Acting
Joan Crawford
EN, NO, DE cinema · 172 credits
Born
23 March 1906
Died
10 May 1977 (aged 71)
Birthplace
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also known as Lucille Fay LeSueur · Lucille Le Sueur · Billie Cassin · Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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
Filmography
And One Was Loyal
as Ann Howard
Rebel Range
as Stella Faring
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Possessed
2011
Possessed
as (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self (archive footage) (voice)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
Trog
as Dr. Brockton
Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
Della
as Della Chappell, Producer
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self - Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
Woman on the Run
1959
Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad, Producer
Zwischen Glück und Krone
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
The Road to Edinburgh
as Mary Andrews
Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead, Additional Writing, Costume Consultant
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
Possessed
as Louise Howell
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
Through Many Windows
as Self - Narrator
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
as Self, Director, Cinematography
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
Strange Cargo
as Julie
The Women
as Crystal Allen
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
Chained
as Diane Lovering
Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
Montana Moon
as Joan
Our Blushing Brides
as Geraldine 'Gerry' March
Paid
as Mary Turner
Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
West Point
as Betty Channing
Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
Four Walls
as Frieda
The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
Winners of the Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
The Boob
as Jane
Paris
as The Girl
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Court Gossip (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
Time, the Comedian
as Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur)