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Joan Crawford
Actor, Producer
Died May 10, 1977 (72 years)
Born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, but christened Joan Crawford by Hollywood, she exemplified the 1920s carefree "flapper" era to a 'T'. Her beauty and vivacity catapulted her to stardom in the late 1920s in the hugely popular silent film Our Dancing Daughters. Ever since that point, the resilient actress with the ever expressive eyes, the famous over-painted lips and the will of steel created for herself one of the most legendary and enduring Hollywood personae of all time. Receiving three Best Actress Oscar nominations throughout her long career and winning once for 1945's Mildred Pierce, Joan seemed to personify the ideal American woman of every decade, from the uproarious 1920s right up until her death as a semi-reclusive corporate widow on May 10, 1977. Her fourth and last marriage was to Pepsi Cola chairman Alfred Steele, who died in 1959.
She was described by some as 'The Face' owing to her classically beautiful features. Great Hollywood studio photographer George Hurrell dubbed her "camera proof" as she photographed perfectly from every angle. She also won a British BAFTA award for the 1957 movie The Story of Esther Costello.
Her film career spanning nearly fifty years, she is best remembered for classic performances in Our Dancing Daughters (1928), Grand Hotel (1932), The Women (1939), Mildred Pierce (1945), Humoresque (1946), Possessed (1947), Harriet Craig (1950), Sudden Fear (1952), and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
Filmography
| 2017 | The Green Fog · as Myra Hudson |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro · as Bonnie |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood · as Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as actor |
| 1998 | Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory · as actor |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Blanche Hudson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as actor |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as (archive footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Trog · as Dr. Brockton |
| 1970 | The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Diamond Thief |
| 1969 | Night Gallery · as Miss Menlo |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Miss Claudia Menlo (segment "Eyes") |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Committee Member (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Karate Killers · as Amanda True |
| 1967 | Berserk · as Monica Rivers |
| 1966 | The Oscar · as Joan Crawford |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as (archive footage) |
| 1965 | Della · as Della Chappell |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket · as Lucy Harbin |
| 1964 | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Amanda True |
| 1963 | The Caretakers · as Lucretia Terry |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Sadie Thompson |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Stephanie White |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Joan Crawford |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · as Blanche Hudson |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Morgan Harper |
| 1959 | The Best of Everything · as Amanda Farrow |
| 1957 | The Story of Esther Costello · as Margaret Landi |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves · as Millicent Wetherby |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Stella Faring |
| 1955 | Queen Bee · as Eva Phillips |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar · as Vienna |
| 1953 | Torch Song · as Jenny Stewart |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Ann Howard |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear · as Myra Hudson Blaine |
| 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous · as Elizabeth Austin |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy · as Agatha Reed |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry · as Ethel Whitehead |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig · as Harriet Craig |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road · as Lane Bellamy |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling · as Joan Crawford (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon · as Daisy Kenyon |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Louise Howell |
| 1946 | Humoresque · as Helen Wright |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Mildred Pierce |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Flaemmchen |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion · as Frances Myles |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as Michele de la Becque |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face · as Anna Holm |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet · as Mary 'Minnie' Howard |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo · as Julie |
| 1939 | The Women · as Crystal Allen |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Mary McKay |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour · as Olivia Riley Linden |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as Jessie Cassidy |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney · as Mrs. Fay Cheyney |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red · as Anni Pavlovitch |
| 1936 | Love on the Run · as Sally Parker |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Kay Bentley |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee · as Sadie McKee |
| 1934 | Chained · as Diane Lovering |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others · as Mary Clay |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady · as Janie Barlow |
| 1933 | Today We Live · as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith |
| 1933 | Fast Workers · as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel · as Flämmchen |
| 1932 | Rain · as Sadie Thompson |
| 1931 | Possessed · as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools · as Joan Crawford |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners · as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance · as Bonnie Jordan |
| 1930 | Montana Moon · as Joan |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens · as Billie Brown |
| 1929 | Untamed · as Alice "Bingo" Dowling |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters · as Diana 'Di' Medford |
| 1928 | Across to Singapore · as Priscilla Crowninshield |
| 1927 | The Unknown · as Nanon Zanzi |
| 1927 | Spring Fever · as Allie Monte |
| 1926 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp · as Betty Burton |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent · as Court Gossip |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Merry Widow · as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Lady of the Night · as Molly (body double in various sequences) (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Circle · as Young Lady Catherine |
| 1925 | Proud Flesh · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies · as Bobby |
| 1925 | Old Clothes · as Mary Riley |