Joan Crawford
Biography
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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-03-23
Place of birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Cast
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
7.90
Mildred Pierce
1945
7.62
Daisy Kenyon
1947
6.68
Possessed
1947
6.80
The Women
1939
7.15
The Karate Killers
1967
4.90
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
5.60
Mannequin
1938
5.93
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
6.63
It's a Great Feeling
1949
5.90
Above Suspicion
1943
6.50
Johnny Guitar
1954
7.42
Grand Hotel
1932
6.96
The Unknown
1927
7.51
Flamingo Road
1949
7.00
Humoresque
1947
7.10
A Woman's Face
1941
6.90
Queen Bee
1955
6.50
Reunion in France
1942
6.40
I Saw What You Did
1965
6.26
Strait-Jacket
1964
6.60
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
7.10
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
6.50
Berserk!
1967
5.50
Autumn Leaves
1956
7.00
Rain
1932
6.70
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
5.80
Susan and God
1940
6.50
Dancing Lady
1933
6.90
Love on the Run
1936
6.40
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
1969
0.00
Sadie McKee
1934
7.00
Trog
1970
4.40
Hollywood Canteen
1944
7.30
Female on the Beach
1955
5.74
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
6.50
West Point
1928
7.40
Chained
1934
6.80
Sudden Fear
1952
7.28
Strange Cargo
1940
7.00
Possessed
1931
6.99
The Stolen Jools
1931
5.58
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
6.03
When Ladies Meet
1941
6.70
The Best of Everything
1959
6.35
Bette and Joan
2017
0.00
Harriet Craig
1950
7.50
The Caretakers
1963
6.20
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
5.70
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
1942
0.00
Laughing Sinners
1931
5.40
Today We Live
1933
6.20
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
6.00
Montana Moon
1930
4.50
Our Modern Maidens
1929
5.90
Across to Singapore
1928
6.80
Forsaking All Others
1934
6.10
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
5.30
The Shining Hour
1938
6.60
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
5.80
The Bride Wore Red
1937
6.70
No More Ladies
1935
5.10
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
5.90
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
6.40
Our Blushing Brides
1930
5.70
Torch Song
1953
5.93
Journey to the Unknown
1969
0.00
Letty Lynton
1932
6.80
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
6.90
Pretty Ladies
1925
4.70
The Shirley Eder Tapes
2012
0.00
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
6.00
Untamed
1929
5.80
The Boob
1926
5.80
Spring Fever
1927
6.90
This Modern Age
1931
6.00
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
5.60
I Live My Life
1935
6.40
Paid
1930
6.80
Girl 27
2007
6.40
Della
1964
7.20
Possessed
2011
0.00
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
7.00
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006
7.00
Dream of Love
1928
7.00
The Law of the Range
1928
2.50
The Circle
1925
5.40
The Duke Steps Out
1929
5.00
At Home with Joan Crawford
1953
6.30
That's Entertainment!
1974
7.30
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927
7.50
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
7.50
Twelve Miles Out
1927
6.00
Fast Workers
1933
5.30
Journey to Murder
1971
0.00
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
4.80
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004
4.62
1925 Studio Tour
1925
6.13
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.00
Through Many Windows
1947
0.00
Rose-Marie
1928
5.00
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
0.00
The Taxi Dancer
1927
6.50
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
7.30
Proud Flesh
1925
6.00
The Only Thing
1925
2.00
The Merry Widow
1926
6.79
Lady of the Night
1925
6.00
The Oscar
1966
5.10
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
8.00
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
5.50
A Slave of Fashion
1925
2.00
Old Clothes
1925
3.00
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
6.00
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
5.70
Night Gallery
1969
7.10
Complicated Women
2003
6.70
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.86
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
7.00
How to Plan a Movie Murder
1964
4.00
Garbo
1969
4.00
Woman on the Run
1959
4.00
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.30
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
7.50
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.01
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007
0.00
Paris
1926
7.00
The Understanding Heart
1927
7.00
Four Walls
1928
7.00
The Midshipman
1925
6.00
This was the MARY
1968
0.00
Strange Witness
1958
0.00
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
0.00
One Must Die
1961
0.00
Rebel Range
0.00
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
0.00
