Joan Crawford

ActorProducerCrewCostume & Make-UpDirector Mar 23 (died age 71) San Antonio, Texas, USA 1925–2017 (92 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Blanche Hudson

Film

Mildred Pierce

Film

Johnny Guitar

Vienna

Film

Grand Hotel

Flämmchen

Film

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

Film

The Unknown

Nanon Zanzi

Film

The Women

Crystal Allen

Film

Sudden Fear

Myra Hudson Blaine

Filmography

Acting (177)

Movies (161)

Bette and Joan

2017

as Self (archive footage)

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

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Shirley Eder Tapes

2012

as Self

Possessed

2011

as (archive footage)

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

2010

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

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

2008

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.1

Betty Page the Totally Naked Truth

2008

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007

as Self

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

as Self (archive footage)

4.3

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

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

2005

as Self (archive)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

7.0

Complicated Women

2003

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

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

2002

as Self (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A thousand faces

2000

as Self (archive footage / uncredited)

6.5

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

1994

1.0

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

6.7

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

7.4

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

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

1972

as Joan Fairchild

6.0

Journey to Murder

1971

as Host

Trog

1970

as Dr. Brockton

4.4

Journey to the Unknown

1969

as Self - Host

Night Gallery

1969

as Miss Menlo

6.3

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

1969

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

4.0

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

1969

as Self

This was the MARY

1968

as Self/Narrator

The Karate Killers

as Amanda True

Berserk!

as Monica Rivers

The Oscar

as Joan Crawford

I Saw What You Did

as Amy Nelson

Strait-Jacket

as Lucy Harbin

Della

as Della Chappell

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Bobby (archive footage)

6.3

How to Plan a Movie Murder

as Self

The Caretakers

as Lucretia Terry

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

as Blanche Hudson

Lykke og krone

One Must Die

Woman on the Run

as Susan Conrad

The Best of Everything

1959

as Amanda Farrow

6.3

Strange Witness

1958

as Ruth Marshall

The Story of Esther Costello

1957

as Margaret Landi

7.0

Autumn Leaves

1956

as Millicent Wetherby

Queen Bee

as Eva Phillips

Female on the Beach

as Lynn Markham

Johnny Guitar

as Vienna

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954

as Self

8.0

The Road to Edinburgh

1954

as Mary Andrews

Torch Song

1953

as Jenny Stewart

5.8

At Home with Joan Crawford

1953

as Self

6.2

Sudden Fear

1952

as Myra Hudson Blaine

7.3

This Woman Is Dangerous

as Elizabeth Austin

Goodbye, My Fancy

as Agatha Reed

The Damned Don't Cry

as Ethel Whitehead

Harriet Craig

as Harriet Craig

Flamingo Road

as Lane Bellamy

It's a Great Feeling

as Joan Crawford (uncredited)

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

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

Above Suspicion

as Frances Myles

Reunion in France

as Michele de la Becque

6.4

Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1942

as Self

They All Kissed the Bride

1942

as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew

A Woman's Face

as Anna Holm

When Ladies Meet

as Mary 'Minnie' Howard

6.7

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

Strange Cargo

as Julie

Susan and God

as Susan Trexel

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

The Women

1939

as Crystal Allen

7.1

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939

as Joan Crawford

4.0

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

as Mary McKay

5.6

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938

as Self

Mannequin

1938

as Jessie Cassidy

5.9

The Shining Hour

1938

as Olivia Riley Linden

6.6

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

as Self (uncredited)

The Bride Wore Red

as Anni Pavlovitch

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

as Mrs. Fay Cheyney

5.8

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Self (archive footage)

Love on the Run

as Sally Parker

The Gorgeous Hussy

as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal

I Live My Life

as Kay Bentley

No More Ladies

as Marcia Townsend Warren

Chained

as Diane Lovering

Sadie McKee

as Sadie

Forsaking All Others

as Mary Clay

Dancing Lady

as Janie Barlow

Today We Live

as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith

6.2

Fast Workers

1933

as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Grand Hotel

as Flämmchen

Rain

as Sadie Thompson

Letty Lynton

as Letty Lynton

We’re Switching to Hollywood

1931

as Self

4.8

Laughing Sinners

1931

as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens

5.1

Possessed

1931

as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'

Dance, Fools, Dance

as Bonnie Jordan

The Stolen Jools

as Joan Crawford

This Modern Age

as Valentine 'Val' Winters

5.8

Paid

1930

as Mary Turner

6.8

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

1930

as Self

Our Blushing Brides

as Jerry March

Montana Moon

as Joan

Our Modern Maidens

as Billie Brown

Untamed

as Alice "Bingo" Dowling

5.9

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self

The Duke Steps Out

as Susie

Four Walls

as Frieda

West Point

as Betty Channing

Our Dancing Daughters

1928

as Diana 'Di' Medford

Rose-Marie

as Rose-Marie

The Law of the Range

as Betty Dallas

Dream of Love

as Adrienne Lecouvreur

7.0

Across to Singapore

1928

as Priscilla Crowninshield

Twelve Miles Out

as Jane

The Taxi Dancer

as Joselyn Poe

The Unknown

as Nanon Zanzi

Spring Fever

as Allie Monte

Winners Of The Wilderness

1927

as René Contrecoeur

7.5

The Understanding Heart

as Monica Dale

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

as Betty Burton

Paris

as The Girl

The Boob

as Jane

The Merry Widow

as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

6.7

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

7.3

The Midshipman

1925

as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)

6.0

Pretty Ladies

1925

as Bobby

4.7

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Irene O'Dare

1925 Studio Tour

as Self

The Only Thing

as Party Guest (uncredited)

2.0

Lady of the Night

1925

as Body Double for Norma Shearer

5.7

A Slave of Fashion

1925

as Mannequin (uncredited)

2.0

Proud Flesh

1925

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.3

The Circle

1925

as Young Lady Catherine

5.1

Old Clothes

1925

as Mary Riley

3.0

Rebel Range

as Stella Faring

Because I Love Him

as Margaret Hughes

And One Was Loyal

as Ann Howard

Television (16)

The Sixth Sense

as Joan Fairchild

Great Performances

as Self

Night Gallery

as Miss Claudia Menlo

7.8

The Name of the Game

1968

as Committee Member (uncredited)

6.8

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

1964

as Amanda True

7.1

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Virginian

as Stephanie White

The Lucy Show

as Joan Crawford

Route 66

as Morgan Harper

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Stella Faring

The Secret Storm

as Joan Borman Kane

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Mary Andrews

What's My Line?

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

as Self

6.8

Crew (6)

Movies (6)

Della

Producer

Woman on the Run

Producer

The Damned Don't Cry

Additional Writing

The Damned Don't Cry

Costume Consultant

Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1942

Cinematography

Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1942

Director