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.
Acted in
Bette and Joan
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
2012
as Self
Possessed
2011
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Girl 27
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007
as Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004
as Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
as Joan Fairchild
The Sixth Sense
1972
as Joan Fairchild
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Journey to Murder
1971
as Host
Night Gallery
1970
as Miss Claudia Menlo
Trog
1970
as Dr. Brockton
Night Gallery
1969
as Miss Menlo
Garbo
1969
as Narrator
Journey to the Unknown
1969
as Self - Host
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
1969
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Committee Member (uncredited)
This was the Mary
1968
Berserk!
1967
as Monica Rivers
The Karate Killers
1967
as Amanda True
The Oscar
1966
as Joan Crawford
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Amy Nelson
The Love Goddesses
1965
as (archive footage)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Amanda True
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Bobby (archive footage)
Della
1964
as Della Chappell
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Lucy Harbin
How to Plan a Movie Murder
1964
as Self
The Caretakers
1963
as Lucretia Terry
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Blanche Hudson
The Lucy Show
1962
as Joan Crawford
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
Route 66
1960
as Morgan Harper
The Best of Everything
1959
as Amanda Farrow
Woman on the Run
1959
as Susan Conrad
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Margaret Landi
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Stella Faring
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
Autumn Leaves
1956
as Millicent Wetherby
Queen Bee
1955
as Eva Phillips
Female on the Beach
1955
as Lynn Markham
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Vienna
The Secret Storm
1954
as Joan Borman Kane
Torch Song
1953
as Jenny Stewart
At Home with Joan Crawford
1953
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ann Howard
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ruth Marshall
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mary Andrews
Sudden Fear
1952
as Myra Hudson Blaine
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
as Elizabeth Austin
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Agatha Reed
Harriet Craig
1950
as Harriet Craig
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Ethel Whitehead
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949
as Lane Bellamy
Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Daisy Kenyon
Through Many Windows
1947
as Self - Narrator
Possessed
1947
as Louise Howell
Humoresque
1947
as Helen Wright
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Mildred Pierce
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Above Suspicion
1943
as Frances Myles
Reunion in France
1942
as Michele de la Becque
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
1942
as Self
When Ladies Meet
1941
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
A Woman's Face
1941
as Anna Holm
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Susan and God
1940
as Susan Trexel
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
Strange Cargo
1940
as Julie
The Women
1939
as Crystal Allen
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Joan Crawford
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Mary McKay
The Shining Hour
1938
as Olivia Riley Linden
Mannequin
1938
as Jessie Cassidy
The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Anni Pavlovitch
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Love on the Run
1936
as Sally Parker
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
I Live My Life
1935
as Kay Bentley
No More Ladies
1935
as Marcia Townsend Warren
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Mary Clay
Chained
1934
as Diane Lovering
Sadie McKee
1934
as Sadie McKee
Dancing Lady
1933
as Janie Barlow
Fast Workers
1933
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Today We Live
1933
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Rain
1932
as Sadie Thompson
Grand Hotel
1932
as Flämmchen
Letty Lynton
1932
as Letty Lynton
Possessed
1931
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
This Modern Age
1931
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
Laughing Sinners
1931
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Joan Crawford
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Bonnie Jordan
Paid
1930
as Mary Turner
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Jerry March
Montana Moon
1930
as Joan
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
Untamed
1929
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
Our Modern Maidens
1929
as Billie Brown
The Duke Steps Out
1929
as Susie
Dream of Love
1928
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Fashion News
1928
as Self (1929)
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Diana 'Di' Medford
Four Walls
1928
as Frieda
Across to Singapore
1928
as Priscilla Crowninshield
Rose-Marie
1928
as Rose-Marie
The Law of the Range
1928
as Betty Dallas
West Point
1928
as Betty Channing
Spring Fever
1927
as Allie Monte
Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jane
The Unknown
1927
as Nanon Zanzi
The Understanding Heart
1927
as Monica Dale
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Joselyn Poe
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927
as René Contrecoeur
The Merry Widow
1926
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Paris
1926
as The Girl
The Boob
1926
as Jane
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
as Betty Burton
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Irene O'Dare
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Only Thing
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Old Clothes
1925
as Mary Riley
The Midshipman
1925
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
The Circle
1925
as Young Lady Catherine
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Bobby
A Slave of Fashion
1925
as Mannequin (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
Lady of the Night
1925
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
