Joan Crawford

Known For: Acting
Born: March 23, 1906
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Died: May 10, 1977

Joan Crawford

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…

Filmography

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Bette and Joan

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

2016 · Self (archive footage)

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

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

2016 · Self (archive footage)

The Shirley Eder Tapes

The Shirley Eder Tapes

2012 · Self

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

2012 · Self (archive footage)

Possessed

2011 · (archive footage)

Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture

2010

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009 · Self (archive footage)

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

2008 · Various Roles (archive footage)

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007 · Self (archive)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006 · Self (archive footage) (voice)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006 · Self (archive footage)

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

2005 · Self (archive)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004 · Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)

Complicated Women

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

2002 · Self (archive footage)

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

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000 · Self (archive footage / uncredited)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996 · Self (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self (archive footage)

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

1995 · Self (archive footage)

The Casting Couch

1995

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Gay! Gay! Hollywood

1994

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989 · Self

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982 · (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982 · Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982 · Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

1972 · Joan Fairchild

The Sixth Sense

1972 · Joan Fairchild

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 · Self (archive footage)

Great Performances

1971 · Self

Journey to Murder

1971 · Host

Trog

1970 · Dr. Brockton

Night Gallery

1969 · Miss Menlo

Garbo, by Joan Crawford

1969 · Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Journey to the Unknown

1969 · Self - Host

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

1969 · Self

The Name of the Game

1968 · Committee Member (uncredited)

This was the MARY

1968 · Self/Narrator

Berserk!

1967 · Monica Rivers

The Karate Killers

1967 · Amanda True

The Oscar

1966 · Joan Crawford

I Saw What You Did

1965 · Amy Nelson

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)

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

1964 · Amanda True

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Bobby (archive footage)

Della

1964 · Della Chappell, Producer

Strait-Jacket

1964 · Lucy Harbin

How to Plan a Movie Murder

1964 · Self

The Caretakers

1963 · Lucretia Terry

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 · Blanche Hudson

The Lucy Show

1962 · Joan Crawford

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Virginian

1962 · Stephanie White

Lykke og krone

1962

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961 · Self - Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)

One Must Die

1961

Route 66

1960 · Morgan Harper

The Best of Everything

1959 · Amanda Farrow

Startime

1959 · Self

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

1959 · Susan Conrad, Producer

Zwischen Glück und Krone

1959

Strange Witness

1958 · Ruth Marshall

The Story of Esther Costello

1957 · Margaret Landi

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Stella Faring, Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs

Autumn Leaves

1956 · Millicent Wetherby

Queen Bee

1955 · Eva Phillips

Female on the Beach

1955 · Lynn Markham

The Road to Edinburgh

1954 · Mary Andrews

A Star Is Born World Premiere

1954 · Self

Johnny Guitar

1954 · Vienna

The Secret Storm

The Secret Storm

1954 · Joan Borman Kane

Torch Song

1953 · Jenny Stewart

At Home with Joan Crawford

1953 · Self

The Oscars

1953 · Self

General Electric Theater

1953 · Ann Howard, Ruth Marshall, Mary Andrews

Sudden Fear

1952 · Myra Hudson Blaine

This Woman Is Dangerous

1952 · Elizabeth Austin

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951 · Agatha Reed

Harriet Craig

1950 · Harriet Craig

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 · Ethel Whitehead, Additional Writing, Costume Consultant

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · Joan Crawford (uncredited)

Flamingo Road

1949 · Lane Bellamy

Daisy Kenyon

1947 · Daisy Kenyon

Through Many Windows

1947 · Self - Narrator

Possessed

1947 · Louise Howell

Humoresque

1947 · Helen Wright

Blow-Ups of 1946

1946 · Self

Mildred Pierce

1945 · Mildred Pierce

Hollywood Canteen

1944 · Self

Above Suspicion

1943 · Frances Myles

Reunion in France

1942 · Michele de la Becque

They All Kissed the Bride

1942 · Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew

Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1942 · Self, Director, Cinematography

When Ladies Meet

1941 · Mary 'Minnie' Howard

A Woman's Face

1941 · Anna Holm

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940 · Self

Susan and God

1940 · Susan Trexel

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940 · Self

Strange Cargo

1940 · Julie

The Women

1939 · Crystal Allen

From the Ends of the Earth

1939 · Self

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

1939 · Joan Crawford

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939 · Mary McKay

The Shining Hour

1938 · Olivia Riley Linden

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

1938 · Self

Mannequin

1938 · Jessie Cassidy

The Bride Wore Red

1937 · Anni Pavlovitch

The Romance of Celluloid

1937 · Self (archive footage)

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

1937 · Self (uncredited)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937 · Mrs. Fay Cheyney

Love on the Run

1936 · Sally Parker

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936 · Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal

I Live My Life

1935 · Kay Bentley

No More Ladies

1935 · Marcia Townsend Warren

Forsaking All Others

1934 · Mary Clay

Chained

1934 · Diane Lovering

Sadie McKee

1934 · Sadie

Dancing Lady

1933 · Janie Barlow

Fast Workers

1933 · Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Today We Live

1933 · Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith

Rain

1932 · Sadie Thompson

Grand Hotel

1932 · Flämmchen

Letty Lynton

1932 · Letty Lynton

Possessed

1931 · Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'

This Modern Age

1931 · Valentine 'Val' Winters

We’re Switching to Hollywood

1931 · Self

Laughing Sinners

1931 · Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Joan Crawford

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931 · Bonnie Jordan

Paid

1930 · Mary Turner

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

1930 · Self

Our Blushing Brides

1930 · Geraldine 'Gerry' March

Montana Moon

1930 · Joan

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929 · Self

Untamed

1929 · Alice "Bingo" Dowling

Our Modern Maidens

1929 · Billie Brown

The Duke Steps Out

1929 · Susie

Dream of Love

1928 · Adrienne Lecouvreur

Our Dancing Daughters

1928 · Diana 'Di' Medford

Four Walls

1928 · Frieda

Across to Singapore

1928 · Priscilla Crowninshield

Rose-Marie

1928 · Rose-Marie

The Law of the Range

1928 · Betty Dallas

West Point

1928 · Betty Channing

Spring Fever

1927 · Allie Monte

Twelve Miles Out

1927 · Jane

The Unknown

1927 · Nanon Zanzi

The Understanding Heart

1927 · Monica Dale

The Taxi Dancer

1927 · Joselyn Poe

Winners Of The Wilderness

1927 · René Contrecoeur

Bardelys the Magnificent

1926 · Court Gossip (uncredited)

The Merry Widow

1926 · Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Paris

1926 · The Girl

The Boob

1926 · Jane

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

1926 · Betty Burton

Sally, Irene and Mary

1925 · Irene O'Dare

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

The Only Thing

1925 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Old Clothes

1925 · Mary Riley

Time, the Comedian

1925 · Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur)

The Midshipman

1925 · Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)

The Circle

1925 · Young Lady Catherine

Pretty Ladies

1925 · Bobby

A Slave of Fashion

1925 · Mannequin (uncredited)

Proud Flesh

1925 · Party Guest (uncredited)

1925 Studio Tour

1925 · Self

Lady of the Night

1925 · Body Double for Norma Shearer

And One Was Loyal

— · Ann Howard

Rebel Range

— · Stella Faring

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