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  • BIRTH 23/03/1906
  • DEATH 10/05/1977
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 7
  • MOVIES 51

Joan Crawford

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.

Joan Crawford

Shows (7)

The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Amanda True
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
Joan Fairchild
The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show
Joan Crawford
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
Committee Member (uncredited)
Route 66
Route 66
Morgan Harper
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Ann Howard / Mary Andrews / Ruth Marshall

Movies (51)

Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar
Vienna
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Blanche Hudson
The Unknown
The Unknown
Nanon Zanzi
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
I Saw What You Did
I Saw What You Did
Amy Nelson
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel
Flämmchen
Strait-Jacket
Strait-Jacket
Lucy Harbin
Trog
Trog
Dr. Brockton
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
Berserk!
Berserk!
Monica Rivers
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
The Women
The Women
Crystal Allen
A Woman's Face
A Woman's Face
Anna Holm
Humoresque
Humoresque
Helen Wright
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion
Frances Myles
A Slave of Fashion
A Slave of Fashion
Mannequin (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
Chained
Chained
Diane Lovering
Possessed
Possessed
Louise Howell
The Shining Hour
The Shining Hour
Olivia Riley Linden
Girl 27
Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Possessed
Possessed
Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Susan and God
Susan and God
Susan Trexel
The Karate Killers
The Karate Killers
Amanda True
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Self (archive footage)
When Ladies Meet
When Ladies Meet
Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Dance, Fools, Dance
Dance, Fools, Dance
Bonnie Jordan
L'Inconnu
L'Inconnu
Nanon
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage / uncredited)
The Bride Wore Red
The Bride Wore Red
Anni Pavlovitch
It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling
Joan Crawford (uncredited)
I Live My Life
I Live My Life
Kay Bentley
Reunion in France
Reunion in France
Michele de la Becque
The Damned Don't Cry
The Damned Don't Cry
Ethel Whitehead
The Circle
The Circle
Young Lady Catherine
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Millicent Wetherby
Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady
Janie Barlow
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
Joan Crawford
Rain
Rain
Sadie Thompson
The Oscar
The Oscar
Joan Crawford
Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in…
Various Roles (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self (archive footage)
Strange Cargo
Strange Cargo
Julie
Sudden Fear
Sudden Fear
Myra Hudson Blaine
Our Blushing Brides
Our Blushing Brides
Jerry March