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 G
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Personal Info

Id

31550

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-03-23

Place of Birth

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also Known As

  • Lucille Fay LeSueur
  • Lucille Le Sueur
  • Billie Cassin
  • Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    What Ever Ha

    Mildred Pierce

    Mildred Pier

    Daisy Kenyon

    Daisy Kenyon

    Possessed

    Possessed

    The Women

    The Women

    The Karate Killers

    The Karate K

    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    The Hollywoo

    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don

    It's a Great Feeling

    It's a Great

    Above Suspicion

    Above Suspic

    Johnny Guitar

    Johnny Guita

    Grand Hotel

    Grand Hotel

    The Unknown

    The Unknown

    Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Roa

    Humoresque

    Humoresque

    A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Fa

    Queen Bee

    Queen Bee

    I Saw What You Did

    I Saw What Y

    Reunion in France

    Reunion in F

    Strait-Jacket

    Strait-Jacke

    The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned D

    Our Dancing Daughters

    Our Dancing

    Berserk!

    Berserk!

    Autumn Leaves

    Autumn Leave

    Rain

    Rain

    They All Kissed the Bride

    They All Kis

    Susan and God

    Susan and Go

    Dancing Lady

    Dancing Lady

    Love on the Run

    Love on the

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    The Big Rock

    Sadie McKee

    Sadie McKee

    Trog

    Trog

    Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Ca

    Female on the Beach

    Female on th

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    Lon Chaney:

    West Point

    West Point

    Chained

    Chained

    Sudden Fear

    Sudden Fear

    Strange Cargo

    Strange Carg

    Possessed

    Possessed

    The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen J

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

    The Last of

    When Ladies Meet

    When Ladies

    The Best of Everything

    The Best of

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    Bette and Jo

    The Caretakers

    The Caretake

    Harriet Craig

    Harriet Crai

    This Woman Is Dangerous

    This Woman I

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    Joan Crawfor

    Laughing Sinners

    Laughing Sin

    Today We Live

    Today We Liv

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    Hollywood: T

    Montana Moon

    Montana Moon

    Our Modern Maidens

    Our Modern M

    Across to Singapore

    Across to Si

    Forsaking All Others

    Forsaking Al

    The Gorgeous Hussy

    The Gorgeous

    The Shining Hour

    The Shining

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    Tramp, Tramp

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Thou Shalt N

    The Bride Wore Red

    The Bride Wo

    No More Ladies

    No More Ladi

    Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My

    Dance, Fools, Dance

    Dance, Fools

    Our Blushing Brides

    Our Blushing

    Torch Song

    Torch Song

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    Journey to t

    Letty Lynton

    Letty Lynton

    The Story of Esther Costello

    The Story of

    Pretty Ladies

    Pretty Ladie

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    The Shirley

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    Oops, Those

    Untamed

    Untamed

    The Boob

    The Boob

    Spring Fever

    Spring Fever

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    Hollywood Ou

    This Modern Age

    This Modern

    The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Foll

    I Live My Life

    I Live My Li

    Paid

    Paid

    Della

    Della

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    42nd Street:

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    Going Hollyw

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    Bette and Jo

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    Johnny Guita

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    Johnny Guita

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    Tell Us She

    Dream of Love

    Dream of Lov

    The Law of the Range

    The Law of t

    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

    Dear Joan: W

    The Circle

    The Circle

    The Duke Steps Out

    The Duke Ste

    At Home with Joan Crawford

    At Home with

    That's Entertainment!

    That's Enter

    Winners Of The Wilderness

    Winners Of T

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    Joan Crawfor

    Twelve Miles Out

    Twelve Miles

    Fast Workers

    Fast Workers

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    Journey to M

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    We're switch

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    1925 Studio

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    Biography: B

    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Enter

    Rose-Marie

    Rose-Marie

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    From the End

    The Taxi Dancer

    The Taxi Dan

    Lady of the Night

    Lady of the

    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Wi

    Proud Flesh

    Proud Flesh

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    Ben-Hur: A T

    The Only Thing

    The Only Thi

    The Oscar

    The Oscar

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    A Star Is Bo

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene

    A Slave of Fashion

    A Slave of F

    Old Clothes

    Old Clothes

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    Blow-Ups of

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: S

    Night Gallery

    Night Galler

    Complicated Women

    Complicated

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Enter

    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance

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    A New Romanc

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    How to Plan

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    Garbo, by Jo

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Para

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollyw

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    Tim Conway:

