Joan Crawford

Acting · Born 1906-03-23 in San Antonio, Texas, USA

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…

Filmography

• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Blanche Hudson
• Mildred Pierce as Mildred Pierce
• Johnny Guitar as Vienna
• Grand Hotel as Flämmchen
• The Unknown as Nanon Zanzi
• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
• Daisy Kenyon as Daisy Kenyon
• Possessed as Louise Howell
• The Women as Crystal Allen
• The Karate Killers as Amanda True

TV

• The Lucy Show as Joan Crawford
• Route 66 as Morgan Harper
• The Merv Griffin Show as Self
• The Secret Storm as Joan Borman Kane
• The Sixth Sense as Joan Fairchild
• General Electric Theater as Ann Howard
• General Electric Theater as Ruth Marshall
• General Electric Theater as Mary Andrews
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Stella Faring
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs