Personal Info
Known Credits
152
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1906-03-23 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also Known For
Lucille Fay LeSueurLucille Le SueurBillie CassinLucille Fay Le Sueur
Joan Crawford
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2017 --
Spielberg
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017 --
Bette and Joan
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
| Self (archive footage)
2016 --
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
The Shirley Eder Tapes
| Self
2011 --
Possessed
| (archive footage)
2009 --
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
| Various Roles (archive footage)
2007 --
Girl 27
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
| Self
2006 --
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
| Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
2004 --
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
| Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
2002 --
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
| Self (archive footage)
2002 --
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
| Self (archive footage / uncredited)
1996 --
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
That's Entertainment! III
| (archive footage)
1989 --
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
| Self
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 --
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
| (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
1982 --
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
| Self (archive footage)
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1974 --
That's Entertainment!
| (archive footage)
1972 --
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
| Joan Fairchild
1972 --
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
| Self (archive footage)
1971 --
Journey to Murder
| Host
1970 --
Trog
| Dr. Brockton
1969 --
Night Gallery
| Miss Menlo
1969 --
Garbo
| Narrator
1969 --
Journey to the Unknown
| Self - Host
1969 --
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
| Self
1968 --
This was the Mary
|
1967 --
Berserk!
| Monica Rivers
1967 --
The Karate Killers
| Amanda True
1966 --
The Oscar
| Joan Crawford
1965 --
I Saw What You Did
| Amy Nelson
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Bobby (archive footage)
1964 --
Della
| Della Chappell
1964 --
Strait-Jacket
| Lucy Harbin
1964 --
How to Plan a Movie Murder
| Self
1963 --
The Caretakers
| Lucretia Terry
1962 --
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
| Blanche Hudson
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1959 --
The Best of Everything
| Amanda Farrow
1959 --
Woman on the Run
| Susan Conrad
1958 --
Strange Witness
| Ruth Marshall
1957 --
The Story of Esther Costello
| Margaret Landi
1956 --
Autumn Leaves
| Millicent Wetherby
1955 --
Queen Bee
| Eva Phillips
1955 --
Female on the Beach
| Lynn Markham
1954 --
A Star Is Born World Premiere
| Self
1954 --
Johnny Guitar
| Vienna
1953 --
Torch Song
| Jenny Stewart
1953 --
At Home with Joan Crawford
| Self
1952 --
Sudden Fear
| Myra Hudson Blaine
1952 --
This Woman Is Dangerous
| Elizabeth Austin
1951 --
Goodbye, My Fancy
| Agatha Reed
1950 --
Harriet Craig
| Harriet Craig
1950 --
The Damned Don't Cry
| Ethel Whitehead
1949 --
It's a Great Feeling
| Joan Crawford (uncredited)
1949 --
Flamingo Road
| Lane Bellamy
1947 --
Daisy Kenyon
| Daisy Kenyon
1947 --
Through Many Windows
| Self - Narrator
1947 --
Possessed
| Louise Howell
1947 --
Humoresque
| Helen Wright
1946 --
Blow-Ups of 1946
| Self
1945 --
Mildred Pierce
| Mildred Pierce
1944 --
Hollywood Canteen
| Self
1943 --
Above Suspicion
| Frances Myles
1942 --
Reunion in France
| Michele de la Becque
1942 --
They All Kissed the Bride
| Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
1942 --
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
| Self
1941 --
When Ladies Meet
| Mary 'Minnie' Howard
1941 --
A Woman's Face
| Anna Holm
1940 --
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
| Self
1940 --
Susan and God
| Susan Trexel
1940 --
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
| Self
1940 --
Strange Cargo
| Julie
1939 --
The Women
| Crystal Allen
1939 --
From the Ends of the Earth
| Self
1939 --
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
| Joan Crawford
1939 --
The Ice Follies of 1939
| Mary McKay
1938 --
The Shining Hour
| Olivia Riley Linden
1938 --
Mannequin
| Jessie Cassidy
1937 --
The Bride Wore Red
| Anni Pavlovitch
1937 --
The Romance of Celluloid
| Self (archive footage)
1937 --
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
| Self (uncredited)
1937 --
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
| Mrs. Fay Cheyney
1936 --
Love on the Run
| Sally Parker
1936 --
The Gorgeous Hussy
| Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
1935 --
I Live My Life
| Kay Bentley
1935 --
No More Ladies
| Marcia Townsend Warren
1934 --
Forsaking All Others
| Mary Clay
1934 --
Chained
| Diane Lovering
1934 --
Sadie McKee
| Sadie
1933 --
Dancing Lady
| Janie Barlow
1933 --
Fast Workers
| Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
1933 --
Today We Live
| Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
1932 --
Rain
| Sadie Thompson
1932 --
Grand Hotel
| Flämmchen
1932 --
Letty Lynton
| Letty Lynton
1931 --
Possessed
| Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
1931 --
This Modern Age
| Valentine 'Val' Winters
1931 --
We're switching to Hollywood
| Self
1931 --
Laughing Sinners
| Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
1931 --
The Stolen Jools
| Joan Crawford
1931 --
Dance, Fools, Dance
| Bonnie Jordan
1930 --
Paid
| Mary Turner
1930 --
Our Blushing Brides
| Jerry March
1930 --
Montana Moon
| Joan
1929 --
Untamed
| Alice "Bingo" Dowling
1929 --
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
| Self
1929 --
Our Modern Maidens
| Billie Brown
1929 --
The Duke Steps Out
| Susie
1928 --
Dream of Love
| Adrienne Lecouvreur
1928 --
Our Dancing Daughters
| Diana 'Di' Medford
1928 --
Four Walls
| Frieda
1928 --
Across to Singapore
| Priscilla Crowninshield
1928 --
Rose-Marie
| Rose-Marie
1928 --
The Law of the Range
| Betty Dallas
1928 --
West Point
| Betty Channing
1927 --
Spring Fever
| Allie Monte
1927 --
Twelve Miles Out
| Jane
1927 --
The Unknown
| Nanon Zanzi
1927 --
The Understanding Heart
| Monica Dale
1927 --
The Taxi Dancer
| Joselyn Poe
1927 --
Winners Of The Wilderness
| René Contrecoeur
1926 --
The Merry Widow
| Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
1926 --
Paris
| The Girl
1926 --
The Boob
| Jane
1926 --
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
| Betty Burton
1925 --
Sally, Irene and Mary
| Irene O'Dare
1925 --
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
| Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925 --
The Only Thing
| Party Guest (uncredited)
1925 --
Old Clothes
| Mary Riley
1925 --
The Midshipman
| Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
1925 --
The Circle
| Young Lady Catherine
1925 --
Pretty Ladies
| Bobby
1925 --
A Slave of Fashion
| Mannequin (uncredited)
1925 --
Proud Flesh
| Party Guest (uncredited)
1925 --
1925 Studio Tour
| Self
1925 --
Lady of the Night
| Body Double for Norma Shearer