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.
Filmography
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Fog
The Green Fog
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage) (voice)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
The Casting Couch
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
Della
as Della Chappell
Della
as Della Chappell
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
Lykke og krone
Lykke og krone
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self - Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self - Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Must Die
One Must Die
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Zwischen Glück und Krone
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
Possessed
as Louise Howell
Possessed
as Louise Howell
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Strange Cargo
as Julie
Strange Cargo
as Julie
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer