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.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(Blanche Hudson)
Mildred Pierce
(Mildred Pierce)
Daisy Kenyon
(Daisy Kenyon)
Possessed
(Louise Howell)
The Women
(Crystal Allen)
The Karate Killers
(Amanda True)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
(Self)
Mannequin
(Jessie Cassidy)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
((in "Humoresque") (archive footage))
It's a Great Feeling
(Joan Crawford (uncredited))
Above Suspicion
(Frances Myles)
Johnny Guitar
(Vienna)
Grand Hotel
(Flämmchen)
The Unknown
(Nanon Zanzi)
Flamingo Road
(Lane Bellamy)
Humoresque
(Helen Wright)
A Woman's Face
(Anna Holm)
Queen Bee
(Eva Phillips)
I Saw What You Did
(Amy Nelson)
Reunion in France
(Michele de la Becque)
Strait-Jacket
(Lucy Harbin)
The Damned Don't Cry
(Ethel Whitehead)
Our Dancing Daughters
(Diana 'Di' Medford)
Berserk!
(Monica Rivers)
Autumn Leaves
(Millicent Wetherby)
Rain
(Sadie Thompson)
They All Kissed the Bride
(Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew)
Susan and God
(Susan Trexel)
Dancing Lady
(Janie Barlow)
Love on the Run
(Sally Parker)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
(Self)
Sadie McKee
(Sadie)
Trog
(Dr. Brockton)
Hollywood Canteen
(Self)
Female on the Beach
(Lynn Markham)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
(Self (archive footage / uncredited))
West Point
(Betty Channing)
Chained
(Diane Lovering)
Sudden Fear
(Myra Hudson Blaine)
Strange Cargo
(Julie)
Possessed
(Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland')
The Stolen Jools
(Joan Crawford)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
(Mrs. Fay Cheyney)
When Ladies Meet
(Mary 'Minnie' Howard)
The Best of Everything
(Amanda Farrow)
Bette and Joan
(Self (archive footage))
The Caretakers
(Lucretia Terry)
Harriet Craig
(Harriet Craig)
This Woman Is Dangerous
(Elizabeth Austin)
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
(Self)
Laughing Sinners
(Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens)
Today We Live
(Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(Self (archive footage))
Montana Moon
(Joan)
Our Modern Maidens
(Billie Brown)
Across to Singapore
(Priscilla Crowninshield)
Forsaking All Others
(Mary Clay)
The Gorgeous Hussy
(Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal)
The Shining Hour
(Olivia Riley Linden)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
(Betty Burton)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
(Various Roles (archive footage))
The Bride Wore Red
(Anni Pavlovitch)
No More Ladies
(Marcia Townsend Warren)
Goodbye, My Fancy
(Agatha Reed)
Dance, Fools, Dance
(Bonnie Jordan)
Our Blushing Brides
(Jerry March)
Torch Song
(Jenny Stewart)
Journey to the Unknown
(Self - Host)
Letty Lynton
(Letty Lynton)
The Story of Esther Costello
(Margaret Landi)
Pretty Ladies
(Bobby)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
(Self)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(Self (archive footage))
Untamed
(Alice "Bingo" Dowling)
The Boob
(Jane)
Spring Fever
(Allie Monte)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
This Modern Age
(Valentine 'Val' Winters)
The Ice Follies of 1939
(Mary McKay)
I Live My Life
(Kay Bentley)
Paid
(Mary Turner)
Girl 27
(Self (archive footage))
Della
(Della Chappell)
Possessed
((archive footage))
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
(Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage))
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
(Self (archive footage))
Going Hollywood: The '30s
((archive footage))
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
(Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited))
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
(Self (archive footage))
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
(Self (archive footage))
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
(Self (archive footage))
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
(Self (archive footage))
Dream of Love
(Adrienne Lecouvreur)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(Self)
The Law of the Range
(Betty Dallas)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
(Joan Fairchild)
The Circle
(Young Lady Catherine)
The Duke Steps Out
(Susie)
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
At Home with Joan Crawford
(Self)
That's Entertainment!
((archive footage))
Winners Of The Wilderness
(René Contrecoeur)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(Self (archive footage))
Twelve Miles Out
(Jane)
Fast Workers
(Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited))
Journey to Murder
(Host)
We're switching to Hollywood
(Self)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
(Dr. Brockton (archive footage))
1925 Studio Tour
(Self)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
(Self (archive footage))
That's Entertainment! III
((archive footage))
Through Many Windows
(Self - Narrator)
Rose-Marie
(Rose-Marie)
From the Ends of the Earth
(Self)
The Taxi Dancer
(Joselyn Poe)
Lady of the Night
(Body Double for Norma Shearer)
The Merry Widow
(Ballroom Dancer (uncredited))
Proud Flesh
(Party Guest (uncredited))
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited))
The Only Thing
(Party Guest (uncredited))
The Oscar
(Joan Crawford)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(Self)
Sally, Irene and Mary
(Irene O'Dare)
A Slave of Fashion
(Mannequin (uncredited))
Old Clothes
(Mary Riley)
Blow-Ups of 1946
(Self)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(Self (archive footage))
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
(Self)
Night Gallery
(Miss Menlo)
Complicated Women
(Self (archive footage))
That's Entertainment, Part II
((archive footage))
The Romance of Celluloid
(Self (archive footage))
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(Self)
Fashion News
(Self (1929))
How to Plan a Movie Murder
(Self)
Garbo
(Narrator)
Woman on the Run
(Susan Conrad)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
The Big Parade of Comedy
(Bobby (archive footage))
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(Self (archive footage))
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
(Self)
The Understanding Heart
(Monica Dale)
Four Walls
(Frieda)
Paris
(The Girl)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
(Self (uncredited))
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
(Joan Crawford)
The Midshipman
(Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited))
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
(Self (archive footage))
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
(Self (archive footage))
This was the Mary
Spielberg
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Lucy Show
(Joan Crawford)
Route 66
(Morgan Harper)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
The Secret Storm
(Joan Borman Kane)
The Sixth Sense
(Joan Fairchild)
General Electric Theater
(Ann Howard)
General Electric Theater
(Ruth Marshall)
General Electric Theater
(Mary Andrews)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Stella Faring)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs)
The Oscars
(Self)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
(Amanda True)
Night Gallery
(Miss Claudia Menlo)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Name of the Game
(Committee Member (uncredited))
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Great Performances
(Self)