Actor
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 -- Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage)
2016 -- Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | 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 -- Fashion News | Self (1929)
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
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