Joan Crawford
117 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 23, 1906
- Died
- May 10, 1977 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Lucille Fay LeSueur · Lucille Le Sueur · Billie Cassin · Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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.
Known for
Joan Crawford: movies and TV shows
Acting (126)
- Upcoming And One Was Loyal
as Ann Howard
- Upcoming Rebel Range
as Stella Faring
- 2018
- 2011 Possessed
as (archive footage)
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1995
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1994
- 1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
- 1972
- 1970 Trog
as Dr. Brockton
- 1969 Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
- 1968
- 1967 Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
- 1967 The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
- 1966 The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
- 1965 I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
- 1964 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
- 1964
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
- 1964 Della
as Della Chappell
- 1964 Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
- 1963 The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
- 1962 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959 The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
- 1959 Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad
- 1958 Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
- 1957 The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
- 1956
- 1956 Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
- 1955 Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
- 1955 Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
- 1954 The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
- 1954 Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
- 1954
- 1953 Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
- 1953
- 1952 Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
- 1952 This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
- 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
- 1950 Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
- 1950 The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
- 1949 It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
- 1949 Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
- 1947 Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
- 1947 Possessed
as Louise Howell
- 1947 Humoresque
as Helen Wright
- 1945 Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
- 1943 Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
- 1942 Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
- 1942 They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
- 1941 When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
- 1941 A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
- 1940 Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
- 1940 Strange Cargo
as Julie
- 1939 The Women
as Crystal Allen
- 1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
- 1939 The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
- 1938 The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
- 1938 Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
- 1937 The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
- 1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
- 1936 Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
- 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
- 1935 I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
- 1935 No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
- 1934 Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
- 1934 Chained
as Diane Lovering
- 1934 Sadie McKee
as Sadie
- 1933 Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
- 1933 Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
- 1933 Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
- 1932 Rain
as Sadie Thompson
- 1932 Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
- 1932 Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
- 1931 Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
- 1931 This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
- 1931 Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
- 1931 The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
- 1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
- 1930 Paid
as Mary Turner
- 1930 Our Blushing Brides
as Geraldine 'Gerry' March
- 1930 Montana Moon
as Joan
- 1929 Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
- 1929 Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
- 1929 The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
- 1928 Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
- 1928 Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
- 1928 Four Walls
as Frieda
- 1928 Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
- 1928 Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
- 1928 The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
- 1928 West Point
as Betty Channing
- 1927 Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
- 1927 Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
- 1927 The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
- 1927 The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
- 1927 The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
- 1927 Winners of the Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
- 1926 Bardelys the Magnificent
as Court Gossip (uncredited)
- 1926 Paris
as The Girl
- 1926 The Boob
as Jane
- 1926 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
- 1925 Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
- 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1925 The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1925 Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
- 1925 Time, the Comedian
as Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur)
- 1925 The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
- 1925 The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
- 1925 Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
- 1925 The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
- 1925 A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
- 1925 Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1925 Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
Behind the camera (4)
- 1964 Della
Producer
- 1959 Woman on the Run
Producer
- 1950 The Damned Don't Cry
Additional Writing, Costume Consultant
- 1942 Joan Crawford's Home Movies
Director, Cinematography
Talk shows and appearances (62)
- 2025
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2012
- 2012
- 2009
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1989
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1975
- 1972
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1971
- 1970 The Tim Conway Show
1 episode
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968
- 1964
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
5 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1962
- 1961
- 1959 Startime
1 episode
- 1959
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953 The Oscars
8 episodes
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
5 episodes
- 1947
- 1946
- 1944
- 1940
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
- 1937
- 1931
- 1930
- 1929
- 1925