Biography
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1904 (?) – 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
all 178
Movies 163
self 60
TV Shows 15
Writer 1
Bette and Joan (2017)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? (2016)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other (2016)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' (2016)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Screen Goddesses (2012)
The Time That Remains (2012)
Possessed (2011)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Crawford at Warners (2008)
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Girl 27 (2007)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman (2007)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy (2007)
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On (2006)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (2006)
The Music of 'Humoresque' (2005)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Complicated Women (2003)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)
The Casting Couch (1995)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
The Foxes (1993)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
That's Action (1977)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
LA 2017 (1971)
Trog (1970)
Night Gallery (1969)
Garbo (1969)
Journey to the Unknown (1969)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1969)
The Name of the Game (1968)
Mia and Roman (1968)
Berserk! (1967)
The Karate Killers (1967)
The Oscar (1966)
I Saw What You Did (1965)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Della (1964)
Strait-Jacket (1964)
How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964)
The Caretakers (1963)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Lucy Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Route 66 (1960)
The Best of Everything (1959)
Woman on the Run (1959)
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Autumn Leaves (1956)
Queen Bee (1955)
Female on the Beach (1955)
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
The Secret Storm (1954)
Torch Song (1953)
At Home with Joan Crawford (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Sudden Fear (1952)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Harriet Craig (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Flamingo Road (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Possessed (1947)
Humoresque (1947)
Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Reunion in France (1942)
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Joan Crawford's Home Movies (1942)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
A Woman's Face (1941)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
Susan and God (1940)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Strange Cargo (1940)
The Women (1939)
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
The Shining Hour (1938)
Mannequin (1938)
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
Love on the Run (1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
I Live My Life (1935)
No More Ladies (1935)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
Chained (1934)
Sadie McKee (1934)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Fast Workers (1933)
Today We Live (1933)
Rain (1932)
Hollywood on Parade (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Letty Lynton (1932)
Possessed (1931)
This Modern Age (1931)
We're switching to Hollywood (1931)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Paid (1930)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Montana Moon (1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (1930)
Untamed (1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Our Modern Maidens (1929)
The Duke Steps Out (1929)
Dream of Love (1928)
Fashion News (1928)
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Rose-Marie (1928)
The Law of the Range (1928)
West Point (1928)
Spring Fever (1927)
Twelve Miles Out (1927)
The Unknown (1927)
The Understanding Heart (1927)
The Taxi Dancer (1927)
Winners Of The Wilderness (1927)
The Merry Widow (1926)
Paris (1926)
The Boob (1926)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Only Thing (1925)
Old Clothes (1925)
The Midshipman (1925)
The Circle (1925)
Pretty Ladies (1925)
A Slave of Fashion (1925)
Proud Flesh (1925)
1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Lady of the Night (1925)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
Ratings
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1904-03-23
Deathday1977-05-10 (73 years old)
Birth NameLucille Fay LeSueur
Birth PlaceSan Antonio, United States of America
ReligionChristian Science
Height
RelationshipsDouglas Fairbanks Jr. (1929-06-03 - 1933-01-01), Franchot Tone (1935-10-12 - 1939-01-01), Alfred Steele (1955-05-10 - 1959-01-01), Phillip Terry (1942-07-20 - 1946-01-01)
FatherThomas Le Sueur
MotherAnna Johnson
SiblingsHal LeSueur
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLucille Fay LeSueur, Lucille Le Sueur, Billie Cassin, Джоан Кроуфорд, Lucille Fay Le Sueur
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Academy Award for Best Actress
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- Joan Crawford
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons