Joan Crawford
Birthday
1906/03/23
Day of death
1977/05/10 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also know as
Lucille Fay LeSueur, Lucille Le Sueur, Billie Cassin, Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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...Read more
Acting
(1962) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Mildred Pierce
(1947) Daisy Kenyon
as Daisy Kenyon
(1947) Possessed
as Louise Howell
(1939) The Women
as Crystal Allen
(1967) The Karate Killers
as Amanda True
(1929) The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
(1938) Mannequin
as Jessie Cassidy
(1982) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
(1949) It's a Great Feeling
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
(1943) Above Suspicion
as Frances Myles
(1954) Johnny Guitar
as Vienna
(1932) Grand Hotel
as Flämmchen
(1927) The Unknown
as Nanon Zanzi
(1949) Flamingo Road
as Lane Bellamy
(1947) Humoresque
as Helen Wright
(1941) A Woman's Face
as Anna Holm
(1942) Reunion in France
as Michele de la Becque
(1965) I Saw What You Did
as Amy Nelson
(1955) Queen Bee
as Eva Phillips
(1964) Strait-Jacket
as Lucy Harbin
(1950) The Damned Don't Cry
as Ethel Whitehead
(1928) Our Dancing Daughters
as Diana 'Di' Medford
(1967) Berserk!
as Monica Rivers
(1956) Autumn Leaves
as Millicent Wetherby
(1932) Rain
as Sadie Thompson
(1942) They All Kissed the Bride
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
(1940) Susan and God
as Susan Trexel
(1933) Dancing Lady
as Janie Barlow
(1936) Love on the Run
as Sally Parker
(1969) The Big Rock Candy Mountain
as Self
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Sadie
(1970) Trog
as Dr. Brockton
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Self
(1955) Female on the Beach
as Lynn Markham
(2000) Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
(1928) West Point
as Betty Channing
(1934) Chained
as Diane Lovering
(1952) Sudden Fear
as Myra Hudson Blaine
(1940) Strange Cargo
as Julie
(1931) Possessed
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Joan Crawford
(1937) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
(1941) When Ladies Meet
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
(1959) The Best of Everything
as Amanda Farrow
(2017) Bette and Joan
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) The Caretakers
as Lucretia Terry
(1950) Harriet Craig
as Harriet Craig
(1952) This Woman Is Dangerous
as Elizabeth Austin
(1942) Joan Crawford's Home Movies
as Self
(1931) Laughing Sinners
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
(1933) Today We Live
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) Montana Moon
as Joan
(1929) Our Modern Maidens
as Billie Brown
(1928) Across to Singapore
as Priscilla Crowninshield
(1934) Forsaking All Others
as Mary Clay
(1936) The Gorgeous Hussy
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
(1938) The Shining Hour
as Olivia Riley Linden
(1926) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Betty Burton
(2008) Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1937) The Bride Wore Red
as Anni Pavlovitch
(1935) No More Ladies
as Marcia Townsend Warren
(1951) Goodbye, My Fancy
as Agatha Reed
(1931) Dance, Fools, Dance
as Bonnie Jordan
(1930) Our Blushing Brides
as Jerry March
(1953) Torch Song
as Jenny Stewart
(1969) Journey to the Unknown
as Self - Host
(1932) Letty Lynton
as Letty Lynton
(1957) The Story of Esther Costello
as Margaret Landi
(1925) Pretty Ladies
as Bobby
(2012) The Shirley Eder Tapes
as Self
(1982) Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1929) Untamed
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
(1926) The Boob
as Jane
(1927) Spring Fever
as Allie Monte
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1931) This Modern Age
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
(1939) The Ice Follies of 1939
as Mary McKay
(1935) I Live My Life
as Kay Bentley
(1930) Paid
as Mary Turner
(2007) Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) Della
as Della Chappell
(2011) Possessed
as (archive footage)
(2004) Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
(2006) 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2006) Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
as Self (archive footage)
(2016) Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
as Self (archive footage)
(1928) Dream of Love
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
(1989) Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
(1928) The Law of the Range
as Betty Dallas
(1972) Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Joan Fairchild
(1925) The Circle
as Young Lady Catherine
(1929) The Duke Steps Out
as Susie
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
as ---
(1953) At Home with Joan Crawford
as Self
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1927) Winners Of The Wilderness
as René Contrecoeur
(1996) Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1927) Twelve Miles Out
as Jane
(1933) Fast Workers
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
(1971) Journey to Murder
as Host
(1931) We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
(2004) The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
(1925) 1925 Studio Tour
as Self
(1994) Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1947) Through Many Windows
as Self - Narrator
(1928) Rose-Marie
as Rose-Marie
(1939) From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1927) The Taxi Dancer
as Joselyn Poe
(1925) Lady of the Night
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
(1925) Proud Flesh
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1926) The Merry Widow
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
(1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
(1925) The Only Thing
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1966) The Oscar
as Joan Crawford
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1925) A Slave of Fashion
as Mannequin (uncredited)
(1925) Old Clothes
as Mary Riley
(1925) Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene O'Dare
(1946) Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
(1969) Night Gallery
as Miss Menlo
(2003) Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1937) The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
(1928) Fashion News
as Self (1929)
(1964) How to Plan a Movie Murder
as Self
(1969) Garbo
as Narrator
(1959) Woman on the Run
as Susan Conrad
(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Bobby (archive footage)
(2009) 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
as Self
(1926) Paris
as The Girl
(1927) The Understanding Heart
as Monica Dale
(1928) Four Walls
as Frieda
(1937) Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
(1939) Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Joan Crawford
(1925) The Midshipman
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
(2002) Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) This was the Mary
as ---
(2017) Spielberg
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1958) Strange Witness
as Ruth Marshall
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Joan Crawford
(1960) Route 66
as Morgan Harper
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1954) The Secret Storm
as Joan Borman Kane
(1972) The Sixth Sense
as Joan Fairchild
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Ann Howard
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Ruth Marshall
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mary Andrews
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Stella Faring
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Amanda True
(1970) Night Gallery
as Miss Claudia Menlo
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Committee Member (uncredited)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1971) Great Performances
as Self