
1950
7.5
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
1949
5.8
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
1949
7.0
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
1947
6.6
🎬
Through Many Windows
as Self - Narrator
1947
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Possessed
as Louise Howell
1947
6.9
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
1947
7.0
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
6.0
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
1945
7.6
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
7.3
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
1943
6.1
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
1942
6.4
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
1942
5.8
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
as Self
1942
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When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
1941
6.7
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
1941
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
6.7
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
1940
6.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1940
5.5
Strange Cargo
as Julie
1940
7.0
The Women
as Crystal Allen
1939
7.1
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
1939
0.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
1939
4.0
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
1939
5.6
The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
1938
6.6
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
1938
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Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
1938
5.9
The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
1937
6.7
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
1937
7.0
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
1937
5.0
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
1937
5.8
Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
1936
6.4
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
1936
5.3
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
1935
6.4
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
1935
4.6
Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
1934
5.9
Chained
as Diane Lovering
1934
6.8
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
1934
6.9
Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
1933
6.8
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
1933
4.7
Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
1933
6.2
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
1932
6.6
Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
1932
7.0
Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
1932
6.8
Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
1931
7.0
This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
1931
5.8
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
1931
4.8
Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
1931
5.1
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
1931
5.6
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
1931
6.4
Paid
as Mary Turner
1930
6.8
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
1930
0.0
Our Blushing Brides
as Jerry March
1930
5.4
Montana Moon
as Joan
1930
4.2
Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
1929
5.9
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
1929
5.6
Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
1929
5.5
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
1929
5.0
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
1928
7.0
Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
1928
6.2
Four Walls
as Frieda
1928
7.3
Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
1928
6.8
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
1928
5.0
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
1928
2.5
West Point
as Betty Channing
1928
7.4
Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
1927
6.9
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
1927
6.0
The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
1927
7.5
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
1927
7.0
The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
1927
6.5
Winners Of The Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
1927
7.5
The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
1926
6.7
Paris
as The Girl
1926
7.0
The Boob
as Jane
1926
5.8
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
1926
5.8
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
1925
5.5
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1925
2.0
Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
1925
3.0
The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
1925
6.0
The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
1925
5.1
Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
1925
4.7
A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
1925
2.0
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1925
6.3
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925
6.1
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
1925
5.7
Rebel Range
as Stella Faring
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Because I Love Him
as Margaret Hughes
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The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
N/A
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And One Was Loyal
as Ann Howard
N/A
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