Joan Crawford
Known for Acting · 183 credits
- Born
- 1906-03-23
- Died
- 1977-05-10
- Place of birth
- San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Lucille Fay LeSueur · Lucille Le Sueur · Billie Cassin · Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison".
After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life. She became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Virginian
1962
as Stephanie White
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Stella Faring / Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
The Lucy Show
1962
as Joan Crawford
Route 66
1960
as Morgan Harper
The Name of the Game
1968
as Committee Member (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Amanda True
The Secret Storm
1954
as Joan Borman Kane
Startime
1959
as Self
The Sixth Sense
1972
as Joan Fairchild
General Electric Theater
1953
as Ann Howard / Ruth Marshall / Mary Andrews
Movies (167)
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Vienna
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Mildred Pierce
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Night Gallery
1969
as Miss Menlo
The Women
1939
as Crystal Allen
Grand Hotel
1932
as Flämmchen
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Blanche Hudson
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Unknown
1927
as Nanon Zanzi
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Lucy Harbin
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Bobby
Berserk!
1967
as Monica Rivers
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
as Betty Burton
Rain
1932
as Sadie Thompson
Della
1964
as Della Chappell
Torch Song
1953
as Jenny Stewart
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
Sudden Fear
1952
as Myra Hudson Blaine
Old Clothes
1925
as Mary Riley
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Possessed
1947
as Louise Howell
Proud Flesh
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
A Woman's Face
1941
as Anna Holm
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Woman on the Run
1959
as Susan Conrad
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Autumn Leaves
1956
as Millicent Wetherby
Queen Bee
1955
as Eva Phillips
Possessed
1931
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
Harriet Craig
1950
as Harriet Craig
West Point
1928
as Betty Channing
The Merry Widow
1926
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
The Oscar
1966
as Joan Crawford
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Strange Cargo
1940
as Julie
Journey to Murder
1971
as Host
Above Suspicion
1943
as Frances Myles
Chained
1934
as Diane Lovering
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Amy Nelson
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
The Karate Killers
1967
as Amanda True
Dancing Lady
1933
as Janie Barlow
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942
as Michele de la Becque
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Geraldine 'Gerry' March
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Daisy Kenyon
Laughing Sinners
1931
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Humoresque
1947
as Helen Wright
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Bobby (archive footage)
Mannequin
1938
as Jessie Cassidy
The Best of Everything
1959
as Amanda Farrow
Flamingo Road
1949
as Lane Bellamy
Trog
1970
as Dr. Brockton
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Casting Couch
1995
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Joan Crawford
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Today We Live
1933
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
1942
as Self
Sadie McKee
1934
as Sadie
The Shining Hour
1938
as Olivia Riley Linden
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Untamed
1929
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Ethel Whitehead
Paid
1930
as Mary Turner
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self (archive)
Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jane
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Bonnie Jordan
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Court Gossip (uncredited)
Spring Fever
1927
as Allie Monte
Female on the Beach
1955
as Lynn Markham
Lykke og krone
1962
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Mary Clay
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
as Joan Fairchild
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
Love on the Run
1936
as Sally Parker
I Live My Life
1935
as Kay Bentley
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Margaret Landi
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Joan Crawford
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Agatha Reed
Letty Lynton
1932
as Letty Lynton
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Irene O'Dare
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Strange Witness
1958
as Ruth Marshall
Our Modern Maidens
1929
as Billie Brown
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
Lady of the Night
1925
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
The Caretakers
1963
as Lucretia Terry
The Understanding Heart
1927
as Monica Dale
When Ladies Meet
1941
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Susan and God
1940
as Susan Trexel
The Midshipman
1925
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Mary McKay
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
No More Ladies
1935
as Marcia Townsend Warren
Fast Workers
1933
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Joselyn Poe
The Circle
1925
as Young Lady Catherine
About Joan Crawford
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. Crawford often pl… With 183 credits spanning from 1925 to 2025, Joan Crawford has appeared in 167 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Johnny Guitar (1954) — as Vienna
- Mildred Pierce (1945) — as Mildred Pierce
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
- Night Gallery (1969) — as Miss Menlo
- The Women (1939) — as Crystal Allen
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