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.
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | 2025-06-20 |
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Bette and Joan | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-01 |
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) | 2016-09-20 |
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | 2012-05-15 |
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The Shirley Eder Tapes | Self | 2012-08-26 |
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Possessed | (archive footage) | 2011-07-22 |
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Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | 2010-06-15 | |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
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Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France | 2009-10-21 | |
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-23 |
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self (archive) | 2007-11-08 |
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Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy | Self | 2007-01-30 |
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self (archive footage) | 2006-05-30 |
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The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel | Self (archive) | 2005-06-14 |
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-04-02 |
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-01 |
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage / uncredited) | 2000-10-24 |
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | 1996-09-30 |
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The Casting Couch | 1995-01-01 | |
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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) | 1994-09-13 |
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Gay! Gay! Hollywood | 1994-01-01 | |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | 1982-05-05 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | 1976-10-29 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death | Joan Fairchild | 1972-09-30 |
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Journey to Murder | Host | 1971-01-01 |
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Trog | Dr. Brockton | 1970-10-24 |
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Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | 1969-11-06 |
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Journey to the Unknown | Self - Host | 1969-06-15 |
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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Night Gallery | Miss Menlo | 1969-11-08 |
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This was the MARY | Self/Narrator | 1968-03-01 |
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The Karate Killers | Amanda True | 1967-04-07 |
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Berserk! | Monica Rivers | 1967-11-01 |
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The Oscar | Joan Crawford | 1966-03-04 |
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I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson | 1965-07-21 |
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited) | 1964-12-16 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Bobby (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
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How to Plan a Movie Murder | Self | 1964-01-01 |
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Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin | 1964-01-19 |
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Della | Della Chappell | 1964-08-08 |
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The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry | 1963-08-21 |
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Lykke og krone | 1962-04-23 | |
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | 1962-10-31 |
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One Must Die | 1961-01-12 | |
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The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow | 1959-10-09 |
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Zwischen Glück und Krone | 1959-03-18 | |
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Woman on the Run | Susan Conrad | 1959-05-15 |
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Strange Witness | Ruth Marshall | 1958-03-23 |
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The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi | 1957-11-06 |
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Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby | 1956-08-01 |
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Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham | 1955-08-19 |
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Queen Bee | Eva Phillips | 1955-11-07 |
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Johnny Guitar | Vienna | 1954-05-26 |
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The Road to Edinburgh | Mary Andrews | 1954-10-31 |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
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Torch Song | Jenny Stewart | 1953-10-01 |
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At Home with Joan Crawford | Self | 1953-04-20 |
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This Woman Is Dangerous | Elizabeth Austin | 1952-02-09 |
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Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson Blaine | 1952-08-07 |
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Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed | 1951-05-19 |
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Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig | 1950-11-02 |
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The Damned Don't Cry | Ethel Whitehead | 1950-05-13 |
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Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy | 1949-04-30 |
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It's a Great Feeling | Joan Crawford (uncredited) | 1949-08-20 |
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Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon | 1947-12-25 |
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Humoresque | Helen Wright | 1947-01-25 |
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Through Many Windows | Self - Narrator | 1947-08-29 |
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Possessed | Louise Howell | 1947-05-29 |
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Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | 1946-12-31 |
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Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | 1945-10-20 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
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Above Suspicion | Frances Myles | 1943-05-31 |
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Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Self | 1942-01-01 |
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Reunion in France | Michele de la Becque | 1942-12-25 |
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They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew | 1942-06-11 |
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A Woman's Face | Anna Holm | 1941-05-09 |
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When Ladies Meet | Mary 'Minnie' Howard | 1941-08-29 |
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Strange Cargo | Julie | 1940-03-01 |
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Susan and God | Susan Trexel | 1940-06-07 |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Joan Crawford | 1939-04-08 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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The Women | Crystal Allen | 1939-09-01 |
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The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay | 1939-03-10 |
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Mannequin | Jessie Cassidy | 1938-01-21 |
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The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley Linden | 1938-11-18 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | 1938-02-04 |
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The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | 1937-08-27 |
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The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch | 1937-10-08 |
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Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | 1937-08-13 |
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Mrs. Fay Cheyney | 1937-02-19 |
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Love on the Run | Sally Parker | 1936-11-20 |
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The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal | 1936-08-28 |
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I Live My Life | Kay Bentley | 1935-10-04 |
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No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend Warren | 1935-06-14 |
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Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay | 1934-12-23 |
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Chained | Diane Lovering | 1934-08-31 |
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Sadie McKee | Sadie | 1934-05-09 |
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Fast Workers | Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) | 1933-03-10 |
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Today We Live | Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith | 1933-03-03 |
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Dancing Lady | Janie Barlow | 1933-11-24 |
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Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton | 1932-04-30 |
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Grand Hotel | Flämmchen | 1932-09-11 |
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Rain | Sadie Thompson | 1932-10-12 |
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This Modern Age | Valentine 'Val' Winters | 1931-08-29 |
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The Stolen Jools | Joan Crawford | 1931-04-04 |
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Possessed | Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' | 1931-11-21 |
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Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Self | 1931-06-09 |
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Laughing Sinners | Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens | 1931-05-30 |
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Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan | 1931-02-07 |
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Our Blushing Brides | Geraldine 'Gerry' March | 1930-07-19 |
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Paid | Mary Turner | 1930-12-30 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self | 1930-09-01 |
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Montana Moon | Joan | 1930-03-20 |
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Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling | 1929-11-23 |
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self | 1929-11-23 |
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Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown | 1929-09-08 |
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The Duke Steps Out | Susie | 1929-03-19 |
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Four Walls | Frieda | 1928-08-11 |
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The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas | 1928-01-21 |
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Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie | 1928-02-11 |
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Our Dancing Daughters | Diana 'Di' Medford | 1928-09-01 |
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Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield | 1928-04-07 |
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West Point | Betty Channing | 1928-01-07 |
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Dream of Love | Adrienne Lecouvreur | 1928-12-01 |
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Spring Fever | Allie Monte | 1927-10-22 |
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The Unknown | Nanon Zanzi | 1927-05-29 |
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The Taxi Dancer | Joselyn Poe | 1927-02-05 |
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Twelve Miles Out | Jane | 1927-07-08 |
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The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale | 1927-02-26 |
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Winners Of The Wilderness | René Contrecoeur | 1927-01-15 |
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Paris | The Girl | 1926-05-24 |
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The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) | 1926-09-27 |
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Bardelys the Magnificent | Court Gossip (uncredited) | 1926-09-30 |
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The Boob | Jane | 1926-05-17 |
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton | 1926-03-21 |
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Pretty Ladies | Bobby | 1925-09-06 |
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The Circle | Young Lady Catherine | 1925-09-22 |
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1925 Studio Tour | Self | 1925-04-09 |
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A Slave of Fashion | Mannequin (uncredited) | 1925-08-23 |
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Old Clothes | Mary Riley | 1925-11-09 |
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Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene O'Dare | 1925-12-27 |
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The Midshipman | Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
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The Only Thing | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1925-11-22 |
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Lady of the Night | Body Double for Norma Shearer | 1925-02-23 |
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Proud Flesh | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1925-04-27 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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Time, the Comedian | Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur) | 1925-11-08 |
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And One Was Loyal | Ann Howard | |
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Rebel Range | Stella Faring |
