1906-03-23 San Antonio, Texas, USA
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.
 |
Bette and Joan | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-01 |
 |
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
 |
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
 |
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
 |
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-15 |
 |
The Shirley Eder Tapes | Self | 2012-08-26 |
|
Possessed | (archive footage) | 2011-07-22 |
 |
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | 2010-06-15 | |
 |
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
 |
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
 |
Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
 |
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy | Self | 2007-01-30 |
 |
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
 |
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self (archive footage) | 2006-01-01 |
 |
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
|
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel | Self (archive) | 2005-06-14 |
|
Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
 |
Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
 |
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-01 |
 |
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-04-02 |
 |
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage / uncredited) | 2000-10-24 |
 |
Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | 1996-09-30 |
 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
 |
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) | 1994-09-13 |
|
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
 |
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
 |
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
 |
Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | 1982-05-05 |
 |
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
 |
That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
 |
That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
 |
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death | Joan Fairchild | 1972-09-30 |
 |
Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
 |
Journey to Murder | Host | 1971-01-01 |
 |
Trog | Dr. Brockton | 1970-10-24 |
 |
Night Gallery | Miss Menlo | 1969-11-08 |
 |
Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 1969-11-06 |
 |
Journey to the Unknown | Self - Host | 1969-06-15 |
 |
The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Self | 1969-01-01 |
|
This was the MARY | Self/Narrator | 1968-03-01 |
 |
The Karate Killers | Amanda True | 1967-04-07 |
 |
Berserk! | Monica Rivers | 1967-11-01 |
 |
The Oscar | Joan Crawford | 1966-03-04 |
 |
I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson | 1965-07-21 |
 |
Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin | 1964-01-19 |
 |
Della | Della Chappell | 1964-08-08 |
 |
The Big Parade of Comedy | Bobby (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
 |
How to Plan a Movie Murder | Self | 1964-01-01 |
 |
The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry | 1963-08-21 |
 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | 1962-10-31 |
 |
One Must Die | 1961-01-12 | |
 |
Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) | 1959-03-18 |
|
Woman on the Run | Susan Conrad | 1959-05-15 |
 |
The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow | 1959-10-09 |
 |
Strange Witness | Ruth Marshall | 1958-03-23 |
 |
The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi | 1957-11-06 |
 |
Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby | 1956-08-01 |
 |
Queen Bee | Eva Phillips | 1955-11-07 |
 |
Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham | 1955-08-19 |
 |
Johnny Guitar | Vienna | 1954-05-26 |
 |
A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
 |
Torch Song | Jenny Stewart | 1953-10-01 |
 |
At Home with Joan Crawford | Self | 1953-04-20 |
 |
This Woman Is Dangerous | Elizabeth Austin | 1952-02-09 |
 |
Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson Blaine | 1952-08-07 |
 |
Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed | 1951-05-19 |
 |
Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig | 1950-11-02 |
 |
The Damned Don't Cry | Ethel Whitehead | 1950-05-13 |
 |
Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy | 1949-04-30 |
 |
It's a Great Feeling | Joan Crawford (uncredited) | 1949-08-20 |
 |
Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon | 1947-12-25 |
 |
Possessed | Louise Howell | 1947-05-29 |
|
Through Many Windows | Self - Narrator | 1947-08-29 |
 |
Humoresque | Helen Wright | 1947-01-25 |
 |
Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | 1946-12-31 |
 |
Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | 1945-10-20 |
 |
Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
