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