    The Understanding Heart

    The Understa

    Four Walls

    Four Walls

    Paris

    Paris

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    Screen Snaps

    The Midshipman

    The Midshipm

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

    Joan Crawfor

    Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

    Battle-Axe:

    Strange Witness

    Strange Witn

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    One Must Die

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    The Road to

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    Because I Lo

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    And One Was

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    Rebel Range

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    Flappers, Sp

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    Showbiz Ball

    Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    Fascination:

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    2017

    Bette and Joan

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2016

    Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2016

    Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2016

    Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2012

    The Shirley Eder Tapes

    asSelf

    2012

    Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2011

    Possessed

    as(archive footage)

    2010

    Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

    as

    2009

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2008

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    asVarious Roles (archive footage)

    2007

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2007

    Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

    asSelf

    2006

    Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2006

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2005

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

    asSelf (archive)

    2004

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    asSelf / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

    2003

    Complicated Women

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2002

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2002

    Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2000

    Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    asSelf (archive footage / uncredited)

    1996

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1994

    Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1994

    That's Entertainment! III

    as(archive footage)

    1989

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    asSelf

    1984

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    as(archive footage)

    1983

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

    1982

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    as(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

    1982

    Showbiz Ballyhoo

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1982

    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1976

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    as(archive footage)

    1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1974

    That's Entertainment!

    as(archive footage)

    1972

    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

    asJoan Fairchild

    1972

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1971

    Journey to Murder

    asHost

    1970

    Trog

    asDr. Brockton

    1969

    Night Gallery

    asMiss Menlo

    1969

    Garbo, by Joan Crawford

    asSelf - Host / Narrator (voice)

    1969

    Journey to the Unknown

    asSelf - Host

    1969

    The Big Rock Candy Mountain

    asSelf

    1968

    This was the MARY

    asSelf/Narrator

    1967

    Berserk!

    asMonica Rivers

    1967

    The Karate Killers

    asAmanda True

    1966

    The Oscar

    asJoan Crawford

    1965

    I Saw What You Did

    asAmy Nelson

    1964

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    asBobby (archive footage)

    1964

    Della

    asDella Chappell

    1964

    Strait-Jacket

    asLucy Harbin

    1964

    How to Plan a Movie Murder

    asSelf

    1963

    The Caretakers

    asLucretia Terry

    1962

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    asBlanche Hudson

    1961

    One Must Die

    as

    1959

    The Best of Everything

    asAmanda Farrow

    1959

    Woman on the Run

    asSusan Conrad

    1958

    Strange Witness

    asRuth Marshall

    1957

    The Story of Esther Costello

    asMargaret Landi

    1956

    Autumn Leaves

    asMillicent Wetherby

    1955

    Queen Bee

    asEva Phillips

    1955

    Female on the Beach

    asLynn Markham

    1954

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    asSelf

    1954

    Johnny Guitar

    asVienna

    1953

    Torch Song

    asJenny Stewart

    1953

    At Home with Joan Crawford

    asSelf

    1952

    Sudden Fear

    asMyra Hudson Blaine

    1952

    This Woman Is Dangerous

    asElizabeth Austin

    1951

    Goodbye, My Fancy

    asAgatha Reed

    1950

    Harriet Craig

    asHarriet Craig

    1950

    The Damned Don't Cry

    asEthel Whitehead

    1949

    It's a Great Feeling

    asJoan Crawford (uncredited)

    1949

    Flamingo Road

    asLane Bellamy

    1947

    Daisy Kenyon

    asDaisy Kenyon

    1947

    Through Many Windows

    asSelf - Narrator

    1947

    Possessed

    asLouise Howell

    1947

    Humoresque

    asHelen Wright

    1946

    Blow-Ups of 1946

    asSelf

    1945

    Mildred Pierce

    asMildred Pierce

    1944

    Hollywood Canteen

    asSelf

    1943

    Above Suspicion

    asFrances Myles

    1942

    Reunion in France

    asMichele de la Becque

    1942

    They All Kissed the Bride

    asMargaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew

    1942

    Joan Crawford's Home Movies

    asSelf

    1941

    When Ladies Meet

    asMary 'Minnie' Howard

    1941

    A Woman's Face

    asAnna Holm

    1940

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    asSelf

    1940

    Susan and God

    asSusan Trexel

    1940

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    asSelf

    1940

    Strange Cargo

    asJulie

    1939

    The Women

    asCrystal Allen

    1939

    From the Ends of the Earth

    asSelf

    1939

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    asJoan Crawford

    1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

    asMary McKay

    1938

    The Shining Hour

    asOlivia Riley Linden

    1938

    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

    asSelf

    1938

    Mannequin

    asJessie Cassidy

    1937

    The Bride Wore Red

    asAnni Pavlovitch

    1937

    The Romance of Celluloid

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1937

    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

    asSelf (uncredited)