 |
Above Suspicion | Frances Myles | 1943-05-31 |
 |
Reunion in France | Michele de la Becque | 1942-12-25 |
 |
Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Self | 1942-01-01 |
 |
They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew | 1942-06-11 |
 |
A Woman's Face | Anna Holm | 1941-05-09 |
 |
When Ladies Meet | Mary 'Minnie' Howard | 1941-08-29 |
 |
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
 |
Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
 |
Strange Cargo | Julie | 1940-03-01 |
 |
Susan and God | Susan Trexel | 1940-06-07 |
|
From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
 |
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Joan Crawford | 1939-04-08 |
 |
The Women | Crystal Allen | 1939-09-01 |
 |
The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay | 1939-03-10 |
|
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | 1938-02-04 |
 |
The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley Linden | 1938-11-18 |
 |
Mannequin | Jessie Cassidy | 1938-01-21 |
|
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | 1937-08-13 |
 |
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Mrs. Fay Cheyney | 1937-02-19 |
 |
The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
 |
The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch | 1937-10-08 |
 |
Love on the Run | Sally Parker | 1936-11-20 |
 |
The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal | 1936-08-28 |
 |
I Live My Life | Kay Bentley | 1935-10-04 |
 |
No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend Warren | 1935-06-14 |
 |
Chained | Diane Lovering | 1934-08-31 |
 |
Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay | 1934-12-23 |
 |
Sadie McKee | Sadie | 1934-05-09 |
 |
Fast Workers | Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) | 1933-03-10 |
 |
Dancing Lady | Janie Barlow | 1933-11-24 |
 |
Today We Live | Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith | 1933-03-03 |
 |
Grand Hotel | Flämmchen | 1932-05-25 |
 |
Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton | 1932-04-30 |
 |
Rain | Sadie Thompson | 1932-10-12 |
 |
Possessed | Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' | 1931-11-21 |
 |
This Modern Age | Valentine 'Val' Winters | 1931-08-29 |
 |
The Stolen Jools | Joan Crawford | 1931-04-04 |
 |
Laughing Sinners | Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens | 1931-05-30 |
 |
Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan | 1931-02-07 |
 |
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Self | 1931-06-09 |
 |
Our Blushing Brides | Jerry March | 1930-07-19 |
 |
Montana Moon | Joan | 1930-03-20 |
|
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self | 1930-09-01 |
 |
Paid | Mary Turner | 1930-12-30 |
 |
Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown | 1929-09-08 |
 |
Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling | 1929-11-23 |
 |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self | 1929-11-23 |
 |
The Duke Steps Out | Susie | 1929-03-19 |
 |
Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie | 1928-02-11 |
 |
The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas | 1928-01-21 |
 |
Four Walls | Frieda | 1928-08-11 |
 |
Dream of Love | Adrienne Lecouvreur | 1928-12-01 |
 |
Our Dancing Daughters | Diana 'Di' Medford | 1928-09-01 |
 |
Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield | 1928-04-07 |
 |
West Point | Betty Channing | 1928-01-07 |
 |
Winners Of The Wilderness | René Contrecoeur | 1927-01-15 |
 |
Twelve Miles Out | Jane | 1927-07-08 |
 |
The Unknown | Nanon Zanzi | 1927-05-29 |
 |
The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale | 1927-02-26 |
 |
The Taxi Dancer | Joselyn Poe | 1927-02-05 |
 |
Spring Fever | Allie Monte | 1927-10-22 |
 |
The Boob | Jane | 1926-05-17 |
 |
The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) | 1926-09-27 |
 |
Paris | The Girl | 1926-05-24 |
 |
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton | 1926-03-21 |
 |
Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene O'Dare | 1925-12-27 |
 |
Old Clothes | Mary Riley | 1925-11-09 |
 |
A Slave of Fashion | Mannequin (uncredited) | 1925-08-23 |
 |
The Only Thing | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1925-11-22 |
 |
1925 Studio Tour | Self | 1925-04-09 |
 |
Pretty Ladies | Bobby | 1925-09-06 |
 |
The Midshipman | Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
 |
Lady of the Night | Body Double for Norma Shearer | 1925-02-23 |
 |
Proud Flesh | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1925-04-27 |
 |
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
 |
The Circle | Young Lady Catherine | 1925-09-22 |
 |
Because I Love Him | Margaret Hughes | |
 |
The Road to Edinburgh | Mary Andrews | |
 |
And One Was Loyal | Ann Howard | |
 |
Rebel Range | Stella Faring |
