Joan Crawford

Personal Info

Birthday

March 23, 1906

Day of Death

1977-05-10

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Lucille Fay LeSueur

Lucille Le Sueur

Billie Cassin

Lucille Fay Le Sueur

Joan Crawford

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 Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo.

Known For

Route 66

The Virginian

The Lucy Show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Name of the Game

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

The Secret Storm

The Sixth Sense

Filmography

2017
Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2007
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
2006
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1972
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Journey to Murder
as Host
1970
Trog
as Dr. Brockton
1969
Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
Garbo
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
as Self
1968
This was the MARY
as Self/Narrator
1967
Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
1966
The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
1965
I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
Della
as Della Chappell
Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
1963
The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
1959
The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad
Zwischen Glück und Krone
as Self (archive footage)
1958
Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
1957
The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
1956
Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
1955
Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
1953
Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
1952
Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
1950
Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
1947
Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
Through Many Windows
as Self - Narrator
Possessed
as Louise Howell
Humoresque
as Helen Wright
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1945
Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1943
Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
1942
Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
as Self
1941
When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Strange Cargo
as Julie
1939
The Women
as Crystal Allen
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
1938
The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
as Self
Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
1937
The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
1936
Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
1935
I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
1934
Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
Chained
as Diane Lovering
Sadie McKee
as Sadie
1933
Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
1932
Rain
as Sadie Thompson
Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
1931
This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
1930
Paid
as Mary Turner
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
Our Blushing Brides
as Jerry March
Montana Moon
as Joan
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
1928
Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
Four Walls
as Frieda
Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
West Point
as Betty Channing
1927
Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
Winners Of The Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
1926
The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Paris
as The Girl
The Boob
as Jane
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
1925
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer