Joan Crawford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

3/23/1906

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Lucille Fay LeSueurLucille Le SueurBillie Cassin

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. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and f...

Career Timeline

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)

2012

The Shirley Eder Tapes

as Self

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Possessed

as (archive footage)

2010

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

Role unknown

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

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

as Self

2006

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

as Self (archive footage)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

as Self (archive footage)

2005

The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel

as Self (archive)

2004

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

The Sixth Sense

as Joan Fairchild

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Great Performances

as Self

Journey to Murder

as Host

1970

Trog

as Dr. Brockton

1969

Night Gallery

as Miss Menlo

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Journey to the Unknown

as Self - Host

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

as Self

1968

The Name of the Game

as Committee Member (uncredited)

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

as Amanda True

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

The Lucy Show

as Joan Crawford

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Virginian

as Stephanie White

1961

One Must Die

Role unknown

1960

Route 66

as Morgan Harper

1959

The Best of Everything

as Amanda Farrow

Woman on the Run

as Susan Conrad

1958

Strange Witness

as Ruth Marshall

1957

The Story of Esther Costello

as Margaret Landi

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Stella Faring

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs

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

The Secret Storm

as Joan Borman Kane

1953

Torch Song

as Jenny Stewart

At Home with Joan Crawford

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

as Ann Howard

General Electric Theater

as Ruth Marshall

General Electric Theater

as Mary Andrews

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 Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

The Damned Don't Cry

as Ethel Whitehead

What's My Line?

as Self

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

Possessed

as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'

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