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Joan Crawford

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.

Personal information

Birth Place

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

1925 Studio Tour

1925 Studio Tour

1925

6.2

Movie
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

7.5

Movie
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

6.0

Movie
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

6.7

Movie
A Slave of Fashion

A Slave of Fashion

1925

2.0

Movie
A Star Is Born World Premiere

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

8.0

Movie
A Woman's Face

A Woman's Face

1941

7.0

Movie
Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943

6.4

Movie
Across to Singapore

Across to Singapore

1928

6.8

Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Movie
At Home with Joan Crawford

At Home with Joan Crawford

1953

6.3

Movie
Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves

1956

7.0

Movie
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

2002

0.0

Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

7.3

Movie
Berserk!

Berserk!

1967

5.5

Movie
Bette and Joan

Bette and Joan

2017

0.0

Movie
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

2006

7.0

Movie
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994

0.0

Movie
Blow-Ups of 1946

Blow-Ups of 1946

1946

6.0

Movie
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

0.0

Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

5.7

Movie
Chained

Chained

1934

6.8

Movie
Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

7.0

Movie
Complicated Women

Complicated Women

2003

6.7

Movie
Daisy Kenyon

Daisy Kenyon

1947

6.7

Movie
Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931

6.4

Movie
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933

7.0

Movie
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

6.6

Movie
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

1972

6.0

Movie
Della

Della

1964

7.2

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Dream of Love

Dream of Love

1928

7.0

Movie
Fashion News

Fashion News

1928

5.0

Movie
Fast Workers

Fast Workers

1933

5.3

Movie
Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach

1955

5.7

Movie
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949

7.0

Movie
Forsaking All Others

Forsaking All Others

1934

6.4

Movie
Four Walls

Four Walls

1928

7.0

Movie
From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

0.0

Movie
Garbo

Garbo

1969

4.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Girl 27

Girl 27

2007

6.4

Movie
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

10.0

Movie
Goodbye, My Fancy

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951

5.9

Movie
Grand Hotel

Grand Hotel

1932

6.9

Movie
poster

Great Performances

1971

5.2

TV
Harriet Craig

Harriet Craig

1950

7.5

Movie
Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

1944

7.3

Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

6.5

Movie
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

5.5

Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

6.0

Movie
Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

3.3

Movie
How to Plan a Movie Murder

How to Plan a Movie Murder

1964

4.0

Movie
Humoresque

Humoresque

1947

7.1

Movie
I Live My Life

I Live My Life

1935

6.4

Movie
I Saw What You Did

I Saw What You Did

1965

6.2

Movie
It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling

1949

5.9

Movie
Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

7.5

Movie
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002

6.6

Movie
Joan Crawford's Home Movies

Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1942

0.0

Movie
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

1954

7.4

Movie
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016

0.0

Movie
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

2016

0.0

Movie
Journey to Murder

Journey to Murder

1971

0.0

Movie
Journey to the Unknown

Journey to the Unknown

1969

0.0

Movie
Lady of the Night

Lady of the Night

1925

6.0

Movie
Laughing Sinners

Laughing Sinners

1931

5.4

Movie
Letty Lynton

Letty Lynton

1932

6.8

Movie
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000

6.5

Movie
Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1936

6.4

Movie
Mannequin

Mannequin

1938

6.0

Movie
Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

1945

7.6

Movie
Montana Moon

Montana Moon

1930

4.6

Movie
Night Gallery

Night Gallery

1969

7.1

Movie
poster

Night Gallery

1970

7.8

TV
No More Ladies

No More Ladies

1935

5.1

Movie
Old Clothes

Old Clothes

1925

3.0

Movie
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

6.0

Movie
Our Blushing Brides

Our Blushing Brides

1930

5.9

Movie
Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

6.4

Movie
Our Modern Maidens

Our Modern Maidens

1929

5.9

Movie
Paid

Paid

1930

6.8

Movie
Paris

Paris

1926

7.0

Movie
Possessed

Possessed

1947

6.9

Movie
Possessed

Possessed

1931

7.1

Movie
Possessed

Possessed

2011

0.0

Movie
Pretty Ladies

Pretty Ladies

1925

4.7

Movie
Proud Flesh

Proud Flesh

1925

6.0

Movie
Queen Bee

Queen Bee

1955

6.5

Movie
Rain

Rain

1932

6.8

Movie
Reunion in France

Reunion in France

1942

6.6

Movie
Rose-Marie

Rose-Marie

1928

5.0

Movie
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
Sadie McKee

Sadie McKee

1934

7.0

Movie
Sally, Irene and Mary

Sally, Irene and Mary

1925

5.5

Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

4.0

Movie
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

1937

5.0

Movie
Spielberg

Spielberg

2017

7.6

Movie
Spring Fever

Spring Fever

1927

6.9

Movie
Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

1964

6.6

Movie
Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1940

7.0

Movie
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952

7.3

Movie
Susan and God

Susan and God

1940

6.5

Movie
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

2016

0.0

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

7.2

Movie
That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

6.9

Movie
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

4.6

Movie
The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything

1959

6.4

Movie
The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

6.3

Movie
The Big Rock Candy Mountain

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

1969

0.0

Movie
The Boob

The Boob

1926

5.8

Movie
The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red

1937

6.7

Movie
The Caretakers

The Caretakers

1963

6.2

Movie
The Circle

The Circle

1925

5.4

Movie
poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

7.0

TV
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

7.1

Movie
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel

The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel

0.0

Movie
The Duke Steps Out

The Duke Steps Out

1929

5.0

Movie
The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936

5.2

Movie
The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

5.7

Movie
The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

5.6

Movie
The Karate Killers

The Karate Killers

1967

4.9

Movie
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

6.0

Movie
The Law of the Range

The Law of the Range

1928

2.5

Movie
poster

The Lucy Show

1962

7.1

TV
poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

7.1

TV
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

1926

6.8

Movie
poster

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

5.6

TV
The Midshipman

The Midshipman

1925

6.0

Movie
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
The Only Thing

The Only Thing

1925

2.0

Movie
The Oscar

The Oscar

1966

5.1

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

7.0

Movie
poster

The Secret Storm

1954

3.7

TV
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

1938

6.6

Movie
The Shirley Eder Tapes

The Shirley Eder Tapes

2012

0.0

Movie
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

1931

5.6

Movie
The Story of Esther Costello

The Story of Esther Costello

1957

6.9

Movie
The Taxi Dancer

The Taxi Dancer

1927

6.5

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Understanding Heart

The Understanding Heart

1927

7.0

Movie
The Unknown

The Unknown

1927

7.5

Movie
The Women

The Women

1939

7.1

Movie
They All Kissed the Bride

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

5.8

Movie
This Modern Age

This Modern Age

1931

6.0

Movie
This was the Mary

This was the Mary

1968

0.0

Movie
This Woman Is Dangerous

This Woman Is Dangerous

1952

5.7

Movie
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

2008

6.4

Movie
Through Many Windows

Through Many Windows

1947

0.0

Movie
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007

0.0

Movie
Today We Live

Today We Live

1933

6.5

Movie
Torch Song

Torch Song

1953

6.0

Movie
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1926

5.8

Movie
Trog

Trog

1970

4.4

Movie
Twelve Miles Out

Twelve Miles Out

1927

6.0

Movie
Untamed

Untamed

1929

5.8

Movie
We're switching to Hollywood

We're switching to Hollywood

1931

4.8

Movie
West Point

West Point

1928

7.4

Movie
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962

7.9

Movie
poster

What's My Line?

1950

6.7

TV
When Ladies Meet

When Ladies Meet

1941

6.8

Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

4.9

Movie
Winners Of The Wilderness

Winners Of The Wilderness

1927

7.5

Movie
Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

1959

4.0

Movie