Joan Crawford
Born in San Antonio, Texas, USA — Mar 23 1906• Died May 10 1977
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 hardwo…
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Joan Crawford's Credits
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Great Performances
Self
The Virginian
Stephanie White
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Stella Faring
Route 66
Morgan Harper
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Name of the Game
Committee Member (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
Joan Crawford
What's My Line?
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Secret Storm
Joan Borman Kane
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Amanda True
The Sixth Sense
Joan Fairchild
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Blanche Hudson
General Electric Theater
Ann Howard
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sudden Fear
Myra Hudson Blaine
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce
The Hollywood Greats
Grand Hotel
Flämmchen
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Women
Crystal Allen
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
A Woman's Face
Anna Holm
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
The Big Parade of Comedy
Bobby (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Possessed
Louise Howell
Johnny Guitar
Vienna
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
The Stolen Jools
Joan Crawford
Trog
Dr. Brockton
This Woman Is Dangerous
Elizabeth Austin
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Reunion in France
Michele de la Becque
The Damned Don't Cry
Ethel Whitehead
The Shining Hour
Olivia Riley Linden
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
The Unknown
Nanon Zanzi
I Saw What You Did
Amy Nelson
Possessed
Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Rain
Sadie Thompson
It's a Great Feeling
Joan Crawford (uncredited)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Queen Bee
Eva Phillips
Strange Cargo
Julie
Della
Della Chappell
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Paid
Mary Turner
Sadie McKee
Sadie
Humoresque
Helen Wright
The Bride Wore Red
Anni Pavlovitch
Torch Song
Jenny Stewart
Dancing Lady
Janie Barlow
Susan and God
Susan Trexel
The Best of Everything
Amanda Farrow
Our Blushing Brides
Geraldine 'Gerry' March
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Joan Fairchild
The Gorgeous Hussy
Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Harriet Craig
Harriet Craig
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Night Gallery
Miss Menlo
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Forsaking All Others
Mary Clay
The Oscar
Joan Crawford
Goodbye, My Fancy
Agatha Reed
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Female on the Beach
Lynn Markham
Mannequin
Jessie Cassidy
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Self (archive footage)
Autumn Leaves
Millicent Wetherby
The Story of Esther Costello
Margaret Landi
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Joan Crawford
Above Suspicion
Frances Myles
The Caretakers
Lucretia Terry
The Ice Follies of 1939
Mary McKay
Letty Lynton
Letty Lynton
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Self (archive footage)
They All Kissed the Bride
Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
The Merry Widow
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Berserk!
Monica Rivers
The Midshipman
Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dream of Love
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
Dance, Fools, Dance
Bonnie Jordan
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
Strait-Jacket
Lucy Harbin
Strange Witness
Ruth Marshall
No More Ladies
Marcia Townsend Warren
Fast Workers
Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
I Live My Life
Kay Bentley
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Flamingo Road
Lane Bellamy
Across to Singapore
Priscilla Crowninshield
The Karate Killers
Amanda True
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
Self
The Circle
Young Lady Catherine
Laughing Sinners
Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Chained
Diane Lovering
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Self (uncredited)
Lykke og krone
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Untamed
Alice "Bingo" Dowling
Journey to the Unknown
Self - Host
Spring Fever
Allie Monte
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
The Road to Edinburgh
Mary Andrews
The Only Thing
Party Guest (uncredited)
Montana Moon
Joan
West Point
Betty Channing
Old Clothes
Mary Riley
When Ladies Meet
Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Love on the Run
Sally Parker
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Self
Four Walls
Frieda
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Betty Burton
Sally, Irene and Mary
Irene O'Dare
The Boob
Jane
This Modern Age
Valentine 'Val' Winters
Rebel Range
Stella Faring
The Taxi Dancer
Joselyn Poe
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Today We Live
Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
The Understanding Heart
Monica Dale
One Must Die
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self
Bette and Joan
Self (archive footage)
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1925 Studio Tour
Self
The Law of the Range
Betty Dallas
Our Modern Maidens
Billie Brown
Journey to Murder
Host
The Duke Steps Out
Susie
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Ladies
Bobby
A Slave of Fashion
Mannequin (uncredited)
Lady of the Night
Body Double for Norma Shearer
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
Our Dancing Daughters
Diana 'Di' Medford
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self (archive footage)
Paris
The Girl
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Self (archive footage)
Woman on the Run
Susan Conrad
How to Plan a Movie Murder
Self
This was the MARY
Self/Narrator
Twelve Miles Out
Jane
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
Self (archive footage)
Winners Of The Wilderness
René Contrecoeur
Rose-Marie
Rose-Marie
And One Was Loyal
Ann Howard
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
At Home with Joan Crawford
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self
The Shirley Eder Tapes
Self
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
Self (archive)
Through Many Windows
Self - Narrator
Possessed
(archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Self
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
Betty Page the Totally Naked Truth
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Self