    1937

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

    asMrs. Fay Cheyney

    1936

    Love on the Run

    asSally Parker

    1936

    The Gorgeous Hussy

    asMargaret "Peggy" O'Neal

    1935

    I Live My Life

    asKay Bentley

    1935

    No More Ladies

    asMarcia Townsend Warren

    1934

    Forsaking All Others

    asMary Clay

    1934

    Chained

    asDiane Lovering

    1934

    Sadie McKee

    asSadie

    1933

    Dancing Lady

    asJanie Barlow

    1933

    Fast Workers

    asIvy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

    1933

    Today We Live

    asDiana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith

    1932

    Rain

    asSadie Thompson

    1932

    Grand Hotel

    asFlämmchen

    1932

    Letty Lynton

    asLetty Lynton

    1931

    Possessed

    asMarian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'

    1931

    This Modern Age

    asValentine 'Val' Winters

    1931

    We're switching to Hollywood

    asSelf

    1931

    Laughing Sinners

    asIvy 'Bunny' Stevens

    1931

    The Stolen Jools

    asJoan Crawford

    1931

    Dance, Fools, Dance

    asBonnie Jordan

    1930

    Paid

    asMary Turner

    1930

    Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

    asSelf

    1930

    Our Blushing Brides

    asJerry March

    1930

    Montana Moon

    asJoan

    1929

    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    asSelf

    1929

    Untamed

    asAlice "Bingo" Dowling

    1929

    Our Modern Maidens

    asBillie Brown

    1929

    The Duke Steps Out

    asSusie

    1928

    Dream of Love

    asAdrienne Lecouvreur

    1928

    Our Dancing Daughters

    asDiana 'Di' Medford

    1928

    Four Walls

    asFrieda

    1928

    Across to Singapore

    asPriscilla Crowninshield

    1928

    Rose-Marie

    asRose-Marie

    1928

    The Law of the Range

    asBetty Dallas

    1928

    West Point

    asBetty Channing

    1927

    Spring Fever

    asAllie Monte

    1927

    Twelve Miles Out

    asJane

    1927

    The Unknown

    asNanon Zanzi

    1927

    The Understanding Heart

    asMonica Dale

    1927

    The Taxi Dancer

    asJoselyn Poe

    1927

    Winners Of The Wilderness

    asRené Contrecoeur

    1926

    The Merry Widow

    asBallroom Dancer (uncredited)

    1926

    Paris

    asThe Girl

    1926

    The Boob

    asJane

    1926

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    asBetty Burton

    1925

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    asIrene O'Dare

    1925

    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    asChariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

    1925

    The Only Thing

    asParty Guest (uncredited)

    1925

    Old Clothes

    asMary Riley

    1925

    The Midshipman

    asExtra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)

    1925

    The Circle

    asYoung Lady Catherine

    1925

    Pretty Ladies

    asBobby

    1925

    A Slave of Fashion

    asMannequin (uncredited)

    1925

    Proud Flesh

    asParty Guest (uncredited)

    1925

    1925 Studio Tour

    asSelf

    1925

    Lady of the Night

    asBody Double for Norma Shearer

    The Road to Edinburgh

    asMary Andrews

    Because I Love Him

    asMargaret Hughes

    And One Was Loyal

    asAnn Howard

    Rebel Range

    asStella Faring

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    (1 episode)asJoan Crawford

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    (1 episode)asMorgan Harper

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    (4 episode)asSelf

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    (318 episode)asJoan Borman Kane

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    (1 episode)asJoan Fairchild

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    (1 episode)asAnn Howard

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    (1 episode)asRuth Marshall

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    (1 episode)asMary Andrews

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    (1 episode)asStella Faring

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    (1 episode)asSarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs

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    (8 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asAmanda True

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asCommittee Member (uncredited)

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    (5 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asStephanie White