Joan Crawford
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-03-23 (71 years old)
Deathday
1977-05-10
Place of Birth
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Also known As
Lucille Fay LeSueur
Lucille Le Sueur
Billie Cassin
Lucille Fay Le Sueur
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 financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories w...
Acting
1962
as Blanche Hudson
1945
as Mildred Pierce
1947
as Daisy Kenyon
1947
as Louise Howell
1939
as Crystal Allen
1967
as Amanda True
1929
as Self
1938
as Jessie Cassidy
1982
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
1949
as Joan Crawford (uncredited)
1943
as Frances Myles
1954
as Vienna
1932
as Flämmchen
1927
as Nanon Zanzi
1949
as Lane Bellamy
1947
as Helen Wright
1941
as Anna Holm
1942
as Michele de la Becque
1965
as Amy Nelson
1955
as Eva Phillips
1964
as Lucy Harbin
1950
as Ethel Whitehead
1928
as Diana 'Di' Medford
1967
as Monica Rivers
1956
as Millicent Wetherby
1932
as Sadie Thompson
1942
as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
1940
as Susan Trexel
1933
as Janie Barlow
1936
as Sally Parker
1969
as Self
1934
as Sadie
1970
as Dr. Brockton
1944
as Self
1955
as Lynn Markham
2000
as Self (archive footage / uncredited)
1928
as Betty Channing
1934
as Diane Lovering
1952
as Myra Hudson Blaine
1940
as Julie
1931
as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
1931
as Joan Crawford
1937
as Mrs. Fay Cheyney
1941
as Mary 'Minnie' Howard
1959
as Amanda Farrow
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1963
as Lucretia Terry
1950
as Harriet Craig
1952
as Elizabeth Austin
1942
as Self
1931
as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
1933
as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Joan
1929
as Billie Brown
1928
as Priscilla Crowninshield
1934
as Mary Clay
1936
as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
1938
as Olivia Riley Linden
1926
as Betty Burton
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1937
as Anni Pavlovitch
1935
as Marcia Townsend Warren
1951
as Agatha Reed
1931
as Bonnie Jordan
1930
as Jerry March
1953
as Jenny Stewart
1969
as Self - Host
1932
as Letty Lynton
1957
as Margaret Landi
1925
as Bobby
2012
as Self
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1929
as Alice "Bingo" Dowling
1926
as Jane
1927
as Allie Monte
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1931
as Valentine 'Val' Winters
1939
as Mary McKay
1935
as Kay Bentley
1930
as Mary Turner
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Della Chappell
2011
as (archive footage)
2004
as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as (archive footage)
1961
as Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
1928
as Adrienne Lecouvreur
1928
as Betty Dallas
1972
as Joan Fairchild
1925
as Young Lady Catherine
1929
as Susie
1953
as Self
1974
as (archive footage)
1927
as René Contrecoeur
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1927
as Jane
1933
as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
1971
as Host
1931
as Self
2004
as Dr. Brockton (archive footage)
1925
as Self
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as (archive footage)
1947
as Self - Narrator
1928
as Rose-Marie
1939
as Self
1927
as Joselyn Poe
1925
as Body Double for Norma Shearer
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1926
as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
as Joan Crawford
1954
1925
as Mannequin (uncredited)
1925
as Mary Riley
1925
as Irene O'Dare
1946
as Self
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1940
1969
as Miss Menlo
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as (archive footage)
1937
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Self
1969
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1959
as Susan Conrad
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1964
as Bobby (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self
1926
as The Girl
1927
as Monica Dale
1928
as Frieda
1937
as Self (uncredited)
1939
as Joan Crawford
1925
as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1968
as Self/Narrator
2017
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1958
as Ruth Marshall
1938
1930
1959
as Self (archive footage)
1961
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as Mary Andrews
-
as Margaret Hughes
-
as Ann Howard
-
as Stella Faring
-
as Self (archive footage)
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1942
as Director
1964
as Producer
1942
as Cinematography
1950
as Additional Writing
1950
as Costume Consultant
1959
as Producer
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