8.0
8.0
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
as Self
Joan Crawford
Also known as: Lucille Fay LeSueur, Lucille LeSueur
Acting
Born:March 23, 1906
Died:May 10, 1977(aged 71)
Birthplace:San Antonio, Texas, USA
Nationality:United States
N/A
CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (142 movies)
7.9
7.9
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Blanche Hudson
7.6
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Mildred Pierce
7.5
7.5
Harriet Craig
1950
as Harriet Craig
7.5
7.5
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927
as René Contrecoeur
7.5
7.5
The Unknown
1927
as Nanon Zanzi
7.4
7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Vienna
7.4
7.4
West Point
1928
as Betty Channing
7.3
7.3
Four Walls
1928
as Frieda
7.3
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
7.3
7.3
Sudden Fear
1952
as Myra Hudson Blaine
7.2
7.2
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012
as Self (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Della
1964
Producer
7.1
7.1
The Women
1939
as Crystal Allen
7.0
7.0
Humoresque
1947
as Helen Wright
7.0
7.0
Paris
1926
as The Girl
7.0
7.0
Dream of Love
1928
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
7.0
7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Flamingo Road
1949
as Lane Bellamy
7.0
7.0
Possessed
1931
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
7.0
7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
as Julie
7.0
7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
as Flämmchen
7.0
7.0
The Understanding Heart
1927
as Monica Dale
7.0
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Margaret Landi
7.0
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Ethel Whitehead
7.0
7.0
Autumn Leaves
1956
as Millicent Wetherby
6.9
6.9
Spring Fever
1927
as Allie Monte
6.9
6.9
Sadie McKee
1934
as Sadie
6.9
6.9
Possessed
1947
as Louise Howell
6.8
6.8
Chained
1934
as Diane Lovering
6.8
6.8
A Woman's Face
1941
as Anna Holm
6.8
6.8
Letty Lynton
1932
as Letty Lynton
6.8
6.8
Paid
1930
as Mary Turner
6.8
6.8
Dancing Lady
1933
as Janie Barlow
6.8
6.8
Across to Singapore
1928
as Priscilla Crowninshield
6.7
6.7
When Ladies Meet
1941
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
6.7
6.7
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Anni Pavlovitch
6.7
6.7
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
6.7
6.7
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006
as Self (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
The Merry Widow
1926
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
6.6
6.6
Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Daisy Kenyon
6.6
6.6
The Shining Hour
1938
as Olivia Riley Linden
6.6
6.6
Rain
1932
as Sadie Thompson
6.6
6.6
Night Gallery
1969
as Miss Menlo
6.5
6.5
Strait-Jacket
1964
as Lucy Harbin
6.5
6.5
Susan and God
1940
as Susan Trexel
6.5
6.5
The Taxi Dancer
1927
as Joselyn Poe
6.4
6.4
Love on the Run
1936
as Sally Parker
6.4
6.4
I Live My Life
1935
as Kay Bentley
6.4
6.4
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Bonnie Jordan
6.4
6.4
Reunion in France
1942
as Michele de la Becque
6.4
6.4
Queen Bee
1955
as Eva Phillips
6.3
6.3
Proud Flesh
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Bobby (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
The Best of Everything
1959
as Amanda Farrow
6.2
6.2
Today We Live
1933
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
6.2
6.2
The Caretakers
1963
as Lucretia Terry
6.2
6.2
At Home with Joan Crawford
1953
as Self
6.2
6.2
I Saw What You Did
1965
as Amy Nelson
6.2
6.2
Our Dancing Daughters
1928
as Diana 'Di' Medford
6.1
6.1
Above Suspicion
1943
as Frances Myles
6.1
6.1
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
The Midshipman
1925
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jane
6.0
6.0
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
6.0
6.0
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
as Joan Fairchild
5.9
5.9
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Agatha Reed
5.9
5.9
Untamed
1929
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
5.9
5.9
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Mary Clay
5.9
5.9
Mannequin
1938
as Jessie Cassidy
5.8
5.8
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
as Betty Burton
5.8
5.8
They All Kissed the Bride
1942
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
5.8
5.8
This Modern Age
1931
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
5.8
5.8
Torch Song
1953
as Jenny Stewart
5.8
5.8
The Boob
1926
as Jane
5.8
5.8
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
5.7
5.7
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
as Elizabeth Austin
5.7
5.7
Female on the Beach
1955
as Lynn Markham
5.6
5.6
Lady of the Night
1925
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
5.6
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Joan Crawford
5.6
5.6
Berserk!
1967
as Monica Rivers
5.6
5.6
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
5.6
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Mary McKay
5.5
5.5
Our Modern Maidens
1929
as Billie Brown
5.5
5.5
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Irene O'Dare
5.5
5.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
5.4
5.4
Our Blushing Brides
1930
as Jerry March
5.3
5.3
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
5.1
5.1
Laughing Sinners
1931
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
5.1
5.1
The Circle
1925
as Young Lady Catherine
5.0
5.0
The Duke Steps Out
1929
as Susie
5.0
5.0
Rose-Marie
1928
as Rose-Marie
5.0
5.0
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
4.7
4.7
Fast Workers
1933
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
4.7
4.7
Pretty Ladies
1925
as Bobby
4.6
4.6
No More Ladies
1935
as Marcia Townsend Warren
4.6
4.6
The Karate Killers
1967
as Amanda True
4.5
4.5
Trog
1970
as Dr. Brockton
4.4
4.4
Montana Moon
1930
as Joan
4.0
4.0
How to Plan a Movie Murder
1964
as Self
4.0
4.0
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
4.0
4.0
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939
as Joan Crawford
4.0
4.0
Woman on the Run
1959
Producer
3.0
3.0
Old Clothes
1925
as Mary Riley
2.5
2.5
The Law of the Range
1928
as Betty Dallas
2.0
2.0
The Only Thing
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
2.0
2.0
A Slave of Fashion
1925
as Mannequin (uncredited)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
1969
as Self
Bette and Joan
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
1942
Director
One Must Die
1961
The Road to Edinburgh
TBA
as Mary Andrews
Because I Love Him
TBA
as Margaret Hughes
And One Was Loyal
TBA
as Ann Howard
Rebel Range
TBA
as Stella Faring
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
Journey to the Unknown
1969
as Self - Host
The Shirley Eder Tapes
2012
as Self
Possessed
2011
as (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
2005
as Self (archive)
Journey to Murder
1971
as Host
Through Many Windows
1947
as Self - Narrator
This was the MARY
1968
as Self/Narrator
Strange Witness
1958
as Ruth Marshall
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930
as Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007
as Self
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Reviews
No reviews yet. Be the first to review!