Cast
Joan Crawford
Acting
Cast
Joan Crawford
Known for
Acting
Born
1906-03-23
From
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died
1977-05-10
Also known as Lucille Fay LeSueur, Lucille Le Sueur, Billie Cassin
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.
Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
The Women
as Crystal Allen
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Possessed
as Louise Howell
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
Della
as Della Chappell
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Chained
as Diane Lovering
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
Journey to Murder
as Host
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Our Blushing Brides
as Geraldine 'Gerry' March
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
Strange Cargo
as Julie
West Point
as Betty Channing
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Paid
as Mary Turner
The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
Trog
as Dr. Brockton
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Zwischen Glück und Krone
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Court Gossip (uncredited)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
as Self
Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
The Casting Couch
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
Montana Moon
as Joan
The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
The Boob
as Jane
The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
One Must Die
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lykke og krone
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Winners Of The Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
Four Walls
as Frieda
Rebel Range
as Stella Faring
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
as Self (archive)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
Paris
as The Girl
This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Possessed
as (archive footage)
And One Was Loyal
as Ann Howard
Time, the Comedian
as Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
as Self
Through Many Windows
as Self - Narrator